Model Predictions
| Model | Houston Rockets | Cleveland Cavaliers | Spread | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elo | 56.1% | 43.9% | - | ✗ |
| Bradley-Terry | 54.5% | 45.5% | - | ✗ |
| Margin | 51.1% | 48.9% | -0.2 | ✗ (13.2 off) |
| Pythagorean | 54.1% | 45.9% | - | ✗ |
Actual: Cleveland Cavaliers +13 (98-85). Predictions use season-end ratings.
Houston Rockets
| Player | MIN | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS | Numbers | RAPM GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Francis * | 28 | 8-14 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 9 | - |
| Kenny Thomas * | 28 | 2-5 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | - |
| Shandon Anderson * | 27 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Kelvin Cato * | 24 | 4-10 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 12 | - |
| Cuttino Mobley * | 24 | 4-10 | 0-2 | 3-3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 4 | - |
| Carlos Rogers * | 23 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 2-8 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 13 | - |
| Moochie Norris * | 21 | 3-11 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | - |
| Walt Williams * | 20 | 7-9 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 15 | - |
| Hakeem Olajuwon * | 15 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | - |
| Bryce Drew | 18 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | - |
| Devin Gray | 3 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | - |
| Anthony Miller | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
Cleveland Cavaliers
| Player | MIN | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS | Numbers | RAPM GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Sura * | 28 | 7-10 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 13 | - |
| Mark Bryant * | 28 | 3-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | - |
| Shawn Kemp * | 27 | 4-9 | 0-0 | 9-12 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 19 | - |
| Lamond Murray * | 26 | 7-14 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 5 | - |
| Wesley Person * | 26 | 3-5 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 11 | - |
| Brevin Knight * | 24 | 3-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | - |
| Andre Miller * | 23 | 5-9 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 9 | - |
| Andrew DeClercq * | 20 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 4 | - |
| Danny Ferry * | 18 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | - |
| Cedric Henderson * | 12 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | - |
| Earl Boykins | 1 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | - |
| Lari Ketner | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
* = starter