Model Predictions
| Model | Portland Trail Blazers | Los Angeles Lakers | Spread | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elo | 10.0% | 90.0% | - | ✓ |
| Bradley-Terry | 35.1% | 64.9% | - | ✓ |
| Margin | 40.0% | 60.0% | +2.2 | ✓ (10.8 off) |
| Pythagorean | 48.1% | 51.9% | - | ✓ |
Actual: Los Angeles Lakers +13 (106-93). Predictions use season-end ratings.
Portland Trail Blazers
| Player | MIN | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS | Numbers | RAPM GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rasheed Wallace * | 43 | 9-18 | 2-5 | 4-8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 15 | - |
| Steven Smith * | 39 | 3-8 | 1-4 | 3-3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | - |
| Scottie Pippen * | 39 | 5-10 | 1-4 | 2-3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 11 | - |
| Damon Stoudamire * | 35 | 6-15 | 1-3 | 5-5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 10 | - |
| Arvydas Sabonis * | 30 | 3-9 | 0-2 | 5-6 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 16 | - |
| Stacey Augmon * | 16 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 1-1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | - |
| Rod Strickland * | 13 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 4-6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 9 | - |
| Antonio Harvey * | 6 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | - |
| Dale Davis | 8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | - |
| Detlef Schrempf | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | - |
| Will Perdue | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
Los Angeles Lakers
| Player | MIN | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS | Numbers | RAPM GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shaquille O'Neal * | 43 | 7-21 | 0-0 | 10-15 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 22 | - |
| Kobe Bryant * | 40 | 9-20 | 1-2 | 9-12 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 23 | - |
| Derek Fisher * | 37 | 7-10 | 2-5 | 5-6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 18 | - |
| Rick Fox * | 34 | 3-9 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 10 | - |
| Horace Grant * | 25 | 7-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 17 | - |
| Robert Horry * | 23 | 1-5 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | - |
| Brian Shaw * | 23 | 4-8 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | - |
| Devean George | 5 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | - |
| Mark Madsen | 3 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Tyronn Lue | 2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | - |
* = starter