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2008-05-18

Model Predictions

Model Cleveland Cavaliers Boston Celtics Spread Result
Margin 24.6% 75.4% +6.2 (1.2 off)
Pythagorean 40.8% 59.2% -

Actual: Boston Celtics +5 (97-92). Predictions use season-end ratings.

Cleveland Cavaliers

Player MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Numbers RAPM GS
LeBron James * 46 14-29 3-11 14-19 5 6 2 0 2 45 27 -
Delonte West * 45 4-8 2-4 5-6 3 5 1 0 6 15 10 -
Sasha Pavlovic * 35 3-8 1-2 0-1 3 1 0 0 1 7 2 -
Zydrunas Ilgauskas * 30 2-8 0-0 4-4 5 0 0 1 2 8 4 -
Ben Wallace * 29 1-1 0-0 1-2 4 1 0 1 0 3 8 -
Joe Smith * 16 3-5 0-1 0-1 6 0 0 0 1 6 6 -
Wally Szczerbiak * 15 0-3 0-2 0-0 1 0 0 0 2 0 -4 -
Anderson Varejao * 11 2-2 0-0 1-2 2 0 0 0 0 5 5 -
Damon Jones * 9 1-3 1-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 -

Boston Celtics

Player MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Numbers RAPM GS
Paul Pierce * 43 13-23 4-6 11-12 4 5 2 0 4 41 25 -
Kevin Garnett * 41 5-13 0-0 3-4 13 3 1 0 0 13 17 -
Rajon Rondo * 36 4-11 0-1 0-0 8 8 1 1 2 8 13 -
Ray Allen * 29 1-6 0-2 2-2 0 1 0 0 1 4 -2 -
James Posey * 26 1-1 1-1 2-2 6 1 1 0 0 5 12 -
Kendrick Perkins * 20 3-4 0-0 2-4 1 0 0 1 2 8 4 -
P.J. Brown * 20 4-4 0-0 2-2 6 1 1 0 0 10 14 -
Eddie House * 14 1-5 0-2 2-2 1 1 1 1 1 4 2 -
Leon Powe * 6 0-0 0-0 4-6 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 -

* = starter