Model Predictions
| Model | Houston Rockets | Los Angeles Lakers | Spread | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Margin | 54.9% | 45.1% | -1.1 | ✗ (14.1 off) |
| Pythagorean | 53.0% | 47.0% | - | ✗ |
Actual: Los Angeles Lakers +13 (111-98). Predictions use season-end ratings.
Houston Rockets
| Player | MIN | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS | Numbers | RAPM GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aaron Brooks * | 43 | 5-15 | 3-9 | 0-0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 1 | - |
| Shane Battier * | 35 | 2-4 | 1-3 | 1-1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | - |
| Metta World Peace * | 33 | 8-14 | 4-7 | 5-6 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 19 | - |
| Ming Yao * | 26 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 6-7 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 17 | - |
| Carl Landry * | 23 | 7-9 | 0-0 | 7-13 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 21 | 17 | - |
| Luis Scola * | 23 | 5-14 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 0 | - |
| Kyle Lowry * | 22 | 0-7 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -4 | - |
| Chuck Hayes * | 20 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | - |
| Von Wafer * | 9 | 3-4 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | - |
| James White | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Brian Cook | 0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | - |
Los Angeles Lakers
| Player | MIN | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS | Numbers | RAPM GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kobe Bryant * | 40 | 16-27 | 2-3 | 6-7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 21 | - |
| Pau Gasol * | 38 | 9-13 | 0-0 | 4-6 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 30 | - |
| Lamar Odom * | 34 | 2-7 | 0-1 | 3-6 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 13 | - |
| Derek Fisher * | 27 | 4-7 | 1-3 | 3-3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 10 | - |
| Trevor Ariza * | 25 | 3-8 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | - |
| Luke Walton * | 19 | 2-7 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | - |
| Jordan Farmar * | 17 | 2-7 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | - |
| Shannon Brown * | 14 | 3-5 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | - |
| Sasha Vujacic * | 9 | 2-3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | - |
| Andrew Bynum * | 8 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | - |
| Josh Powell | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | - |
* = starter