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2026-05-02

Model Predictions

Model Los Angeles Lakers Houston Rockets Spread Result
Elo 45.1% 54.9% -
Bradley-Terry 47.1% 52.9% -
Margin 30.4% 69.6% +4.5 (24.5 off)
Pythagorean 42.4% 57.6% -
Efficiency 26.0% 74.0% -
Adjusted Efficiency 27.0% 73.0% -
Log Adjusted 26.9% 73.1% -
Points Off/Def 30.6% 69.4% -

Actual: Houston Rockets -20 (78-98). Predictions use season-end ratings.

Los Angeles Lakers

Player MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Numbers RAPM GS
LeBron James * 37 10-25 2-5 6-8 7 8 0 0 3 28 15 -
Rui Hachimura * 34 8-15 5-7 0-0 6 2 0 1 0 21 15 -
Marcus Smart * 34 2-7 2-4 1-2 7 1 2 2 1 7 11 -
Austin Reaves * 30 7-14 0-4 1-1 3 2 0 3 2 15 7 -
Deandre Ayton * 28 2-6 0-0 3-7 16 1 0 1 0 7 19 -
Luke Kennard 29 1-6 1-2 0-0 3 3 1 0 1 3 3 -
Jaxson Hayes 16 1-1 0-0 3-4 4 1 0 1 1 5 9 -
Jake LaRavia 16 3-8 1-2 0-0 5 0 0 1 2 7 3 -
Adou Thiero 3 1-1 0-0 0-2 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 -
Dalton Knecht 3 0-1 0-1 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
Bronny James 3 0-1 0-1 0-0 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 -
Nick Smith Jr. 3 1-4 1-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 3 -1 -

Houston Rockets

Player MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Numbers RAPM GS
Amen Thompson * 44 7-14 0-0 4-6 8 3 0 3 2 18 16 -
Jabari Smith Jr. * 41 3-11 1-6 2-3 12 3 0 1 1 9 13 -
Alperen Sengun * 37 5-12 0-0 7-10 11 1 0 2 4 17 15 -
Tari Eason * 36 5-14 2-7 2-2 5 2 3 1 0 14 11 -
Reed Sheppard * 36 4-19 1-10 1-1 0 1 2 2 1 10 -5 -
Josh Okogie 13 1-3 1-2 0-0 4 1 1 0 2 3 4 -
Aaron Holiday 11 1-1 0-0 0-0 1 2 0 0 0 2 4 -
Dorian Finney-Smith 7 0-2 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -3 -
Jae'Sean Tate 5 1-3 0-2 1-2 3 0 0 0 0 3 3 -
JD Davison 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -
Clint Capela 2 1-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 -

* = starter