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1997-05-09

Model Predictions

Model Houston Rockets Oklahoma City Thunder Spread Result
Elo 44.5% 55.5% -
Bradley-Terry 37.3% 62.7% -
Margin 27.8% 72.2% +5.2 (9.2 off)
Pythagorean 43.5% 56.5% -

Actual: Oklahoma City Thunder -4 (93-97). Predictions use season-end ratings.

Houston Rockets

Player MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Numbers RAPM GS
Matt Maloney * 43 7-16 5-8 0-2 2 4 1 0 2 19 8 -
Hakeem Olajuwon * 37 8-12 0-0 8-8 11 2 4 3 2 24 30 -
Charles Barkley * 37 2-11 0-2 7-8 17 3 1 1 0 11 22 -
Clyde Drexler * 35 8-16 2-4 1-2 5 2 0 0 4 19 6 -
Mario Elie * 30 0-3 0-3 4-4 0 4 0 0 1 4 4 -
Kevin Willis * 20 2-5 0-0 1-2 3 0 1 0 0 5 4 -
Sedale Threatt * 17 3-5 0-2 2-2 0 5 0 0 1 8 7 -
Eddie Johnson * 16 3-9 0-2 1-1 4 1 0 0 0 7 3 -

Oklahoma City Thunder

Player MIN FG 3PT FT REB AST STL BLK TO PTS Numbers RAPM GS
Gary Payton * 48 11-25 1-4 5-5 5 5 0 0 1 28 12 -
Hersey Hawkins * 40 1-4 0-1 1-1 6 2 1 0 2 3 6 -
Shawn Kemp * 39 7-20 0-0 14-16 10 5 2 2 2 28 25 -
Detlef Schrempf * 37 7-14 2-2 4-6 5 1 2 0 2 20 12 -
Sam Perkins * 30 0-6 0-3 0-0 7 1 1 1 1 0 3 -
Terry Cummings * 25 3-8 0-0 0-2 7 1 1 0 0 6 7 -
David Wingate * 15 3-4 2-3 0-0 3 3 0 2 0 8 12 -
Eric Snow * 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -

* = starter