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Season on Thursday, May 7, 2026
San Diego Sabercats
(3-4)
at
Minneapolis Bricklayers
(5-2)
Series Snapshot
No completed season meetings.
Minneapolis Bricklayers leads the all-time series 60-58.
Predicted Score
SD
106
MIN
100
Four Factors & Advanced Metrics
| Team | eFG% | TO Rate | Off Reb% | FT Rate | Pts/Poss | Poss/Gm |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Sabercats | 51.15% | 5.38% | 31.16% | 12.39% | 1.11 | 102.77 |
| Minneapolis Bricklayers | 54.50% | 4.67% | 33.24% | 12.48% | 1.19 | 100.10 |
Projected Matchups
| SD Player | PPG | RPG | APG | Rating | Pos | Edge | Pos | Rating | PPG | RPG | APG | MIN Player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexis Monroe | 18.4 | 5.0 | 8.7 | AP- | PG | -> | PG | AP | 25.3 | 4.0 | 5.0 | Cody Knight |
| Javier Hudson | 26.7 | 4.4 | 2.1 | AP | SG | <- | SG | AP- | 23.9 | 5.4 | 1.7 | Tyree Mitchell |
| Samuel Price | 19.6 | 6.3 | 1.7 | AP+ | SF | <- | SF | AP | 6.7 | 5.7 | 1.7 | Colton Webber |
| Lance Bailey | 12.1 | 8.6 | 2.3 | AP+ | PF | <--- | PF | Exc- | 5.7 | 7.6 | 2.6 | Noah Johnson |
| James Banks | 5.3 | 12.3 | 2.7 | Exc+ | C | <-- | C | Exc | 7.4 | 8.4 | 2.1 | Dshawn Markovitz |
| Louis Sumner | 4.6 | 0.9 | 3.0 | AP | bPG | bPG | AP | 20.7 | 2.6 | 4.4 | Miguel Lobue | |
| Dean Oliver | 13.6 | 1.7 | 0.3 | AP- | bSG | -> | bSG | AP | 18.7 | 2.3 | 1.9 | Shane Paige |
| Ryan Budz | 8.6 | 3.6 | 0.7 | Exc+ | bSF | <-- | bSF | Exc- | 3.9 | 3.3 | 1.1 | Diego Cooper |
| Daniel Covington | 1.9 | 4.1 | 1.0 | AP | bPF | <--- | bPF | Exc | 4.9 | 6.3 | 1.9 | Jeffery Carr |
| Robert Westmoreland | 3.0 | 3.3 | 0.1 | Exc | bC | -> | bC | Exc+ | 2.4 | 6.3 | 0.7 | Mason Green |
Ratings key: Poor, Fair, Avg, Good, Exc, and AP reflect the legacy SimHoops overall player scale used in the original advanced game preview.