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Season on Friday, May 15, 2026
Charlotte Rangers
(4-3)
at
Houston Octopods
(1-6)
Series Snapshot
No completed season meetings.
Houston Octopods leads the all-time series 28-17.
Predicted Score
CHA
100
HOU
106
Four Factors & Advanced Metrics
| Team | eFG% | TO Rate | Off Reb% | FT Rate | Pts/Poss | Poss/Gm |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlotte Rangers | 54.34% | 6.97% | 33.82% | 11.08% | 1.13 | 100.89 |
| Houston Octopods | 52.38% | 7.05% | 37.06% | 8.24% | 1.09 | 102.59 |
Projected Matchups
| CHA Player | PPG | RPG | APG | Rating | Pos | Edge | Pos | Rating | PPG | RPG | APG | HOU Player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luis Torrence | 20.0 | 3.0 | 7.1 | AP- | PG | <-- | PG | Exc | 21.4 | 3.0 | 7.9 | Andres Brown |
| Mark Meeks | 23.9 | 4.6 | 3.1 | Exc | SG | -> | SG | Exc+ | 24.6 | 4.3 | 2.9 | William Morgan |
| Steven Reynolds | 23.4 | 6.6 | 1.9 | AP- | SF | -> | SF | AP- | 19.4 | 5.7 | 1.9 | Dashawn Williams |
| Justin Horn | 8.4 | 6.3 | 2.7 | Exc+ | PF | --> | PF | AP- | 7.0 | 7.8 | 1.8 | Nathaniel Hanselman |
| Ryan Richard | 4.7 | 10.3 | 2.7 | Exc | C | -> | C | Exc+ | 5.9 | 12.4 | 1.6 | Philip Murray |
| Alfonso Johnson | 4.9 | 2.1 | 3.4 | Exc | bPG | -> | bPG | Exc+ | 10.7 | 2.4 | 2.7 | Karl Johnson |
| Alexander Watson | 7.1 | 2.6 | 1.9 | Exc+ | bSG | <- | bSG | Exc | 11.0 | 3.0 | 1.0 | Charles Farley |
| James Wiley | 8.1 | 3.4 | 0.7 | Exc+ | bSF | <- | bSF | Exc+ | 6.0 | 1.2 | 1.2 | Jimmy Lumpkins |
| Aziz Stricker | 7.7 | 3.1 | 1.3 | Exc | bPF | ---> | bPF | AP- | 2.8 | 5.2 | 0.8 | Dylan Daniels |
| Taquan White | 6.0 | 5.0 | 0.6 | Exc+ | bC | -> | bC | AP- | 3.9 | 6.7 | 2.1 | Mason Russ |
Ratings key: Poor, Fair, Avg, Good, Exc, and AP reflect the legacy SimHoops overall player scale used in the original advanced game preview.