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Season on Tuesday, May 19, 2026
Las Vegas Dark Knights
(3-4)
at
Salt Lake City Night Hawks
(6-1)
Series Snapshot
No completed season meetings.
Salt Lake City Night Hawks leads the all-time series 73-38.
Predicted Score
LV
101
SLC
105
Four Factors & Advanced Metrics
| Team | eFG% | TO Rate | Off Reb% | FT Rate | Pts/Poss | Poss/Gm |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Las Vegas Dark Knights | 53.84% | 11.01% | 33.15% | 14.92% | 1.08 | 110.15 |
| Salt Lake City Night Hawks | 56.43% | 8.82% | 28.20% | 13.01% | 1.17 | 101.77 |
Projected Matchups
| LV Player | PPG | RPG | APG | Rating | Pos | Edge | Pos | Rating | PPG | RPG | APG | SLC Player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dylan Byron | 9.4 | 3.3 | 11.9 | AP | PG | -> | PG | AP | 25.0 | 3.4 | 8.0 | Hayden Bond |
| Connor Graf | 12.4 | 3.9 | 1.3 | AP- | SG | -> | SG | AP- | 30.1 | 7.0 | 3.0 | Trevor Doherty |
| Isaiah Walton | 18.6 | 5.4 | 2.0 | Exc | SF | ---> | SF | AP | 15.6 | 6.7 | 3.0 | Cole Bell |
| Ethan Penson | 20.3 | 8.9 | 1.1 | AP+ | PF | <--- | PF | Exc | 8.6 | 8.7 | 1.9 | Isaiah Conroy |
| Nicholas Johnson | 14.1 | 13.4 | 2.4 | AP | C | <- | C | AP- | 5.0 | 11.7 | 2.6 | Abner Morgan |
| Timothy Monroe | 4.3 | 1.3 | 4.4 | Exc+ | bPG | -> | bPG | Exc+ | 2.0 | 1.1 | 3.3 | John Lloyd |
| Samuel Fowler | 9.0 | 4.0 | 3.0 | Exc+ | bSG | <- | bSG | Exc | 6.3 | 1.7 | 0.9 | Martin Atkins |
| James Gundersen | 6.1 | 2.3 | 1.3 | Exc | bSF | -> | bSF | Exc | 6.7 | 1.4 | 0.9 | David Skinner |
| Samuel Kovacs | 7.1 | 5.1 | 0.7 | Exc | bPF | --> | bPF | AP- | 13.7 | 4.9 | 1.3 | Marcus Bragg |
| Jontae Escobar | 6.1 | 4.4 | 0.6 | Exc | bC | <- | bC | Exc- | 5.9 | 2.6 | 0.9 | Collin Leggett |
Ratings key: Poor, Fair, Avg, Good, Exc, and AP reflect the legacy SimHoops overall player scale used in the original advanced game preview.