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Season on Wednesday, May 20, 2026
San Diego Sabercats
(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 64-53.
Predicted Score
SD
105
SLC
101
Four Factors & Advanced Metrics
| Team | eFG% | TO Rate | Off Reb% | FT Rate | Pts/Poss | Poss/Gm |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Sabercats | 51.15% | 5.38% | 30.73% | 12.39% | 1.11 | 102.77 |
| Salt Lake City Night Hawks | 56.43% | 8.82% | 28.70% | 13.01% | 1.17 | 101.77 |
Projected Matchups
| SD Player | PPG | RPG | APG | Rating | Pos | Edge | Pos | Rating | PPG | RPG | APG | SLC Player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexis Monroe | 18.4 | 5.0 | 8.7 | AP- | PG | -> | PG | AP | 25.0 | 3.4 | 8.0 | Hayden Bond |
| Javier Hudson | 26.7 | 4.4 | 2.1 | AP | SG | <- | SG | AP- | 30.1 | 7.0 | 3.0 | Trevor Doherty |
| Samuel Price | 19.6 | 6.3 | 1.7 | AP+ | SF | <- | SF | AP | 15.6 | 6.7 | 3.0 | Cole Bell |
| Lance Bailey | 12.1 | 8.6 | 2.3 | AP+ | PF | <--- | PF | Exc | 8.6 | 8.7 | 1.9 | Isaiah Conroy |
| James Banks | 5.3 | 12.3 | 2.7 | Exc+ | C | -> | C | AP- | 5.0 | 11.7 | 2.6 | Abner Morgan |
| Louis Sumner | 4.6 | 0.9 | 3.0 | AP | bPG | <-- | bPG | Exc+ | 2.0 | 1.1 | 3.3 | John Lloyd |
| Dean Oliver | 13.6 | 1.7 | 0.3 | AP- | bSG | <-- | bSG | Exc | 6.3 | 1.7 | 0.9 | Martin Atkins |
| Ryan Budz | 8.6 | 3.6 | 0.7 | Exc+ | bSF | <- | bSF | Exc | 6.7 | 1.4 | 0.9 | David Skinner |
| Daniel Covington | 1.9 | 4.1 | 1.0 | AP | bPF | <- | bPF | AP- | 13.7 | 4.9 | 1.3 | Marcus Bragg |
| Robert Westmoreland | 3.0 | 3.3 | 0.1 | 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.