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Season on Thursday, May 21, 2026
Houston Octopods
(1-6)
at
Los Angeles Cacti
(4-3)
Series Snapshot
No completed season meetings.
Los Angeles Cacti leads the all-time series 53-37.
Predicted Score
HOU
102
LA
104
Four Factors & Advanced Metrics
| Team | eFG% | TO Rate | Off Reb% | FT Rate | Pts/Poss | Poss/Gm |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Octopods | 52.38% | 7.05% | 35.29% | 8.24% | 1.09 | 102.59 |
| Los Angeles Cacti | 50.36% | 8.48% | 38.36% | 12.19% | 1.04 | 106.63 |
Projected Matchups
| HOU Player | PPG | RPG | APG | Rating | Pos | Edge | Pos | Rating | PPG | RPG | APG | LA Player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andres Brown | 21.4 | 3.0 | 7.9 | Exc | PG | --> | PG | AP- | 17.3 | 3.4 | 6.3 | Alexander Mills |
| William Morgan | 24.6 | 4.3 | 2.9 | Exc+ | SG | --> | SG | AP | 11.0 | 4.1 | 3.3 | Juan Kirkland |
| Dashawn Williams | 19.4 | 5.7 | 1.9 | AP- | SF | <-- | SF | Exc+ | 28.9 | 5.7 | 1.3 | Javion Gehris |
| Nathaniel Hanselman | 7.0 | 7.8 | 1.8 | AP- | PF | <- | PF | Exc+ | 9.6 | 7.9 | 2.1 | Alexander Smyth |
| Philip Murray | 5.9 | 12.4 | 1.6 | Exc+ | C | -> | C | Exc+ | 7.1 | 9.9 | 3.0 | Dartagnan Daniel |
| Karl Johnson | 10.7 | 2.4 | 2.7 | Exc+ | bPG | <- | bPG | Exc+ | 7.5 | 1.8 | 2.5 | Maximus Harris |
| Charles Farley | 11.0 | 3.0 | 1.0 | Exc | bSG | -> | bSG | Exc | 11.7 | 1.7 | 0.7 | Robert Fontenot |
| Jimmy Lumpkins | 6.0 | 1.2 | 1.2 | Exc+ | bSF | -> | bSF | AP- | 6.7 | 5.0 | 1.3 | Ethan Rush |
| Dylan Daniels | 2.8 | 5.2 | 0.8 | AP- | bPF | <- | bPF | AP- | 8.0 | 6.6 | 1.4 | Alejandro Kessler |
| Mason Russ | 3.9 | 6.7 | 2.1 | AP- | bC | <- | bC | Exc+ | 3.7 | 6.4 | 1.1 | Jamie Long |
Ratings key: Poor, Fair, Avg, Good, Exc, and AP reflect the legacy SimHoops overall player scale used in the original advanced game preview.