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Season on Thursday, May 28, 2026
Las Vegas Dark Knights
(3-4)
at
Chicago Hilltoppers
(2-5)
Series Snapshot
No completed season meetings.
Chicago Hilltoppers leads the all-time series 29-16.
Predicted Score
LV
99
CHI
107
Four Factors & Advanced Metrics
| Team | eFG% | TO Rate | Off Reb% | FT Rate | Pts/Poss | Poss/Gm |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Las Vegas Dark Knights | 53.84% | 11.01% | 32.98% | 14.92% | 1.08 | 110.15 |
| Chicago Hilltoppers | 53.17% | 8.77% | 28.82% | 11.92% | 1.10 | 99.41 |
Projected Matchups
| LV Player | PPG | RPG | APG | Rating | Pos | Edge | Pos | Rating | PPG | RPG | APG | CHI Player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dylan Byron | 9.4 | 3.3 | 11.9 | AP | PG | -> | PG | AP | 21.9 | 4.1 | 6.9 | Alonso Radliff |
| Connor Graf | 12.4 | 3.9 | 1.3 | AP- | SG | -> | SG | AP | 13.0 | 7.9 | 3.1 | Peter Jeanpierre |
| Isaiah Walton | 18.6 | 5.4 | 2.0 | Exc | SF | ---> | SF | AP | 18.7 | 5.0 | 2.4 | Ethan Wilcox |
| Ethan Penson | 20.3 | 8.9 | 1.1 | AP+ | PF | <-- | PF | AP- | 6.9 | 6.0 | 2.7 | William Simon |
| Nicholas Johnson | 14.1 | 13.4 | 2.4 | AP | C | --> | C | AP+ | 15.5 | 6.5 | 0.5 | Luke Anderson |
| Timothy Monroe | 4.3 | 1.3 | 4.4 | Exc+ | bPG | -> | bPG | AP- | 14.3 | 2.9 | 2.3 | Christopher Jenkins |
| Samuel Fowler | 9.0 | 4.0 | 3.0 | Exc+ | bSG | -> | bSG | Exc+ | 8.0 | 2.7 | 1.1 | Kevin Rushing |
| James Gundersen | 6.1 | 2.3 | 1.3 | Exc | bSF | -> | bSF | Exc+ | 7.7 | 3.1 | 1.3 | Robert Busch |
| Samuel Kovacs | 7.1 | 5.1 | 0.7 | Exc | bPF | -> | bPF | Exc | 3.8 | 3.6 | 0.8 | Joshua Brenton |
| Jontae Escobar | 6.1 | 4.4 | 0.6 | Exc | bC | -> | bC | Exc+ | 3.0 | 5.5 | 0.8 | Jack Palacios |
Ratings key: Poor, Fair, Avg, Good, Exc, and AP reflect the legacy SimHoops overall player scale used in the original advanced game preview.