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Season on Friday, May 29, 2026
Houston Octopods
(1-6)
at
Salt Lake City Night Hawks
(6-1)
Series Snapshot
Salt Lake City Night Hawks leads the season series 1-0.
Salt Lake City Night Hawks leads the all-time series 97-64.
Predicted Score
HOU
102
SLC
104
Season Series
| Date | Type | Matchup | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 4/27 | Season | HOU at SLC | 125 - 126 |
Four Factors & Advanced Metrics
| Team | eFG% | TO Rate | Off Reb% | FT Rate | Pts/Poss | Poss/Gm |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Octopods | 52.38% | 7.05% | 33.69% | 8.24% | 1.09 | 102.59 |
| Salt Lake City Night Hawks | 56.43% | 8.82% | 30.12% | 13.01% | 1.17 | 101.77 |
Projected Matchups
| HOU Player | PPG | RPG | APG | Rating | Pos | Edge | Pos | Rating | PPG | RPG | APG | SLC Player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andres Brown | 21.4 | 3.0 | 7.9 | Exc | PG | ---> | PG | AP | 25.0 | 3.4 | 8.0 | Hayden Bond |
| William Morgan | 24.6 | 4.3 | 2.9 | Exc+ | SG | -> | SG | AP- | 30.1 | 7.0 | 3.0 | Trevor Doherty |
| Dashawn Williams | 19.4 | 5.7 | 1.9 | AP- | SF | -> | SF | AP | 15.6 | 6.7 | 3.0 | Cole Bell |
| Nathaniel Hanselman | 7.0 | 7.8 | 1.8 | AP- | PF | <--- | PF | Exc | 8.6 | 8.7 | 1.9 | Isaiah Conroy |
| Philip Murray | 5.9 | 12.4 | 1.6 | Exc+ | C | -> | C | AP- | 5.0 | 11.7 | 2.6 | Abner Morgan |
| Karl Johnson | 10.7 | 2.4 | 2.7 | Exc+ | bPG | <- | bPG | Exc+ | 2.0 | 1.1 | 3.3 | John Lloyd |
| Charles Farley | 11.0 | 3.0 | 1.0 | Exc | bSG | -> | bSG | Exc | 6.3 | 1.7 | 0.9 | Martin Atkins |
| Jimmy Lumpkins | 6.0 | 1.2 | 1.2 | Exc+ | bSF | <- | bSF | Exc | 6.7 | 1.4 | 0.9 | David Skinner |
| Dylan Daniels | 2.8 | 5.2 | 0.8 | AP- | bPF | <- | bPF | AP- | 13.7 | 4.9 | 1.3 | Marcus Bragg |
| Mason Russ | 3.9 | 6.7 | 2.1 | AP- | 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.