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Season on Thursday, June 4, 2026
Houston Octopods
(1-6)
at
Las Vegas Dark Knights
(3-4)
Series Snapshot
No completed season meetings.
Houston Octopods leads the all-time series 63-59.
Predicted Score
HOU
102
LV
104
Four Factors & Advanced Metrics
| Team | eFG% | TO Rate | Off Reb% | FT Rate | Pts/Poss | Poss/Gm |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Octopods | 52.38% | 7.05% | 33.78% | 8.24% | 1.09 | 102.59 |
| Las Vegas Dark Knights | 53.84% | 11.01% | 35.34% | 14.92% | 1.08 | 110.15 |
Projected Matchups
| HOU Player | PPG | RPG | APG | Rating | Pos | Edge | Pos | Rating | PPG | RPG | APG | LV Player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andres Brown | 21.4 | 3.0 | 7.9 | Exc | PG | --> | PG | AP | 9.4 | 3.3 | 11.9 | Dylan Byron |
| William Morgan | 24.6 | 4.3 | 2.9 | Exc+ | SG | -> | SG | AP- | 12.4 | 3.9 | 1.3 | Connor Graf |
| Dashawn Williams | 19.4 | 5.7 | 1.9 | AP- | SF | <--- | SF | Exc | 18.6 | 5.4 | 2.0 | Isaiah Walton |
| Nathaniel Hanselman | 7.0 | 7.8 | 1.8 | AP- | PF | -> | PF | AP+ | 20.3 | 8.9 | 1.1 | Ethan Penson |
| Philip Murray | 5.9 | 12.4 | 1.6 | Exc+ | C | --> | C | AP | 14.1 | 13.4 | 2.4 | Nicholas Johnson |
| Karl Johnson | 10.7 | 2.4 | 2.7 | Exc+ | bPG | <- | bPG | Exc+ | 4.3 | 1.3 | 4.4 | Timothy Monroe |
| Charles Farley | 11.0 | 3.0 | 1.0 | Exc | bSG | -> | bSG | Exc+ | 9.0 | 4.0 | 3.0 | Samuel Fowler |
| Jimmy Lumpkins | 6.0 | 1.2 | 1.2 | Exc+ | bSF | <- | bSF | Exc | 6.1 | 2.3 | 1.3 | James Gundersen |
| Dylan Daniels | 2.8 | 5.2 | 0.8 | AP- | bPF | <-- | bPF | Exc | 7.1 | 5.1 | 0.7 | Samuel Kovacs |
| Mason Russ | 3.9 | 6.7 | 2.1 | AP- | bC | <-- | bC | Exc | 6.1 | 4.4 | 0.6 | Jontae Escobar |
Ratings key: Poor, Fair, Avg, Good, Exc, and AP reflect the legacy SimHoops overall player scale used in the original advanced game preview.