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Season on Friday, June 5, 2026
Birmingham Venom
(1-6)
at
Norfolk Wolves
(3-4)
Series Snapshot
Norfolk Wolves leads the season series 1-0.
Birmingham Venom leads the all-time series 68-65.
Predicted Score
BIR
100
NOR
106
Season Series
| Date | Type | Matchup | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 4/27 | Season | NOR at BIR | 93 - 75 |
Four Factors & Advanced Metrics
| Team | eFG% | TO Rate | Off Reb% | FT Rate | Pts/Poss | Poss/Gm |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birmingham Venom | 43.27% | 11.26% | 34.18% | 15.60% | 0.89 | 107.72 |
| Norfolk Wolves | 47.84% | 12.28% | 30.34% | 14.70% | 0.95 | 104.28 |
Projected Matchups
| BIR Player | PPG | RPG | APG | Rating | Pos | Edge | Pos | Rating | PPG | RPG | APG | NOR Player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jordan Wimberly | 12.4 | 4.0 | 5.9 | Poor+ | PG | ---> | PG | Avg | 6.9 | 3.3 | 8.7 | Jacob Simon |
| Cade Dotson | 16.3 | 4.7 | 1.9 | Good | SG | <--- | SG | Avg | 9.3 | 4.3 | 2.9 | Nikhil Belt |
| Joseph Royster | 13.7 | 7.6 | 1.0 | Exc | SF | <--- | SF | Good | 24.3 | 3.7 | 0.9 | Ambrose Graham |
| Daniel Brink | 2.0 | 6.1 | 1.6 | Exc | PF | <--- | PF | Good | 15.4 | 9.0 | 1.6 | Spencer Blanchette |
| Richard Orenstein | 9.3 | 10.6 | 1.4 | Good+ | C | <--- | C | Avg- | 4.9 | 10.1 | 0.7 | Maxwell Rasmussen |
| Jordan Snyder | 15.0 | 1.9 | 2.1 | Exc | bPG | --> | bPG | Exc+ | 6.0 | 2.6 | 4.3 | Robert Pool |
| Blake Parnell | 5.9 | 2.0 | 2.7 | Avg- | bSG | ---> | bSG | Good- | 4.0 | 3.4 | 1.6 | Jimmy Rosado |
| Brandon Werner | 7.3 | 3.6 | 1.1 | Avg+ | bSF | <--- | bSF | Fair+ | 4.7 | 3.9 | 1.0 | Christopher Knobel |
| Salvador Sweeney | 8.1 | 6.4 | 1.4 | Fair+ | bPF | ---> | bPF | Exc+ | 7.4 | 2.6 | 0.9 | Giovanni Thomsen |
| Anthony Gordon | 5.4 | 5.9 | 1.1 | Fair+ | bC | ---> | bC | Exc+ | 15.9 | 5.9 | 0.6 | Howard Flores |
Ratings key: Poor, Fair, Avg, Good, Exc, and AP reflect the legacy SimHoops overall player scale used in the original advanced game preview.