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Season on Friday, June 5, 2026
Salt Lake City Night Hawks
(6-1)
at
Houston Octopods
(1-6)
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
SLC
102
HOU
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake City Night Hawks | 56.43% | 8.82% | 30.12% | 13.01% | 1.17 | 101.77 |
| Houston Octopods | 52.38% | 7.05% | 33.69% | 8.24% | 1.09 | 102.59 |
Projected Matchups
| SLC Player | PPG | RPG | APG | Rating | Pos | Edge | Pos | Rating | PPG | RPG | APG | HOU Player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hayden Bond | 25.0 | 3.4 | 8.0 | AP | PG | <--- | PG | Exc | 21.4 | 3.0 | 7.9 | Andres Brown |
| Trevor Doherty | 30.1 | 7.0 | 3.0 | AP- | SG | <- | SG | Exc+ | 24.6 | 4.3 | 2.9 | William Morgan |
| Cole Bell | 15.6 | 6.7 | 3.0 | AP | SF | <- | SF | AP- | 19.4 | 5.7 | 1.9 | Dashawn Williams |
| Isaiah Conroy | 8.6 | 8.7 | 1.9 | Exc | PF | ---> | PF | AP- | 7.0 | 7.8 | 1.8 | Nathaniel Hanselman |
| Abner Morgan | 5.0 | 11.7 | 2.6 | AP- | C | <- | C | Exc+ | 5.9 | 12.4 | 1.6 | Philip Murray |
| John Lloyd | 2.0 | 1.1 | 3.3 | Exc+ | bPG | -> | bPG | Exc+ | 10.7 | 2.4 | 2.7 | Karl Johnson |
| Martin Atkins | 6.3 | 1.7 | 0.9 | Exc | bSG | <- | bSG | Exc | 11.0 | 3.0 | 1.0 | Charles Farley |
| David Skinner | 6.7 | 1.4 | 0.9 | Exc | bSF | -> | bSF | Exc+ | 6.0 | 1.2 | 1.2 | Jimmy Lumpkins |
| Marcus Bragg | 13.7 | 4.9 | 1.3 | AP- | bPF | -> | bPF | AP- | 2.8 | 5.2 | 0.8 | Dylan Daniels |
| Collin Leggett | 5.9 | 2.6 | 0.9 | Exc- | bC | --> | bC | AP- | 3.9 | 6.7 | 2.1 | Mason Russ |
Ratings key: Poor, Fair, Avg, Good, Exc, and AP reflect the legacy SimHoops overall player scale used in the original advanced game preview.