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Season on Thursday, June 18, 2026
Santa Fe Zeppelins
(1-6)
at
Buffalo Bombers
(2-5)
Series Snapshot
No completed season meetings.
Buffalo Bombers leads the all-time series 28-20.
Predicted Score
SFE
108
BUF
98
Four Factors & Advanced Metrics
| Team | eFG% | TO Rate | Off Reb% | FT Rate | Pts/Poss | Poss/Gm |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Santa Fe Zeppelins | 49.09% | 14.01% | 28.61% | 11.04% | 0.94 | 100.74 |
| Buffalo Bombers | 46.26% | 14.46% | 34.02% | 13.67% | 0.89 | 107.47 |
Projected Matchups
| SFE Player | PPG | RPG | APG | Rating | Pos | Edge | Pos | Rating | PPG | RPG | APG | BUF Player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trenton Sage | 19.0 | 3.9 | 6.0 | Exc | PG | <- | PG | Exc- | 6.3 | 3.9 | 6.4 | Brendon Holmes |
| Samuel Sudler | 16.7 | 4.1 | 3.6 | Good | SG | <-- | SG | Avg+ | 9.9 | 5.7 | 4.0 | Dana Rodriques |
| Noah Tinney | 4.9 | 3.4 | 1.7 | Avg+ | SF | ---> | SF | Good | 21.1 | 7.9 | 1.7 | Talon Swiger |
| Zach Smith | 4.1 | 7.6 | 1.1 | Good- | PF | <-- | PF | Avg | 12.4 | 7.7 | 1.6 | Liam Mullis |
| Uziel Lee | 16.6 | 10.7 | 0.7 | Exc | C | <--- | C | Avg+ | 13.9 | 9.1 | 1.0 | Tamir Owens |
| Martin Glover | 5.1 | 0.9 | 2.7 | Fair | bPG | <-- | bPG | Poor+ | 4.7 | 1.6 | 3.6 | Adam Conkle |
| Andres Thiam | 9.9 | 2.7 | 1.9 | Avg | bSG | <- | bSG | Avg | 9.6 | 2.0 | 1.3 | Jacob Hynes |
| Ian Marshall | 10.6 | 3.9 | 1.6 | Avg | bSF | bSF | Avg | 5.7 | 3.1 | 1.9 | Kyle Williams | |
| Kyran Harper | 6.7 | 2.4 | 0.7 | Avg+ | bPF | <--- | bPF | Poor+ | 4.7 | 4.6 | 1.6 | Braden Nicholson |
| Marcus Robinson | 1.1 | 5.9 | 0.6 | Avg | bC | <- | bC | Avg- | 7.1 | 4.7 | 0.6 | Wesley Vigil |
Ratings key: Poor, Fair, Avg, Good, Exc, and AP reflect the legacy SimHoops overall player scale used in the original advanced game preview.