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Season on Wednesday, July 1, 2026
Salt Lake City Night Hawks
(18-24)
at
San Diego Sabercats
(20-22)
Series Snapshot
San Diego Sabercats leads the season series 1-0.
Salt Lake City Night Hawks leads the all-time series 64-54.
Predicted Score
SLC
99
SD
107
Season Series
| Date | Type | Matchup | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 5/20 | Season | SD at SLC | 128 - 123 |
Four Factors & Advanced Metrics
| Team | eFG% | TO Rate | Off Reb% | FT Rate | Pts/Poss | Poss/Gm |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake City Night Hawks | 54.32% | 8.13% | 32.84% | 11.87% | 1.12 | 103.69 |
| San Diego Sabercats | 53.12% | 6.11% | 33.97% | 12.95% | 1.13 | 102.55 |
Projected Matchups
| SLC Player | PPG | RPG | APG | Rating | Pos | Edge | Pos | Rating | PPG | RPG | APG | SD Player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hayden Bond | 25.6 | 3.9 | 8.6 | AP | PG | <- | PG | AP- | 25.3 | 3.9 | 6.6 | Adrian Johnson |
| Trevor Doherty | 28.0 | 5.9 | 3.2 | AP- | SG | <- | SG | AP- | 19.3 | 3.8 | 1.8 | Dean Oliver |
| Cole Bell | 15.9 | 6.9 | 2.9 | AP | SF | -> | SF | AP+ | 22.5 | 6.3 | 2.0 | Samuel Price |
| Isaiah Conroy | 7.9 | 7.4 | 1.6 | Exc | PF | ---> | PF | AP+ | 10.9 | 8.7 | 2.3 | Lance Bailey |
| Abner Morgan | 6.6 | 11.7 | 2.3 | AP- | C | <- | C | Exc+ | 5.5 | 11.9 | 2.2 | James Banks |
| John Lloyd | 5.0 | 1.9 | 4.1 | Exc+ | bPG | --> | bPG | AP | 8.5 | 1.5 | 3.7 | Louis Sumner |
| Martin Atkins | 10.0 | 1.8 | 1.4 | Exc | bSG | --> | bSG | AP- | 11.1 | 2.0 | 3.5 | Nathaniel Benford |
| David Skinner | 6.5 | 2.3 | 1.0 | Exc | bSF | -> | bSF | Exc+ | 7.2 | 3.0 | 1.0 | Ryan Budz |
| Marcus Bragg | 12.0 | 3.9 | 1.1 | AP- | bPF | -> | bPF | AP | 2.5 | 3.6 | 0.8 | Daniel Covington |
| Collin Leggett | 3.7 | 3.6 | 0.7 | Exc- | bC | -> | bC | Exc | 2.8 | 4.2 | 0.8 | Robert Westmoreland |
Ratings key: Poor, Fair, Avg, Good, Exc, and AP reflect the legacy SimHoops overall player scale used in the original advanced game preview.