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Season on Thursday, July 2, 2026
Houston Octopods
(1-6)
at
Memphis Express
(3-4)
Series Snapshot
No completed season meetings.
Memphis Express leads the all-time series 28-17.
Predicted Score
HOU
102
MEM
104
Four Factors & Advanced Metrics
| Team | eFG% | TO Rate | Off Reb% | FT Rate | Pts/Poss | Poss/Gm |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Octopods | 52.38% | 7.05% | 36.31% | 8.24% | 1.09 | 102.59 |
| Memphis Express | 52.98% | 4.85% | 35.34% | 11.36% | 1.14 | 103.78 |
Projected Matchups
| HOU Player | PPG | RPG | APG | Rating | Pos | Edge | Pos | Rating | PPG | RPG | APG | MEM Player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andres Brown | 21.4 | 3.0 | 7.9 | Exc | PG | ---> | PG | AP | 37.4 | 2.7 | 5.6 | Chad Robinson |
| William Morgan | 24.6 | 4.3 | 2.9 | Exc+ | SG | -> | SG | AP- | 12.7 | 4.4 | 3.4 | Collin Kent |
| Dashawn Williams | 19.4 | 5.7 | 1.9 | AP- | SF | <- | SF | AP- | 9.9 | 5.0 | 2.0 | Daniel Scoville |
| Nathaniel Hanselman | 7.0 | 7.8 | 1.8 | AP- | PF | <--- | PF | Exc- | 5.7 | 10.6 | 2.6 | Nolan Sylvan |
| Philip Murray | 5.9 | 12.4 | 1.6 | Exc+ | C | -> | C | Exc+ | 4.3 | 9.3 | 1.3 | Andrew Williams |
| Karl Johnson | 10.7 | 2.4 | 2.7 | Exc+ | bPG | -> | bPG | AP- | 10.7 | 1.6 | 3.4 | Javin Hill |
| Charles Farley | 11.0 | 3.0 | 1.0 | Exc | bSG | ---> | bSG | AP | 10.4 | 2.6 | 1.1 | Jackson Cotton |
| Jimmy Lumpkins | 6.0 | 1.2 | 1.2 | Exc+ | bSF | <- | bSF | Exc | 9.1 | 3.0 | 0.9 | Mason Hunt |
| Dylan Daniels | 2.8 | 5.2 | 0.8 | AP- | bPF | <--- | bPF | Exc- | 9.0 | 8.3 | 1.6 | Kevin Nanni |
| Mason Russ | 3.9 | 6.7 | 2.1 | AP- | bC | <- | bC | Exc+ | 3.8 | 5.5 | 1.8 | Zachary Brown |
Ratings key: Poor, Fair, Avg, Good, Exc, and AP reflect the legacy SimHoops overall player scale used in the original advanced game preview.