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Season on Friday, July 3, 2026
Las Vegas Dark Knights
(3-4)
at
Houston Octopods
(1-6)
Series Snapshot
No completed season meetings.
Houston Octopods leads the all-time series 63-59.
Predicted Score
LV
102
HOU
104
Four Factors & Advanced Metrics
| Team | eFG% | TO Rate | Off Reb% | FT Rate | Pts/Poss | Poss/Gm |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Las Vegas Dark Knights | 53.84% | 11.01% | 35.34% | 14.92% | 1.08 | 110.15 |
| Houston Octopods | 52.38% | 7.05% | 33.78% | 8.24% | 1.09 | 102.59 |
Projected Matchups
| LV Player | PPG | RPG | APG | Rating | Pos | Edge | Pos | Rating | PPG | RPG | APG | HOU Player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dylan Byron | 9.4 | 3.3 | 11.9 | AP | PG | <-- | PG | Exc | 21.4 | 3.0 | 7.9 | Andres Brown |
| Connor Graf | 12.4 | 3.9 | 1.3 | AP- | SG | <- | SG | Exc+ | 24.6 | 4.3 | 2.9 | William Morgan |
| Isaiah Walton | 18.6 | 5.4 | 2.0 | Exc | SF | ---> | SF | AP- | 19.4 | 5.7 | 1.9 | Dashawn Williams |
| Ethan Penson | 20.3 | 8.9 | 1.1 | AP+ | PF | <- | PF | AP- | 7.0 | 7.8 | 1.8 | Nathaniel Hanselman |
| Nicholas Johnson | 14.1 | 13.4 | 2.4 | AP | C | <-- | C | Exc+ | 5.9 | 12.4 | 1.6 | Philip Murray |
| Timothy Monroe | 4.3 | 1.3 | 4.4 | Exc+ | bPG | -> | bPG | Exc+ | 10.7 | 2.4 | 2.7 | Karl Johnson |
| Samuel Fowler | 9.0 | 4.0 | 3.0 | Exc+ | bSG | <- | bSG | Exc | 11.0 | 3.0 | 1.0 | Charles Farley |
| James Gundersen | 6.1 | 2.3 | 1.3 | Exc | bSF | -> | bSF | Exc+ | 6.0 | 1.2 | 1.2 | Jimmy Lumpkins |
| Samuel Kovacs | 7.1 | 5.1 | 0.7 | Exc | bPF | --> | bPF | AP- | 2.8 | 5.2 | 0.8 | Dylan Daniels |
| Jontae Escobar | 6.1 | 4.4 | 0.6 | 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.