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Season on Friday, July 3, 2026

Las Vegas Dark Knights
(22-19)
at
Houston Octopods
(12-29)
Series Snapshot

Las Vegas Dark Knights leads the season series 1-0.

Houston Octopods leads the all-time series 63-60.

Predicted Score
LV 102
HOU 104
Season Series
Date Type Matchup Result
Thu 6/4 Season HOU at LV 102 - 120
Four Factors & Advanced Metrics
Team eFG% TO Rate Off Reb% FT Rate Pts/Poss Poss/Gm
Las Vegas Dark Knights 53.30% 8.95% 34.46% 14.51% 1.10 105.65
Houston Octopods 51.83% 7.49% 33.77% 11.08% 1.08 103.60
Projected Matchups
LV Player PPG RPG APG Rating Pos Edge Pos Rating PPG RPG APG HOU Player
Dylan Byron 13.0 4.4 8.8 AP PG <-- PG Exc 21.9 4.2 7.1 Andres Brown
Antonio Wims 19.6 4.8 3.3 AP SG <-- SG Exc+ 22.9 4.0 3.0 William Morgan
Connor Graf 16.0 5.5 2.5 AP- SF -> SF AP- 17.7 6.5 1.9 Dashawn Williams
Ethan Penson 16.5 8.7 1.4 AP+ PF <- PF AP- 10.5 8.6 1.8 Nathaniel Hanselman
Nicholas Johnson 13.8 10.9 2.1 AP C <-- C Exc+ 4.5 11.6 1.7 Philip Murray
Timothy Monroe 5.8 1.3 3.8 Exc+ bPG -> bPG Exc+ 9.4 2.4 3.7 Karl Johnson
Isaiah Walton 14.2 3.5 1.4 Exc- bSG --> bSG Exc 11.1 1.8 1.4 Charles Farley
James Gundersen 8.6 2.7 1.0 Exc bSF -> bSF Exc+ 8.9 2.1 1.0 Jimmy Lumpkins
Samuel Kovacs 7.4 5.1 1.2 Exc bPF --> bPF AP- 3.8 4.4 1.2 Dylan Daniels
Jontae Escobar 5.1 5.4 1.0 Exc bC --> bC AP- 3.4 4.7 1.1 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.