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Season on Tuesday, September 1, 2026
Houston Octopods
(2-4)
at
Minneapolis Bricklayers
(2-4)
Series Snapshot
No completed season meetings.
Minneapolis Bricklayers leads the all-time series 97-74.
Predicted Score
HOU
107
MIN
99
Four Factors & Advanced Metrics
| Team | eFG% | TO Rate | Off Reb% | FT Rate | Pts/Poss | Poss/Gm |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Octopods | 54.75% | 7.02% | 31.37% | 9.33% | 1.13 | 101.15 |
| Minneapolis Bricklayers | 49.27% | 8.53% | 37.46% | 9.28% | 1.02 | 108.56 |
Projected Matchups
| HOU Player | PPG | RPG | APG | Rating | Pos | Edge | Pos | Rating | PPG | RPG | APG | MIN Player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andres Brown | 24.7 | 4.2 | 9.0 | Exc | PG | ---> | PG | AP | 22.7 | 4.0 | 6.0 | Cody Knight |
| William Morgan | 25.5 | 5.2 | 5.7 | Exc+ | SG | -> | SG | AP- | 19.8 | 5.0 | 1.8 | Tyree Mitchell |
| Dashawn Williams | 21.2 | 6.0 | 3.0 | AP- | SF | -> | SF | AP | 6.2 | 5.5 | 2.8 | Colton Webber |
| Nathaniel Hanselman | 10.5 | 10.5 | 2.2 | AP- | PF | <--- | PF | Good- | 9.7 | 9.3 | 1.8 | Deion Fleming |
| Philip Murray | 7.3 | 12.5 | 2.0 | Exc+ | C | <- | C | Exc | 5.0 | 9.5 | 1.5 | Dshawn Markovitz |
| Karl Johnson | 4.0 | 1.5 | 2.3 | Exc+ | bPG | --> | bPG | AP | 17.3 | 3.2 | 4.3 | Shane Paige |
| Charles Farley | 11.0 | 1.8 | 1.2 | Exc | bSG | <- | bSG | Exc | 15.7 | 2.8 | 1.7 | Mario Washington |
| Jimmy Lumpkins | 4.7 | 2.0 | 0.5 | Exc+ | bSF | <--- | bSF | Avg- | 6.2 | 5.0 | 2.0 | Gabriel Carnevale |
| Dylan Daniels | 2.2 | 2.7 | 0.8 | AP- | bPF | <--- | bPF | Exc- | 4.8 | 5.2 | 1.5 | Diego Cooper |
| Mason Russ | 3.7 | 3.3 | 0.7 | AP- | bC | <- | bC | Exc+ | 3.0 | 7.0 | 1.0 | Mason Green |
Ratings key: Poor, Fair, Avg, Good, Exc, and AP reflect the legacy SimHoops overall player scale used in the original advanced game preview.