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Season on Wednesday, September 2, 2026
Salt Lake City Night Hawks
(3-3)
at
Houston Octopods
(2-4)
Series Snapshot
Salt Lake City Night Hawks leads the season series 1-0.
Salt Lake City Night Hawks leads the all-time series 99-65.
Predicted Score
SLC
102
HOU
104
Season Series
| Date | Type | Matchup | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 8/26 | Season | HOU at SLC | 105 - 124 |
Four Factors & Advanced Metrics
| Team | eFG% | TO Rate | Off Reb% | FT Rate | Pts/Poss | Poss/Gm |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake City Night Hawks | 56.89% | 9.42% | 34.33% | 14.12% | 1.16 | 108.09 |
| Houston Octopods | 54.75% | 7.02% | 32.90% | 9.33% | 1.13 | 101.15 |
Projected Matchups
| SLC Player | PPG | RPG | APG | Rating | Pos | Edge | Pos | Rating | PPG | RPG | APG | HOU Player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hayden Bond | 27.8 | 5.2 | 7.2 | AP | PG | <--- | PG | Exc | 24.7 | 4.2 | 9.0 | Andres Brown |
| Trevor Doherty | 27.0 | 5.7 | 3.8 | AP- | SG | <-- | SG | Exc+ | 25.5 | 5.2 | 5.7 | William Morgan |
| Cole Bell | 19.8 | 7.8 | 2.8 | AP | SF | <- | SF | AP- | 21.2 | 6.0 | 3.0 | Dashawn Williams |
| Isaiah Conroy | 12.8 | 6.7 | 3.5 | Exc | PF | --> | PF | AP- | 10.5 | 10.5 | 2.2 | Nathaniel Hanselman |
| Benjamin Ruff | 7.3 | 12.5 | 2.5 | Exc- | C | --> | C | Exc+ | 7.3 | 12.5 | 2.0 | Philip Murray |
| John Lloyd | 4.3 | 2.0 | 3.3 | Exc+ | bPG | -> | bPG | Exc+ | 4.0 | 1.5 | 2.3 | Karl Johnson |
| Martin Atkins | 8.5 | 1.7 | 0.8 | Exc+ | bSG | <- | bSG | Exc | 11.0 | 1.8 | 1.2 | Charles Farley |
| David Skinner | 7.0 | 1.8 | 1.0 | Exc | bSF | -> | bSF | Exc+ | 4.7 | 2.0 | 0.5 | Jimmy Lumpkins |
| Caleb Nance | 6.0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | Exc+ | bPF | -> | bPF | AP- | 2.2 | 2.7 | 0.8 | Dylan Daniels |
| Ricardo Mason | 2.7 | 4.2 | 0.3 | AP- | bC | <- | bC | AP- | 3.7 | 3.3 | 0.7 | 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.