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Season on Monday, September 7, 2026
Birmingham Venom
(4-2)
at
Buffalo Bombers
(3-3)
Series Snapshot
No completed season meetings.
Buffalo Bombers leads the all-time series 25-19.
Predicted Score
BIR
108
BUF
98
Four Factors & Advanced Metrics
| Team | eFG% | TO Rate | Off Reb% | FT Rate | Pts/Poss | Poss/Gm |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birmingham Venom | 44.55% | 12.45% | 38.01% | 12.14% | 0.88 | 107.06 |
| Buffalo Bombers | 50.66% | 15.08% | 30.38% | 17.39% | 0.98 | 106.46 |
Projected Matchups
| BIR Player | PPG | RPG | APG | Rating | Pos | Edge | Pos | Rating | PPG | RPG | APG | BUF Player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jordan Wimberly | 11.5 | 3.3 | 5.0 | Poor+ | PG | ---> | PG | Good | 19.5 | 5.3 | 7.5 | Dana Rodriques |
| Cade Dotson | 16.8 | 4.8 | 3.0 | Good | SG | <-- | SG | Avg+ | 17.8 | 5.7 | 2.3 | Kyle Williams |
| Joseph Royster | 12.5 | 8.5 | 2.5 | Exc | SF | <--- | SF | Avg+ | 12.0 | 7.3 | 2.5 | Liam Mullis |
| Daniel Brink | 4.3 | 8.3 | 2.2 | Exc | PF | <--- | PF | Fair | 12.0 | 8.3 | 1.8 | Joseph Dalton |
| Anthony Gordon | 10.7 | 8.3 | 0.7 | Fair+ | C | <-- | C | Fair- | 8.7 | 8.5 | 2.3 | Braden Nicholson |
| Jordan Snyder | 8.8 | 2.2 | 4.7 | Exc | bPG | <--- | bPG | Fair | 3.0 | 1.2 | 3.8 | Adam Conkle |
| Blake Parnell | 7.5 | 4.0 | 1.8 | Avg- | bSG | ---> | bSG | Avg+ | 11.5 | 2.3 | 1.7 | Jacob Hynes |
| Christian Bankston | 5.7 | 3.7 | 1.2 | Avg- | bSF | -> | bSF | Avg | 7.7 | 2.2 | 0.8 | Ivan Chavez |
| Brandon Werner | 8.5 | 6.2 | 0.7 | Avg+ | bPF | <- | bPF | Avg+ | 6.5 | 5.0 | 0.5 | Wesley Vigil |
| Salvador Sweeney | 8.2 | 6.3 | 1.2 | Fair+ | bC | <- | bC | Fair | 6.0 | 4.3 | 0.7 | Azael Fleming |
Ratings key: Poor, Fair, Avg, Good, Exc, and AP reflect the legacy SimHoops overall player scale used in the original advanced game preview.