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Season on Tuesday, September 8, 2026
San Diego Sabercats
(3-3)
at
Los Angeles Cacti
(5-1)
Series Snapshot
No completed season meetings.
San Diego Sabercats leads the all-time series 88-87.
Predicted Score
SD
104
LA
102
Four Factors & Advanced Metrics
| Team | eFG% | TO Rate | Off Reb% | FT Rate | Pts/Poss | Poss/Gm |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Sabercats | 54.97% | 5.62% | 31.85% | 14.14% | 1.18 | 104.43 |
| Los Angeles Cacti | 54.29% | 7.25% | 36.42% | 14.92% | 1.14 | 104.92 |
Projected Matchups
| SD Player | PPG | RPG | APG | Rating | Pos | Edge | Pos | Rating | PPG | RPG | APG | LA Player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louis Sumner | 16.2 | 3.3 | 5.2 | AP | PG | -> | PG | AP | 25.0 | 4.3 | 6.0 | Alonso Radliff |
| Dean Oliver | 18.8 | 5.3 | 2.8 | AP- | SG | -> | SG | AP | 30.0 | 5.7 | 3.0 | Jordan Oneal |
| Samuel Price | 19.5 | 5.7 | 3.2 | AP+ | SF | <- | SF | AP | 10.3 | 5.8 | 2.5 | Juan Kirkland |
| Lance Bailey | 15.2 | 8.5 | 2.7 | AP+ | PF | <-- | PF | Exc+ | 8.0 | 8.5 | 1.5 | Alexander Smyth |
| James Banks | 5.5 | 10.3 | 1.3 | Exc+ | C | <- | C | Exc+ | 6.0 | 9.2 | 2.2 | Dartagnan Daniel |
| Adrian Johnson | 15.5 | 3.8 | 6.8 | AP- | bPG | <-- | bPG | Exc | 19.0 | 0.5 | 2.0 | Joshua Arellano |
| Nathaniel Benford | 16.3 | 1.7 | 2.0 | AP- | bSG | <- | bSG | Exc+ | 10.8 | 3.3 | 4.5 | Tristan Hayes |
| Ryan Budz | 7.0 | 3.8 | 0.7 | Exc+ | bSF | <- | bSF | Exc+ | 10.8 | 2.8 | 1.3 | Javion Gehris |
| Daniel Covington | 5.8 | 3.8 | 0.8 | AP | bPF | <- | bPF | AP- | 2.3 | 5.7 | 1.2 | Ethan Rush |
| Franklin Wheat | 3.0 | 4.7 | 1.0 | Exc+ | bC | -> | bC | Exc+ | 3.3 | 6.0 | 1.2 | Jamie Long |
Ratings key: Poor, Fair, Avg, Good, Exc, and AP reflect the legacy SimHoops overall player scale used in the original advanced game preview.