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Season on Wednesday, September 16, 2026
Las Vegas Dark Knights
(3-3)
at
Salt Lake City Night Hawks
(3-3)
Series Snapshot
No completed season meetings.
Salt Lake City Night Hawks leads the all-time series 74-39.
Predicted Score
LV
104
SLC
102
Four Factors & Advanced Metrics
| Team | eFG% | TO Rate | Off Reb% | FT Rate | Pts/Poss | Poss/Gm |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Las Vegas Dark Knights | 53.20% | 6.52% | 30.41% | 12.29% | 1.13 | 104.36 |
| Salt Lake City Night Hawks | 56.89% | 9.42% | 33.88% | 14.12% | 1.16 | 108.09 |
Projected Matchups
| LV Player | PPG | RPG | APG | Rating | Pos | Edge | Pos | Rating | PPG | RPG | APG | SLC Player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dylan Byron | 11.7 | 4.8 | 8.3 | AP | PG | -> | PG | AP | 27.8 | 5.2 | 7.2 | Hayden Bond |
| Antonio Wims | 20.2 | 4.0 | 3.0 | AP | SG | <- | SG | AP- | 27.0 | 5.7 | 3.8 | Trevor Doherty |
| Connor Graf | 17.0 | 4.8 | 2.2 | AP- | SF | -> | SF | AP | 19.8 | 7.8 | 2.8 | Cole Bell |
| Ethan Penson | 19.7 | 10.7 | 1.7 | AP+ | PF | <--- | PF | Exc | 12.8 | 6.7 | 3.5 | Isaiah Conroy |
| Nicholas Johnson | 11.7 | 11.0 | 2.0 | AP | C | <--- | C | Exc- | 7.3 | 12.5 | 2.5 | Benjamin Ruff |
| Timothy Monroe | 11.3 | 2.3 | 2.3 | Exc+ | bPG | -> | bPG | Exc+ | 4.3 | 2.0 | 3.3 | John Lloyd |
| Fernando Ruiz | 5.8 | 2.5 | 1.5 | Exc | bSG | -> | bSG | Exc+ | 8.5 | 1.7 | 0.8 | Martin Atkins |
| James Gundersen | 8.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | Exc | bSF | -> | bSF | Exc | 7.0 | 1.8 | 1.0 | David Skinner |
| Samuel Kovacs | 5.5 | 4.0 | 1.8 | Exc+ | bPF | -> | bPF | Exc+ | 6.0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | Caleb Nance |
| Dante Clark | 7.6 | 4.4 | 0.4 | Exc | bC | --> | bC | AP- | 2.7 | 4.2 | 0.3 | Ricardo Mason |
Ratings key: Poor, Fair, Avg, Good, Exc, and AP reflect the legacy SimHoops overall player scale used in the original advanced game preview.