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Season on Friday, September 18, 2026
Houston Octopods
(2-4)
at
Miami Macho Men
(3-3)
Series Snapshot
No completed season meetings.
Houston Octopods leads the all-time series 25-21.
Predicted Score
HOU
100
MIA
106
Four Factors & Advanced Metrics
| Team | eFG% | TO Rate | Off Reb% | FT Rate | Pts/Poss | Poss/Gm |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Octopods | 54.75% | 7.02% | 34.71% | 9.33% | 1.13 | 101.15 |
| Miami Macho Men | 53.97% | 7.90% | 35.83% | 12.84% | 1.13 | 105.85 |
Projected Matchups
| HOU Player | PPG | RPG | APG | Rating | Pos | Edge | Pos | Rating | PPG | RPG | APG | MIA Player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andres Brown | 24.7 | 4.2 | 9.0 | Exc | PG | -> | PG | Exc+ | 6.7 | 5.0 | 10.7 | Carlos Ford |
| William Morgan | 25.5 | 5.2 | 5.7 | Exc+ | SG | --> | SG | AP- | 19.3 | 5.3 | 2.3 | Alexander Burch |
| Dashawn Williams | 21.2 | 6.0 | 3.0 | AP- | SF | --> | SF | AP+ | 26.0 | 5.7 | 1.8 | Elijah Wallace |
| Nathaniel Hanselman | 10.5 | 10.5 | 2.2 | AP- | PF | <--- | PF | Exc- | 17.5 | 6.7 | 2.5 | Flip Blosveren |
| Philip Murray | 7.3 | 12.5 | 2.0 | Exc+ | C | -> | C | AP- | 13.2 | 10.5 | 3.3 | Joel Hackworth |
| Karl Johnson | 4.0 | 1.5 | 2.3 | Exc+ | bPG | -> | bPG | AP- | 7.0 | 2.0 | 3.5 | Jad Miller |
| Charles Farley | 11.0 | 1.8 | 1.2 | Exc | bSG | --> | bSG | AP- | 8.3 | 2.5 | 0.8 | Khristian Nunez |
| Jimmy Lumpkins | 4.7 | 2.0 | 0.5 | Exc+ | bSF | --> | bSF | AP | 8.2 | 3.5 | 1.3 | Alan Penn |
| Dylan Daniels | 2.2 | 2.7 | 0.8 | AP- | bPF | -> | bPF | AP- | 10.0 | 3.0 | 1.0 | Daniel Fortune |
| Mason Russ | 3.7 | 3.3 | 0.7 | AP- | bC | bC | AP- | 3.0 | 5.8 | 1.5 | Adam McGlory |
Ratings key: Poor, Fair, Avg, Good, Exc, and AP reflect the legacy SimHoops overall player scale used in the original advanced game preview.