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Season on Thursday, October 1, 2026
Los Angeles Cacti
(5-1)
at
Houston Octopods
(2-4)
Series Snapshot
Houston Octopods leads the season series 1-0.
Los Angeles Cacti leads the all-time series 55-38.
Predicted Score
LA
104
HOU
102
Season Series
| Date | Type | Matchup | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 8/24 | Season | HOU at LA | 113 - 111 |
Four Factors & Advanced Metrics
| Team | eFG% | TO Rate | Off Reb% | FT Rate | Pts/Poss | Poss/Gm |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Cacti | 54.29% | 7.25% | 38.24% | 14.92% | 1.14 | 104.92 |
| Houston Octopods | 54.75% | 7.02% | 33.67% | 9.33% | 1.13 | 101.15 |
Projected Matchups
| LA Player | PPG | RPG | APG | Rating | Pos | Edge | Pos | Rating | PPG | RPG | APG | HOU Player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alonso Radliff | 25.0 | 4.3 | 6.0 | AP | PG | <--- | PG | Exc | 24.7 | 4.2 | 9.0 | Andres Brown |
| Jordan Oneal | 30.0 | 5.7 | 3.0 | AP | SG | <-- | SG | Exc+ | 25.5 | 5.2 | 5.7 | William Morgan |
| Juan Kirkland | 10.3 | 5.8 | 2.5 | AP | SF | <- | SF | AP- | 21.2 | 6.0 | 3.0 | Dashawn Williams |
| Alexander Smyth | 8.0 | 8.5 | 1.5 | Exc+ | PF | -> | PF | AP- | 10.5 | 10.5 | 2.2 | Nathaniel Hanselman |
| Dartagnan Daniel | 6.0 | 9.2 | 2.2 | Exc+ | C | <- | C | Exc+ | 7.3 | 12.5 | 2.0 | Philip Murray |
| Joshua Arellano | 19.0 | 0.5 | 2.0 | Exc | bPG | -> | bPG | Exc+ | 4.0 | 1.5 | 2.3 | Karl Johnson |
| Tristan Hayes | 10.8 | 3.3 | 4.5 | Exc+ | bSG | <- | bSG | Exc | 11.0 | 1.8 | 1.2 | Charles Farley |
| Javion Gehris | 10.8 | 2.8 | 1.3 | Exc+ | bSF | <- | bSF | Exc+ | 4.7 | 2.0 | 0.5 | Jimmy Lumpkins |
| Ethan Rush | 2.3 | 5.7 | 1.2 | AP- | bPF | -> | bPF | AP- | 2.2 | 2.7 | 0.8 | Dylan Daniels |
| Jamie Long | 3.3 | 6.0 | 1.2 | Exc+ | 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.