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Season on Wednesday, October 7, 2026
Cleveland Weasels
(2-4)
at
Houston Octopods
(2-4)
Series Snapshot
No completed season meetings.
All-time series tied 23-23.
Predicted Score
CLE
104
HOU
102
Four Factors & Advanced Metrics
| Team | eFG% | TO Rate | Off Reb% | FT Rate | Pts/Poss | Poss/Gm |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Weasels | 53.69% | 6.77% | 32.07% | 12.23% | 1.14 | 103.94 |
| Houston Octopods | 54.75% | 7.02% | 32.48% | 9.33% | 1.13 | 101.15 |
Projected Matchups
| CLE Player | PPG | RPG | APG | Rating | Pos | Edge | Pos | Rating | PPG | RPG | APG | HOU Player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brandon Gant Jr | 27.3 | 4.2 | 5.5 | AP- | PG | <-- | PG | Exc | 24.7 | 4.2 | 9.0 | Andres Brown |
| Samuel Henderson | 16.2 | 5.8 | 2.3 | AP- | SG | <- | SG | Exc+ | 25.5 | 5.2 | 5.7 | William Morgan |
| Kenneth Hawkins | 8.8 | 4.5 | 1.7 | Exc+ | SF | -> | SF | AP- | 21.2 | 6.0 | 3.0 | Dashawn Williams |
| Desmond Swope | 10.7 | 7.5 | 1.7 | AP | PF | <- | PF | AP- | 10.5 | 10.5 | 2.2 | Nathaniel Hanselman |
| Timothy Morton | 6.8 | 10.2 | 2.5 | Exc | C | -> | C | Exc+ | 7.3 | 12.5 | 2.0 | Philip Murray |
| Alex Donald | 9.7 | 1.3 | 2.0 | AP- | bPG | <- | bPG | Exc+ | 4.0 | 1.5 | 2.3 | Karl Johnson |
| Riley Bacon | 7.0 | 3.2 | 4.2 | Exc+ | bSG | <- | bSG | Exc | 11.0 | 1.8 | 1.2 | Charles Farley |
| David Carson | 4.7 | 3.5 | 1.0 | AP | bSF | <-- | bSF | Exc+ | 4.7 | 2.0 | 0.5 | Jimmy Lumpkins |
| Taylor Mitchell | 25.7 | 5.2 | 1.5 | AP | bPF | <- | bPF | AP- | 2.2 | 2.7 | 0.8 | Dylan Daniels |
| Seth Putnam | 2.2 | 5.2 | 1.0 | AP- | 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.