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Season on Thursday, October 15, 2026

Las Vegas Dark Knights
(3-3)
at
Los Angeles Cacti
(5-1)
Series Snapshot

Los Angeles Cacti leads the season series 1-0.

Los Angeles Cacti leads the all-time series 86-57.

Predicted Score
LV 102
LA 104
Season Series
Date Type Matchup Result
Thu 8/27 Season LA at LV 131 - 122
Four Factors & Advanced Metrics
Team eFG% TO Rate Off Reb% FT Rate Pts/Poss Poss/Gm
Las Vegas Dark Knights 53.20% 6.52% 31.14% 12.29% 1.13 104.36
Los Angeles Cacti 54.29% 7.25% 37.77% 14.92% 1.14 104.92
Projected Matchups
LV Player PPG RPG APG Rating Pos Edge Pos Rating PPG RPG APG LA Player
Dylan Byron 11.7 4.8 8.3 AP PG -> PG AP 25.0 4.3 6.0 Alonso Radliff
Antonio Wims 20.2 4.0 3.0 AP SG <- SG AP 30.0 5.7 3.0 Jordan Oneal
Connor Graf 17.0 4.8 2.2 AP- SF -> SF AP 10.3 5.8 2.5 Juan Kirkland
Ethan Penson 19.7 10.7 1.7 AP+ PF <-- PF Exc+ 8.0 8.5 1.5 Alexander Smyth
Nicholas Johnson 11.7 11.0 2.0 AP C <- C Exc+ 6.0 9.2 2.2 Dartagnan Daniel
Timothy Monroe 11.3 2.3 2.3 Exc+ bPG <- bPG Exc 19.0 0.5 2.0 Joshua Arellano
Fernando Ruiz 5.8 2.5 1.5 Exc bSG -> bSG Exc+ 10.8 3.3 4.5 Tristan Hayes
James Gundersen 8.5 1.0 1.0 Exc bSF -> bSF Exc+ 10.8 2.8 1.3 Javion Gehris
Samuel Kovacs 5.5 4.0 1.8 Exc+ bPF -> bPF AP- 2.3 5.7 1.2 Ethan Rush
Dante Clark 7.6 4.4 0.4 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.