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Season on Friday, October 16, 2026
Salt Lake City Night Hawks
(3-3)
at
Los Angeles Cacti
(5-1)
Series Snapshot
No completed season meetings.
Salt Lake City Night Hawks leads the all-time series 76-44.
Predicted Score
SLC
101
LA
105
Four Factors & Advanced Metrics
| Team | eFG% | TO Rate | Off Reb% | FT Rate | Pts/Poss | Poss/Gm |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake City Night Hawks | 56.89% | 9.42% | 34.11% | 14.12% | 1.16 | 108.09 |
| Los Angeles Cacti | 54.29% | 7.25% | 37.20% | 14.92% | 1.14 | 104.92 |
Projected Matchups
| SLC Player | PPG | RPG | APG | Rating | Pos | Edge | Pos | Rating | PPG | RPG | APG | LA Player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hayden Bond | 27.8 | 5.2 | 7.2 | AP | PG | -> | PG | AP | 25.0 | 4.3 | 6.0 | Alonso Radliff |
| Trevor Doherty | 27.0 | 5.7 | 3.8 | AP- | SG | -> | SG | AP | 30.0 | 5.7 | 3.0 | Jordan Oneal |
| Cole Bell | 19.8 | 7.8 | 2.8 | AP | SF | <- | SF | AP | 10.3 | 5.8 | 2.5 | Juan Kirkland |
| Isaiah Conroy | 12.8 | 6.7 | 3.5 | Exc | PF | -> | PF | Exc+ | 8.0 | 8.5 | 1.5 | Alexander Smyth |
| Benjamin Ruff | 7.3 | 12.5 | 2.5 | Exc- | C | ---> | C | Exc+ | 6.0 | 9.2 | 2.2 | Dartagnan Daniel |
| John Lloyd | 4.3 | 2.0 | 3.3 | Exc+ | bPG | <- | bPG | Exc | 19.0 | 0.5 | 2.0 | Joshua Arellano |
| Martin Atkins | 8.5 | 1.7 | 0.8 | Exc+ | bSG | -> | bSG | Exc+ | 10.8 | 3.3 | 4.5 | Tristan Hayes |
| David Skinner | 7.0 | 1.8 | 1.0 | Exc | bSF | -> | bSF | Exc+ | 10.8 | 2.8 | 1.3 | Javion Gehris |
| Caleb Nance | 6.0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | Exc+ | bPF | -> | bPF | AP- | 2.3 | 5.7 | 1.2 | Ethan Rush |
| Ricardo Mason | 2.7 | 4.2 | 0.3 | AP- | 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.