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Season on Friday, October 23, 2026
Houston Octopods
(2-4)
at
Denver Ferris Wheels
(2-4)
Series Snapshot
No completed season meetings.
Houston Octopods leads the all-time series 83-80.
Predicted Score
HOU
101
DEN
105
Four Factors & Advanced Metrics
| Team | eFG% | TO Rate | Off Reb% | FT Rate | Pts/Poss | Poss/Gm |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Octopods | 54.75% | 7.02% | 33.11% | 9.33% | 1.13 | 101.15 |
| Denver Ferris Wheels | 47.53% | 6.96% | 37.26% | 12.76% | 1.01 | 104.96 |
Projected Matchups
| HOU Player | PPG | RPG | APG | Rating | Pos | Edge | Pos | Rating | PPG | RPG | APG | DEN Player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andres Brown | 24.7 | 4.2 | 9.0 | Exc | PG | -> | PG | Exc+ | 11.7 | 7.7 | 7.7 | Jarred Muhammad |
| William Morgan | 25.5 | 5.2 | 5.7 | Exc+ | SG | --> | SG | AP | 26.2 | 6.3 | 2.2 | Aaron Gilliam |
| Dashawn Williams | 21.2 | 6.0 | 3.0 | AP- | SF | <- | SF | AP- | 5.7 | 6.0 | 1.3 | Colton Funk |
| Nathaniel Hanselman | 10.5 | 10.5 | 2.2 | AP- | PF | -> | PF | AP | 13.8 | 10.5 | 1.7 | Patrick Andrews |
| Philip Murray | 7.3 | 12.5 | 2.0 | Exc+ | C | <- | C | Exc | 8.3 | 10.2 | 1.5 | Christopher Rolf |
| Karl Johnson | 4.0 | 1.5 | 2.3 | Exc+ | bPG | <- | bPG | Exc+ | 7.7 | 2.3 | 3.7 | Tommy Dolan |
| Charles Farley | 11.0 | 1.8 | 1.2 | Exc | bSG | <- | bSG | Exc | 10.5 | 1.5 | 1.3 | Justin Kinsley |
| Jimmy Lumpkins | 4.7 | 2.0 | 0.5 | Exc+ | bSF | --> | bSF | AP- | 11.2 | 3.0 | 0.7 | Anthony Trapp |
| Dylan Daniels | 2.2 | 2.7 | 0.8 | AP- | bPF | -> | bPF | AP- | 8.2 | 2.5 | 1.0 | Dakota Rogers |
| Mason Russ | 3.7 | 3.3 | 0.7 | AP- | bC | -> | bC | AP- | 2.5 | 3.5 | 1.0 | Jalen Rashad |
Ratings key: Poor, Fair, Avg, Good, Exc, and AP reflect the legacy SimHoops overall player scale used in the original advanced game preview.