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Playoffs on Thursday, November 12, 2026

Chicago Hilltoppers
(30-23)
at
Orlando Bombers
(30-23)
Series Snapshot

Chicago Hilltoppers leads the season series 4-0.

Orlando Bombers leads the all-time series 78-50.

Predicted Score
CHI 106
ORL 100
Season Series
Date Type Matchup Result
Mon 8/24 Season ORL at CHI 115 - 122
Thu 10/1 Season CHI at ORL 106 - 105
Mon 11/9 Playoffs ORL at CHI 108 - 109
Tue 11/10 Playoffs ORL at CHI 89 - 110
Four Factors & Advanced Metrics
Team eFG% TO Rate Off Reb% FT Rate Pts/Poss Poss/Gm
Chicago Hilltoppers 47.91% 5.89% 35.24% 18.85% 1.07 102.11
Orlando Bombers 46.91% 7.78% 32.41% 7.73% 0.95 103.43
Projected Matchups
CHI Player PPG RPG APG Rating Pos Edge Pos Rating PPG RPG APG ORL Player
Christopher Jenkins 18.3 4.1 7.2 AP- PG -> PG AP- 23.4 3.8 7.4 Cole Knouse
Ethan Wilcox 21.9 6.3 3.2 AP SG <- SG AP- 21.8 4.6 3.6 Jaden Brown
Peter Jeanpierre 16.2 6.9 2.7 AP SF <- SF AP- 16.6 5.3 2.1 Luke Pearce
Luke Anderson 25.9 10.3 2.2 AP+ PF <--- PF Exc+ 12.5 8.9 2.2 William Culbert
Ryan Davis 4.4 9.1 2.0 AP C <-- C Exc+ 4.7 11.3 2.2 Pedro Witherspoon
Derek Mitchell 19.8 3.3 5.2 Exc+ bPG --> bPG AP- 10.9 2.0 3.0 Omar Newsome
Aaron Wilson 14.2 4.0 2.0 Exc+ bSG -> bSG Exc+ 9.1 2.1 1.2 Jared Damron
William Simon 11.5 6.0 2.4 Exc+ bSF -> bSF Exc+ 11.9 3.6 1.1 Donell Mott
Kevin Rushing 0.0 0.0 0.0 Exc+ bPF bPF Exc+ 2.8 4.2 0.8 Nathan Andrews
Jack Palacios 2.8 6.8 1.2 Exc+ bC <--- bC Good- 2.5 4.9 1.0 Daniel Hiott
Ratings key: Poor, Fair, Avg, Good, Exc, and AP reflect the legacy SimHoops overall player scale used in the original advanced game preview.