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📅 Game 16 (Saturday, Sept 6, 2025)
Innovatus survived a classic, Delta threw a haymaker, and the standings keep Wobble-ing up top. Here it is:
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🌟Game of the Night: BC Lituanica 110 – Innovatus 122 (OT)
One of the best games all year. BC Lit read the scouting report perfectly and matched schemes possession-for-possession. Down two late, Paama attacked the cup, got the whistle, and iced both FTs to force OT. Then the switch flipped: Innovatus blitzed the extra frame and ran away, 122–110. Zigui was unstoppable (b38/10), Stapleton vacuumed the glass (22 REB), and Ikoma kept the pulse steady. Lit got a monster line from Skrzypacz (32/15/4) and iron-man minutes from Pessach (all 53), but their legs looked heavy in OT. Nothing is a given against BC Lit.
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💊Wasco 91 – Delta 116
Olmos authored a complete game (31/8/7, 3 STL) while Shelley and Porter filled in the gaps, and Delta turned a tight one into a distance race. Wasco’s frontline still punched (Pisano/Sorensen), but Delta’s pace and shot-making kept stacking mini-runs until the Tigers ran out of counters. That’s a résumé win.
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🍔FR-S 119 – Tasty 122
This felt tied for a quarter-and-a-half straight. With :08 left at 119–119, Tasty freed Lovaina for the go-ahead triple—cash. FR-S drew up Barger for the equalizer… clank. Zviedris (of course) went nuclear 35/17/5, Rocher chipped in, but Tasty’s guard room answered: Wui Kwong (28/4/9) and Büki (24/2/9) kept the blender humming. A fun, tense win that Tasty had to grind. Rumors of unease from Zviedris have been heating up…
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🦙Ferth 92 – Llama 94
Pure late-game theater. Down three, Spuldzinieks hit a cold-blooded step-back to tie with :30 left. Llama’s Jurtaugas stayed ice-calm, threading a dime to Babenko for the winning lay-in. Ferth walked off shaking their heads; Llama walked off with a grin and the ball.
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🏰Meridian 99 – Bench Mob 112
Bench Warmer Arena was buzzing all game, until Bench slammed the door mid–4th with a double-digit closer. Huffman muscled a big 22/16, Papitzakis picked his spots, and the Mob earned it at the stripe and on the glass. Meridian flashed stretches of the “clinic” look, but only Curley finished positive in +/-—a sign the rotations didn’t pop tonight.
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🥤California 105 – Wellington 112
Cali actually shot it—52% from deep—but Wellington owned the physical stuff: +25 rebounds and +12 free throws turned shot-making into win-making. Bunn/Wong did the heavy lifting; Suggs got numbers amid the rumor mill, but the Warthogs’ method was the message.
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🧮Reductions 91 – Wobbles 127
Cruise control by Wob. Trimone detonated off the bench (28 on 12–14), Hosemann cleaned, and the ball zipped. Ying Ming hung 31 to keep the score respectable, but this never felt close.
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🐏Kiwi 131 – White Walkers 39
Palma handed out 14 dimes, the defense swatted 10, and the board count hit 67. Walkers… walked (again).
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✨Stars of the Night
• Zigui (Innovatus): 38/10, go-to buckets.
• Olmos (Delta): 31/8/7, pace car in a statement W.
• Zviedris (FR-S): 35/17/5, weekly MVP-level thunder.
• Skrzypacz (BC Lit): 32/15/4, carried the load through regulation.
• Trimone (Wobbles): 28 on 12–14, microwave.
• Wui Kwong (Tasty): 28/9 AST, clutch table-setting.
• Stapleton (Innovatus): 22 REB, vacuum cleaner award.
• Palma (Kiwi): 14 AST in a track meet.
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🔮 What It Means
Innovatus proved their ceiling while BC Lit showed they can scheme with anyone—if the legs hold. Delta just authored a “we’re for real” win over Wasco; Wobbles reminded everyone the machine still hums; Tasty’s guards are peaking at a good time. Wellington’s muscle memory still wins games, and Llama just banked a morale win in the mud. The stretch run is here as rotations will tig

A lot of big lines from individual players last night!

I really thought I'd be able to pull off the upset :(... But it was fitting that guard defense doomed me as that's the focus of my next rebuild...

📅 Game 17 (Tuesday, Sep 9, 2025)
Playoff vibes crept in this week: Innovatus flexed on TV, Tasty flipped a script, and the Reductions’ close-game witchcraft survived another star turn from Zviedris. Wobbles stayed ruthless, and Llama… well, you know.
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🌟 Game of the Night: Innovatus 123 – Meridian 105 🚦🧱
Televised statement. Innovatus’ inside/discipline combo broke Meridian’s resistance: Zigui bullied the mid-post (35/9/5), Stapleton vacuumed everything (15/16), and the guards spread the damage while the 3-2 zone blunted dribble attacks. Meridian hung for three quarters, then got ground down in the fourth. This is what “playoff ready” looks like.
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📈 Tasty 98 – Bench Mob 83 🍬🧱
Tale of two halves. Down 12 at the break, Tasty detonated a +29 second half (36–16 in the 3rd; 29–20 in the 4th) behind Bachelier’s hot hand and a humming Motion offense. McFadden (20/12) battled, but Papitzakis ran cold and turnovers piled up late. Momentum win for Tasty, warning siren for the Mob’s perimeter shot diet.
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🥉 Third: Reductions 122 – FR-S 115 🧪🔥
FR-S started like a brush fire (39 in the 1st), but the Reductions’ patience + zone + whistle math prevailed. Ying Ming poured in 42 while the hosts stacked assists and earned a decisive parade to the stripe; Zviedris was monstrous (38/9/6) but couldn’t drag FR-S through a choppy fourth. BBM chatter about a Zviedris sale won’t quiet after this.
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🚀 Innovatus 123 – Meridian 105 (Televised)
Already covered up top, but one more note: Innovatus clearly punched the effort button and it showed in every rotation.
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🪄 Wobbles 131 – BC Lituanica 109
GDP nailed, shots fell, and Wobbles rolled. Anguera authored a line (35/8/6) that felt inevitable once the pace tilted; Skrzypacz’s near-triple-double (15/10/9) was crafty, just not enough stops. Big 8 leaders did Big 8 leader things.
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🌊 Delta 98 – California Supreme 84 (Televised)
Cali had it… then lost the fourth 29–12. Supreme’s perimeter D smothered wings, but Delta kept hammering inside and finally cracked the boards and whistles late. Home court and effort edge couldn’t offset the interior math down the stretch.
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🧶 Wasco 115 – Ferth 106
Classic “many hands” Wasco win: balanced scoring, smart glass work, and composure. Forrai went nuclear (41/8) to keep Ferth in it, but without a second punch the Tigers’ discipline wore them down. A standings-steadying W for Wasco.
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🐑 Kiwi 115 – Wellington 98
Run-and-gun clinic. Kiwi sprinted to a 31–19 opener and never looked back, shooting with ruthless efficiency (53% from 2, 43% from 3 per scout notes) while neutralizing Wellington’s look-inside plan. Bunn (22) and Wong (18/11) worked, but the Pimp machine kept humming.
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🏔️ Llama 156 – White Walkers 37
Joining the +100 club (again). No need to belabor it—Llama handled business, rotated generously, and got everybody a slice. Walkers walked.
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📊 Stars of the Night ✨
• C. Zigui (Innovatus): 35/9/5, tone-setter inside.
• W. Stapleton (Innovatus): 15/16, owned the glass lanes.
• N. Ying Ming (Reductions): 42 and buckets when it mattered.
• R. Zviedris (FR-S): 38/9/6 in a losing epic.
• M. Anguera (Wobbles): 35/8/6, star power in motion.
• A. Forrai (Ferth): 41/8—hero ball that almost worked.
• Bachelier (Tasty): 25 and the spark for a tidal 2nd half.
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🔮 What It Means
Innovatus just planted a playoff flag, Wobbles keep wearing the Big 8 crown comfortably, and Wasco’s “collective > star” approach keeps paying dividends. Tasty’s surge hints at a dangerous late-season version, while the Reductions remain the league’s chaos gremlins—win or win-ish in the margins. Cali’s path is still murky, and FR-S must decide whether to cash in their centerpiece or double down for the sprint. On to Game 18.