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🎬 League II.4 | Week 6 Wrap-Up: Parity Edition (Tuesday, July 29, 2025)

🔥 GOTW: Bench Mob 107 - FR-S 108 🧨
You want fireworks? FR-S delivered. R. Zviedris went full beast mode—36 points, 22 rebounds—and it still almost wasn’t enough.
With 17 seconds left, Daigle hit a cold-blooded jumper to put Bench Mob up 3. But out of a perfectly drawn inbound set, Zviedris splashed a tying three.
Then came the brain freeze—Jun Beng fouled Haiguo with 2 ticks left. Haiguo hit one of two… no timeout… and somehow Rudolph raced upcourt and nailed a running buzzer-beater to steal it.
Chaos. Heartbreak. Someone call T-Swift to write the song.

📈 The Reductions 94 - BC_Lituanica 83
The Reductions did what good teams do—finish.
Down 81–80 with 4:30 left, they closed with a 14–2 run. Ng Ying Ming was his usual flamethrower self scoring 26 on 10–20, and Mazl ran the show with 9 assists. Râsnoveanu grabbed 16 boards and Alamaniotis chipped in 12 more.
Not the prettiest (40.7% FG), but it worked. BC_Lit shot 2–15 from three and ran out of gas when it mattered.

💥 Delta 9 122 - Wellington 117
A shootout in every sense—52.4% from the field, 50% from deep for Delta. Olmos and Porter each hit five threes, and Camacho cleaned the glass with 11 boards.
Wellington made it rain too (13 threes, 100% FT), but Delta’s bench and rebounding edge gave them just enough firepower to hold on.

🍦 Tasty Tardsicles 102 - Meridian Hill 90
It was a 3 point game in the 4th, but Tasty brought it home down the stretch. Wui Kwong did a little of everything (18/13/5), Benoit led with 27 pts, and they were +13 in rebounding.
Meridian was the definition of balanced, but needed an ace to get going.

🪨 Wobbles 87 - Innovatus 69
Wobbles clamped down, destroying the (67, 18 offensive) and held Innovatus to a paltry 27.6% from the field. Ikoma came to Innovatus to have more than a 5/5/5 night. Innovatus and Wobbles each sit atop at 3–3.

🦙 Llama of Wall Street 111 - Kiwi Sheep Pimps 101
Big night for Kung Yung: 22/10/8. Llama’s inside attack was incredibly efficient, and 5 players in double figures.

🐅 Wasco Tigers 115 - California Supreme 101
Wasco played strong from top to bottom. Pisano controlled the paint (27/15), and Wasco held the Supreme to 6–22 from deep with a gouging 17 turnovers.
Duarte did drop 32, but the supporting cast never fully engaged.

🧊 Ferth Ozone 141 - The White Walkers 50
Ferth missed 40 shots from the field, missed 12 threes, and missed 2 free throws to go with their 10 turnovers. They won by 91.

📊 Stat Sheet Nuggets
• Top Scorer: R. Zviedris (FR-S) – 36 points
• Top Rebounder: R. Zviedris (FR-S) – 22 rebounds
• Top Assists: C. Wui Kwong (Tasty Tardsicles) & L. Jun Beng (FR-S) – 13 assists each
• MVP: R. Zviedris (FR-S) – 36 pts, 22 reb, 3 ast, 55 efficiency rating

I’m thinking of doing a “1/3 of the way through the season” look at things after our next game.

All the big 8s being 3-3 is fascinating . Absolute blood bath . Good luck haha.

Last season I was totally fine going 12-10, finishing 4th and avoiding a relegation matchup...this season 12-10 might get you in the Finals.

📅 League II.4 | Week 7 Recap – Sharpshooters & Statement Wins (Saturday, August 2, 2025)

From perimeter clinics to inside slugfests, this week showcased every flavor of basketball our league can serve. Some teams answered questions. Others raised new ones.
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🏆 GOTW: Innovatus 90 - Bench Mob 76 🚀
If there were questions about Innovatus, they answered them loud and clear. S. Richardson poured in 28 points with efficient shooting, while Sanchez and Ikoma orchestrated a patient attack. They controlled the game’s rhythm, walking a 20 point lead into the 4th. Bench Mob saw strong stretches from Papitzakis, who looked like an all-star with 20/7/8. The stops weren’t consistent, and Innovatus is suddenly looking like a top-tier playoff threat.
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💣 Delta 9 114 - Ferth Ozone 92 🎯
The lights were shot out of tetrahydrocannibinol Arena (good name, greater shooting). Delta hit 17–39 from three, with Olmos (34/7/9) on full MVP mode and Kester splashing alongside him. Ferth had a monster night from Faltýnek (31 points, 21 rebounds, 10 off.) but couldn’t keep pace with the perimeter barrage despite a solid showing of their own. Delta’s blend of shooting and size might have been the most complete performance of the week.
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📉 BC Lituanica 67 - Meridian Hill McMornings 99
Tough sledding in Lituanica. With the freshly acquired Alyamkin starting at SF and Pessach and Baratović trade rumors swirling (Baratović went 0–11), chemistry seemed lacking. Meridian feasted on the chaos—Nash was up to MVP things, coasting in control mode, alongside a supporting cast of Curley and Sarafis who led a balanced attack that kept Lituanica chasing all night. McMornings led by 39 going into the 4th and never looked back.
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🏀 Wobbles 107 - FR-S 77
Business isn’t always easy to take care of, but Wobbles pulled it off this wee against FR-S. It was a smooth, easy ride to victory for Wob, beating FR-S at their own inside game. Zviedris still had a solid night all around (20/10/6), but their low post tactic couldn’t break through Wobbles’ defensive rotations.
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🐅 Wasco Tigers 97 - Llama of Wall Street 85
An old-school paint battle at Thiessen Arena. Pisano bullied inside while Sorensen found his rhythm from midrange, combining for 43/20/8 between the two. Llama leaned on Kung Yung for playmaking, but Wasco’s depth in the post proved too much.
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💪 The Reductions 83 - Tasty Tardsicles 73
The Tards weren’t tasty tonight when the Reductions flushed buckets down their low post (I’ll stop it there to keep things PG…)…. Ng Ying Ming was electric (31/11), and Râsnoveanu anchored the glass 20 reb & 16 pts. Tasty couldn’t overcome poor shooting and rebounding despite a solid showing from Benoit (16/13, 6 offensive).
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🐑 Kiwi Sheep Pimps 105 - California Supreme 89
Kiwi’s size and rebounding edge dictated the game, holding Cali Sup to 29 total rebounds. Supreme’s perimeter efforts never clicked, and without second-chance points Supreme couldn’t keep up.
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🐗 Wellington Warthogs 122 - The White Walkers 34
The Warthogs went full-hog-mode on their way to a tight (88 point) victory. Perhaps most shamefully, allowing double-digits from the blue-eyed freaks in the fourth quarter. We get it, everyone’s tired, but that’s ridiculous.
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📊 Stat Sheet Nuggets
• Top Scorer: C. Olmos (Delta 9) – 34 pts
• Top Rebounder: J. Faltýnek (Ferth Ozone) – 21 reb
• Top Assists: J. Baratović (BC Lituanica) – 10 ast
• MVP: C. Olmos (Delta 9) – 34 pts / 7 reb / 9 ast / 2 blk