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📅 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

📅 League II.4 | Midseason Checkpoint – From Speculation to Separation

Seven games in, we’ve closed out the first phase of the season— the first round of division play—and the storylines we whispered in the beginning have either sharpened into focus or swerved into the unexpected. Things are tight and the drama is sure to get spicy.
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🏆 The MVP Chase is Real
R. Zviedris is doing exactly what the preseason hype predicted—leading the league in both scoring & rebounding (24.7/13.3) with an incredible 59.2% shooting, this guy is ruthlessly efficiency and effective. But it’s no coronation just yet. Carlos Olmos has Delta 9 firing lasers, Samara has Wobbles humming, Pisano remains a rock, and the well-known Nash is quietly putting together another stellar season. The wildcard? Gilad Pessach. He’s still in BC Lituanica colors…for now. Whether he finishes the season in them is another matter.
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📉 BC Lituanica – From Certainty to Shrugs
We opened the year wondering if they’d blow it up. Seven games later, Pessach and Baratović are still here, but the magic isn’t. A revolving door at small forward hasn’t solved their chemistry problem. The team that once looked like a lock for home court in the playoffs is suddenly struggling in the middle of the pack. The vultures are circling as the franchise is hoping for the best.
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📈 Wobbles Stay Wobbling Forward
If the goal was to prove last season’s Finals run wasn’t a fluke, mission accomplished. Wobbles own a top-tier inside game, can smother your best scorer, and have barely flinched against aggressive division rivals. They’re not untouchable—just ask Delta 9—but they’ve got the depth, the coaching, and the confidence to handle adversity.
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💣 Delta 9’s Fireworks Factory
Remember the preseason note about their shooting? Yeah—try 17 made threes in a single game. Olmos is in MVP form, Kester’s release is still lightning-quick, and Camacho’s versatility makes the offense hum. But the real edge is their rebounding: a league-leading 387 boards so far, including an absurd 29 offensive in one game (and that wasn’t even against the White Walkers!). Second-chance points are their love language.
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🐑 Kiwi Sheep Pimps – Hooves on the Gas
Guaraes still dunks like his knees are brand new, Karlis Rae-Jepsen still gets the arena singing, and Hess Araya is good for one highlight that breaks the broadcast crew each week. They’ve got enough size to bully you inside and enough guard play to keep you honest. The looming question: will they keep this core together through the trade deadline?
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💪 The Reductions & Bench Mob – Spoiler Alert
The Reductions have already proven themselves in tight games. Bench Mob’s structure and balanced attack will travel well into cross-division play. Neither team has the elite firepower of the top-tier squads, but both can make life miserable for them and may just sneak a playoff spot.
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🚀 The Big 8 Free-for-All
All 8 teams sit within a game of each other—you couldn’t draw it up closer if you wanted it. Wobbles and Innovatus have shown the most promise, but it’s genuinely open from there on down.
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🚀 The Great 8 Lineup
The Great 8 has a more typical alignment. Every cross-division win will feel like stealing gold.
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📊 Stat Sheet Nuggets
• Top Scorer: R. Zviedris (FR-S) – 24.7 ppg
• Top Rebounder: B. Râsnoveanu (Reductions)) – 16.4 rpg
• Top Assists: P. Pina (California Supreme) – 16 ast in a game
• MVP Race: Zviedris, Olmos, Samara, Pisano, Nash, Pessach
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Cross-division play starts now. The Big 8 is a knife fight, the Great 8 is still open, and the MVP race is far from over. If the first seven games were the opening statement, the next stretch will decide who’s really built for the long haul.

📅 League II.4 | Week 8 Recap – Sharpshooters & Statement Wins (Tuesday, August 5, 2025)

From MVP showcases to pure chaos in the paint, Week 8 delivered just about everything short of a mid‑court mascot brawl. Let’s unpack it.
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🏆 GOTW: Wobbles 118 - Delta 9 111 ⚡
Top dogs from each division squared off, and it lived up to the billing. Wobbles blitzed out of the gate, building a 21‑point cushion by halftime. Delta clawed back, trimming it to eight heading into the 4th, but never quite got over the hump. Samara was unguardable, torching the nets for 37 points on a clinic in midrange and slashing. Delta’s Olmos (22/10 ast) and Shelley (12/22 reb) both notched double‑doubles and kept them close, but the early hole was too deep. Potential playoff‑preview vibes all over this one.
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💣 Ferth Ozone 136 - FR-S 119 🔥
Pure fire. Ferth drilled 16–32 from three and pounded the glass to the tune of 63 boards. Faltýnek was everywhere (24/16) and Spuldzinieks rained triples and dimes. FR‑S’s Zviedris (29/17/5, 2 stl) kept his MVP campaign on track, and Rocher ran point to perfection with an absurd 15 points / 18 assists / 1 turnover. But when a team hangs 136 on you, there’s just not much left to say.
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🚀 Innovatus 89 - Wellington Warthogs 79
A strong finish to a 2–1 road swing for Innovatus. Richardson filled it up, Sanchez kept the tempo sharp, and the defense squeezed Wellington into tough looks. Apatič and Abrahamsohn had moments for the Warthogs, but they couldn’t sustain runs against Innovatus’ composure.
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🐅 The Reductions 108 - Wasco Tigers 106
It got nasty early—Sorensen left The Reductions’ second‑best option battered before halftime. But The Reductions refused to fold. Late‑game defense and relentless rebounding turned the tide, capped by clutch stops down the stretch. Pisano was a force (30/20) in the loss, going down swinging.
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🦙 Llama of Wall Street 91 - Tasty Tardsicles 76
Llama gamed the whistle, hitting 24‑of‑27 FT while willingly losing the board battle. Babenko (28/5/5) steered the ship, while Tasty’s offense was balanced, but needed star power if they were going to pull this one off.
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📉 BC Lituanica 101 - California Supreme 116
Lituanica needed a punch‑up win but fell behind early and never caught up. Suggs was volcanic with 44/5/5, while BC_Lit’s defensive rotations kept springing leaks. The rumors around Pessach and Baratović aren’t helping.
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🐑 Kiwi Sheep Pimps 129 - Meridian Hill McMornings 59
Kiwi rolled behind Guaraes (24/20), exploiting a McMornings squad focused more on cup play. Kiwi had a field day.
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🪑 Bench Mob 129 - The White Walkers 24
WW’s fourth‑quarter offense has cleared double digits two games in a row. Is this a sign of life?!
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📊 Stat Sheet Nuggets
• Top Scorer: D. Suggs (California Supreme) – 44 pts
• Top Rebounder: E. Shelley (Delta 9) – 22 reb
• Top Assists: F. Rocher (FR-S) – 18 ast
• MVP: D. Suggs (California Supreme) – 44 pts / 5 reb / 5 ast
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🔮 What It Means
Big 8 flexed with 4 road wins this week. Wobbles reasserted their title chops, Delta 9 looks for a rebound, and Ferth might be the league’s hottest offense. Cross‑division play is here and every win matters…and every loss stings.

Wobbles are feeling better about themselves and starting to see some light. Got over the first of the three big hurdles in the Great 8. Caught a break width delta as McNally was just coming off injury and was not in game shape. May be a different outcome if he was in top form. I feel like A NASCAR driver trying to rundown the great 8 with Innovatus in my side panel trying to run us into the wall. Never easy unless you have the White Walkers

Also, I don't recall what a season cost in this game, but I would pay double to be in the Reduction's League and get the write ups

Thanks! It has been fun and interesting to put together, but not something I'm looking to sustain if it will always take the 45 min or so to compile it. My hope is that whatever the new version of BB is will be more friendly to exporting data (especially the PBP) so something like AI could read it easier and not make the same dumb mistakes it always makes.

The wheels continue to come off on this FR-S... Maybe the pending return of Clement Mullins can help right the ship. Went 3-3 in games with him and have gone 0-3 since... Them again 2 of those wins were 1 points victories, so maybe this was always false hope...

📅 League II.4 | Week 9 Recap – Road Blocks & Breakouts (Saturday, August 9, 2025)

From statement wins to unexpected stumbles, cross-division play opened with a bang—and a few warning shots.
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🏆 GOTW: Innovatus 92 - Delta 9 76 ⚡
Two teams looking to plant their flags in cross-division play met, but only Innovatus kept theirs standing. C. Zigui was a wrecking ball — 39 points, 12 boards, 3 blocks — shredding Delta’s interior rotations. Shelley (16/15) and Olmos (18/4/4/3 stl) tried to drag Delta back, but Innovates ran away in the 4th for a compelling 16 point signature win that could loom large in playoff seeding.
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💣 Llama of Wall Street 89 - The Reductions 80 🦙
Llama brought the chaos—and the defense—swiping 14 steals and forcing the Reductions into 21 turnovers. Jurtaugas (15/4/3/5 stl) was the defensive engine, while Babenko dropped a steady 20. The Reductions’ Râsnoveanu put up a monstrous 28 rebounds to go with 17 points, but foul trouble and cold shooting from the front court left them behind all night and at the buzzer.
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🔥 Kiwi Sheep Pimps 124 - FR-S 97 🐑
Kiwi’s dealt an evenhanded beatdown to FR-S on their home court. Palma produced off the bench (24/5/6) and Katerskis (24 pts) led an outside attack that FR-S couldn’t contain. Zviedris (25/10) battled, but Kiwi’s size and pace never let FR-S breathe. Three quarters of abuse left 12 minutes of scraps for the scrubs.
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🚀 Wobbles 105 - Ferth Ozone 85
Wobbles played it tight and methodical, riding Rivera’s 26-point outburst that left Samara’s take the night off. Wob kept Ferth from ever finding rhythm despite great efficiency from Faltýnek and Spuldzinieks (22 for 29 between the two).
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🐅 Wasco Tigers 99 - BC Lituanica 85
Pisano (24/13) led Wasco’s brilliant attack against Lituanica, holding a +20 reb edge. Lituanica’s Baratović and Pessach have been MIA so far this season, which is likely the reason for their being on the chopping block all year.
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🪑 Bench Mob 114 - Wellington Warthogs 100
A clean, efficient night for Bench Mob, hitting nearly 50% from the field and keeping Wellington’s runs at bay. Bunn was impressive for the Warthogs (25/10 ast), but Bench Mob’s depth was the difference.
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📉 California Supreme 63 - Meridian Hill McMornings 87
Supreme never found their stroke, hitting under 40% and getting beat on the boards by 15. Meridian’s Nash kept the tempo high, and their defense stifled any comeback hopes.
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🍽 Tasty Tardsicles 127 - The White Walkers 31
Triple-double from Lovaina (20/13/11) and led to more (stat) stuffing than a Thanksgiving Dinner featuring Jiminy Glick.
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📊 Stat Sheet Nuggets
• Top Scorer: C. Zigui (Innovatus) – 39 pts
• Top Rebounder: B. Râsnoveanu (The Reductions) – 28 reb
• Top Assists: J. Baratović (BC Lituanica) – 13 ast
• MVP: C. Zigui (Innovatus) – 39 pts / 12 reb / 3 blk
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🔮 What It Means
The Great 8 only took 3 of the 8 road wins this week compared to the Big 8’s 4 from last week. Innovatus and Kiwi both making strong statements. Delta 9 and The Reductions stumble, Wobbles stays steady, and Bench Mob did their job. Game 10 will tell us if these shifts are trends…or just mid-season jitters (is that a thing?!).

📅 League II.4 | Week 10 Recap – Buzzer Beaters, Big Boards & Bounce-Backs (Tuesday, Aug 12, 2025)
From last-second heartbreakers to stat lines that look like typos, Week 10 reminded everyone why cross-division nights hit different.
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🏆 GOTW: Wobbles 105 – Kiwi Sheep Pimps 106 🐑
It all came down to two seconds. Wobbles erased a late gap and took a 104-103 lead with 0:28 left. Kiwi drew up a perfect inbounds look for Gaffney—missed it. That turned into a hack-a-Hosemann (80% on the year), who split his freebies. Down 105-104, Katerskis pushed the ball and found Gaffney, this time from Curry-range…splash. Kiwi survived a wild finish behind Rae (26) and steady glass work from Guaraes (15 reb), while Rivera triple-doubled for Wobbles in the loss.
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⚡ Wellington Warthogs 111 – Tasty Tardsicles 102 🐗
Tasty carried a nine-point lead into the 4th before Wellington detonated—+18 in the final frame. Bunn led with 25/8, Abrahamsohn posted a 10/12/11 triple-double, and six Warthogs scored in double figures. Tasty got 17 from Kwong but couldn’t stem the tide once Wellington’s depth started landing punches.
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💪 Ferth Ozone 107 – Innovatus 97
Ferth had the scout nailed, picking apart Innovatus’ 3-2 zone with inside work. Kochanski was ruthlessly efficient (22/13/5/3 blk) and Faltýnek added muscle on the boards. Ikoma poured in 30 for Innovatus, but without stops inside, it was chasing shadows all night.
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🏀 Meridian Hill McMornings 96 – Wasco Tigers 94 🐅
A ‘90s-style post duel broke out here. Tied at 94 with three seconds left, Kotrokois drove and drew a whistle—Wasco swears it was soft and they may have a point given that league officials have yet to release the final 2 minute report. Kotrokois hit both, and Meridian snuck out with a road win. Davis carried Wasco, but the Tigers couldn’t get their late game-winner to fall.
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🛋 Bench Mob 83 – Delta 9 68
This was a bricklayer’s convention—neither team cracked 35% from the floor. McFadden dominated the glass (19 reb) for BM, and Delta’s Olmos had a tidy 12/7/7, but no one broke 17 points.
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🪄 BC_Lituanica 105 – Llama of Wall Street 89 🦙
A huge 4th-quarter surge (+16) gave Lituanica a much-needed win. Pessach found his bag (32/6/5), Baratović orchestrated (15 ast), and Skrzypacz went point-Mutumbo, swatting six. Kung yung kept Llama afloat with 21, but their poor shooting did them in.
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🔥 California Supreme 136 – FR-S 57
Eight Cali players hit double figures in an efficiency clinic (53% FG, 40% 3PT). Duarte dropped 25/5 stl, Villar and Noce each grabbed 13 boards. FR-S looked to be keeping bodies fresh for Cup play—no starter topped 17 points, and 24 turnovers has “B-Team written all over it.
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🩻 The Reductions 113 – The White Walkers 73 ❄️
The White Walkers posted a season-high 73 points. Will this trend continue?! Don’t call it a comeback just yet… Paz says he’s ready for the big times, dropping a ridiculous 34/30/6 blks/3 stl, but his coach thinks he’s getting ahead of himself.
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📊 Stat Sheet Nuggets
• Top Scorer: Cobb (White Walkers) – 35 pts
• Top Rebounder: Paz (Reductions) – 30 reb
• Top Assists: Baratović (BC_Lit) – 15 ast
• MVP: Paz – 34/30/3/3 stl/6 blk (EFF 62)
• Triple-Doubles: Abrahamsohn (Wellington), Rivera (Wobbles)
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🔮 What It Means
The Great 8 tightened—Kiwi now sits one game off Wasco with momentum, while Wellington lurks. In the Big 8, it’s a logjam at 6-4 from 2nd through 5th, with BC_Lit and Tasty fighting to stay in range. Next slate? More cross-division chaos—and a few teams with something to prove before the stretch run.