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📆Game 12 (Tuesday, August 19, 2025) Recap

This one had upsets, collapses, and a performance so bad it made the White Walkers look competent (almost). Let’s go!
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🌟 Game of the Night: Innovatus @ California Supreme
Cali built a 16-point lead with 8 minutes to play, but Innovatus said, “nah, we’ll take it from here.” A 28–9 closing run making Staples Center feel more like Circuit City. Zigui (36 pts, 18 reb) turned back the clock and bullied his way to dominance alongside Ikoma’s icy free throws to close it out (21/4/9), showing veteran calm.

For Cali, Suggs was electric (29/4/8 with 5 triples) and Vogt poured in 20. Supreme can’t afford these collapses in the Great 8 slugfest. Innovatus continues to look playoff-ready.
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🍔 Second Course: Tasty Tardsicles @ Ferth Ozone
The scoreboard says 115–103, but Tasty had this one on simmer all night. Wui Kwong dished 11 dimes with 20 points, Benoit vacuumed up 19 boards, and the team piled up 33 assists on 50% shooting. Ferth spread the scoring evenly but never cracked Tasty’s efficiency. Call it controlled dominance.
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🔨 Hammer Time: Wobbles @ Wasco Tigers
Wobbles walked into Thiessen Arena and walked out with a statement win, 97–91 . Anguera (31 pts) and Samara (23 on 9–12 shooting) lit up the wings, while Wasco’s Pisano battled valiantly (20/14 with 6 OR). Sorensen chipped 18/10, but the Tigers’ backcourt shot 6–23. Tough to win when your guards can’t find the rim.

The real drama: Er-Rai’s injury. Wobbles lose the league’s FG% leader, and suddenly their rise could stall. Bookmark that.
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🪓 Wellington Warthogs @ BC Lituanica
Wellington rode Bunn’s flamethrower (38 pts, 0 reb, 1 ast—shooter’s gonna shoot) to a 103–91 win. Pessach tried to will BC back with 30, and Baratović chipped 19, but the supporting cast may as well have been stuck in traffic. Reports say the locker room chemistry is worse than Draymond in a scrimmage…
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🐑 Bench Mob @ Kiwi Sheep Pimps
Kiwi needed a late push but delivered, 97–84. McFadden anchored the Mob (23/14), but Kiwi countered with balance: six players in double figures and a steady stream of assists and grinding defense.
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📉 FR-S @ Llama of Wall Street
It was over by halftime, but FR-S kept grinding. Zviedris put up MVP numbers again (20/22/5 with 10 OR), but help was minimal. Sanchez stayed automatic (28 pts, now shooting 53% on the year), and Jurtaugas teased what might have been with a 13/7/7 line in 27 minutes. Llama coasted, 93–73.
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❄️ Meridian Hill McMornings @ White Walkers
Rosenthal nearly triple-doubled (24/8/11), but Clemens stole the night: 26/18/12, efficiency 52, and the official MVP. Meridian rolled 122–39, which feels more like abuse than basketball.
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🍹 The Reductions @ Delta 9
The anti-highlight. The Reductions managed 28 points total on 9 made FGs. Yes, nine. In 48 minutes. Delta didn’t even need Olmos’ full gear; he strolled to 20/7/8. Reductions fans left tetrahydrocannibinol shortly after the tipoff.
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📊 Performers of the Night
• Clemens (Meridian): 26/18/12 – an all-around masterpiece.
• Zigui (Innovatus): 36/18 – put the team on his back in Cali.
• Bunn (Wellington): 38 pts – the definition of a heat check.
• Sanchez (Llama): 28 pts on 52% season FG – Mr. Reliable.
• Pisano (Wasco): 20/14 – tough effort in a loss.
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🔮 Looking Ahead
Day 12 draws clear lines: Innovatus is supreme, Cali is wobbling, Wobbles built a delta in the standings, and Delta…that’s enough for now. It’s getting late. Injuries and meltdowns are coming and could decide playoff seeds.

Circuit City reference Funny

Not going to lie, I was proud of that one. Glad it was caught.

📅 Game 13 (Saturday, Aug 23, 2025)
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🌟 Game of the Night: Wasco 97–Innovatus 85
The Inn was full (for the sake of the joke), but Wasco wasn’t intimidated. Innovatus’ 3-2 zone led to Tigers pounding the paint and securing the ball (4 TO’s all night). Pisano (14 pts, 17 reb) was a monster, while Sorensen and Ascensão combined for 30.

Innovatus got their usual brilliance from Zigui (29/12), but Reese built a skyscraper with his bricks—6–26, including 1–10 from three. Icy wings make it hard to elevate, even with a solid frontcourt. A disciplined team win for Wasco—solid showing and better security in the standings.
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🍹California Supreme 100–Bench Mob 89
Another road scalp for the Great 8. Suggs (19/7/5) stayed efficient, Arzave hit from everywhere (28), and Supreme kept Papitzakis locked to 16. Bench got a hot hand from Daigle (19/4/4), but the rest of the Mob died down pretty quick.
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🧊Tasty Tardsicles 112–Kiwi Sheep Pimps 99
Tasty froze Kiwi’s offense with smothering outside D, forcing 12 turnovers (5 from Gaffney). Wui Kwong was absurd: 37 points with nine bombs from deep, and Jimenez knew the assignment by grabbing 22 rebounds. Kiwi got decent nights from Rae (25) and Guaraes (19/10), but when your offense looks like it’s running in quicksand, it’s over fast.
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🦍 Meridian 113–Wellington 102
This one looked to make Princeton proud, as both teams brought the old-but-good style to Park Tower. Then the whistles began to fly. At first it was a novelty…but it didn’t take long to see which side Vegas wanted to win in this one: Meridian hit the line 42 times (37 makes) while Wellington got just 13 freebies. Nash lived there, hitting 10 FTs and four triples en route to 22 (no 2 pt. FG’s made). Adams (17/7) and Kotrokois (16) kept the buckets steady. Bunn poured in 20 but was in foul trouble all game. Apatič couldn’t pick things up, and Longino clanked from the field (3–15).
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🎲BC Lituanica 97–Delta 9 81
Delta was expected to make this one competitive, BC Lit them up despite the locker room drama. Paama wanted his moment to shine and Baratović set the table, as usual, with 13 assists. Delta got their standard Olmos line (21/6/6), but few others could put together anything consistent. Sometimes “paper favorites” stay on paper.
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🔨The Reductions 121–Ferth Ozone 107
Reductions won this on the glass: 62–40 rebounding edge. Goundo (27/8/4) wants to show he’s more than a 6th man, and Râsnoveanu (17/17/5) combined muscle with efficiency. Peró lit it up for Ferth (35 on 5 triples). Ferth scored enough to win most nights, but gave up 50.5% FG and the boards.
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🦙Llama 67–Wobbles 93
Team win for Wob. Samara went nuclear (33), and Rivera was everywhere (24/8/6, 2 steals). Add in a ridiculous +29 rebounding margin, and Llama never stood a chance. Wobbles’ machine keeps humming, even with Er-Rai on the IL. He’ll use the extended break to return to full speed.
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❄️FR-S 134–White Walkers 55
FR-S finally got the feel-good blowout they needed, led by Rudolph’s MVP night (34/7/4/4 stl/3 blk). Kasilovskis chipped in a do-it-all 18/8/8.
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Roundup of the Stars ✨
• Wui Kwong (Tasty): 37 pts, nine threes—scorched earth.
• Jimenez (Tasty): 22 boards. Glass cleaner deluxe.
• Pisano (Wasco): 14/17, anchoring the upset.
• Rudolph (FR-S): 34/7/4 with four steals—MVP line.
• Samara (Wobbles): 33 pts, carrying momentum.
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Looking Ahead🔮
The Big 8 tightened its grip with Wasco’s statement and Wobbles’ steady march, while the Great 8 made noise with Cali and Tasty taking care of business. Both sides of the league look brutal—if the first half was about surviva