📅 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