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📅 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.