📅 Game 20 (Saturday, Sept 20, 2025)
Wasco survived, the Reductions handled business, and Llama put on a poster session. Two games left and the brackets aren’t set quite yet. Let’s go:
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🌟 Game of the Night: Kiwi 92 – Wasco 93 🥝🐅
Five-point Kiwi lead with 2:00 left… and then Wasco did Wasco things. Sorensen’s 35 plus clamps on the final possession (a head scratching look from Palma who was 0–9 FG on the night) iced it, while Pisano vacuumed 23 boards. Rae (27, 5–9 3PT) and Guaraes (18 on 7–10) had Wasco wobbling, but the Tigers’ 60–48 glass edge and late-game shot-making kept the 1-seed on track.
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📈 Meridian 82 – The Reductions 94 🔴☕
Statement quarters: Reductions won the 2nd 28–12 and the 3rd 22–13 to cruise. Ying Ming (26, almost all from the first half) and Major (23) set the tone, while the bench piled in enough to keep minutes sane. Meridian got 27 from Cervantes and 15 from Pollock, but shot 6–25 from deep and never recovered from the mid-game avalanche.
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🚀 Bench Mob 84 – Wobbles 111
Mob pushed effort and went Look Inside; Wobbles shrugged and ran a clinic. Anguera (18/6 ast), Samara (15 on 6–13 with 3 threes) and a 53–42 board edge told the story. Mob’s interior trio battled (Huffman 13 on 6–7; McFadden 10 reb) but shot 33–92 overall and only 3–11 from deep. Wobs keep the Big 8 lead.
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🍔 BC Lituanica 73 – Tasty 121
A palate cleanser for Tasty fans. Seven in double figures, Dickens 22 rebounds, Benoit (23/16), Bachelier (20), McAteer (21), and an efficient 43–83 FG as the lead ballooned every quarter. Lit’s Paama (19) and Skrzypacz (14/9 ast) fought, but 22–72 shooting won’t travel.
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🐗 Wellington 120 – Ferth 107
Professional road win. Abrahamsohn was a metronome (26/11 ast on 10–14), Apatič 27, Bunn 16 with 10 boards, and Wellington hit 13 threes at 48%. Ferth’s Spuldzinieks dropped 31 and Faltýnek added 16/17, but the Warthogs’ 48 glass work and 28 assists smoothed every bump.
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🦙 California Supreme 51 – Llama 118
This was a dunk tape. Llama shot 57% and ripped 12 steals, 9 blocks; Sánchez went 12–14 for 25/12, Doerr 23, Kung yung 9 with 8 ast (from the 5!), and Babenko piloted the blowout. Cali took the night off.
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🔧 Innovatus 115 – FR-S 101
Zigui (29 on 10–13 and 8–8 FT) dominated; Richardson added 23; Ikoma handed out 11 assists; and Innovatus hit 51% as five cracked double figures. FR-S actually scored inside (Mims 26 on 12–15, Zviedris 14/10), but the outside is where they got hung up: 1–12 from three and turnover leaks ended any upset talk.
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🌪️ The White Walkers 33 – Delta 126
Piccolo has found his rhythm next to Olmos, and Delta is looking tough as we get closer to the playoffs. I’m beginning to think The White Walkers may not get a W this season….
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📊 Stars of the Night ✨
• Sorensen (Wasco): 35/13, game-winner energy.
• Pisano (Wasco): 15/23, owned the glass late.
• Ng Ying Ming (Reductions): 26 on 63% with four triples, set the tone.
• Abrahamsohn (Wellington): 26 pts, 11 ast, conductor’s baton.
• Sánchez (Llama): 25/12 on 12–14; efficiency clinic.
• Zigui (Innovatus): 29 on 10–13, eight freebies, bully ball.
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🔮 What It Means
Top lines held: Wobbles lead the Big 8 (16–4) with Innovatus one back; Reductions stabilized but not locked in to 3rd (or the playoffs, at that); Tasty and Meridian are tied at 11–9, Bench Mob is trying to stay relevant. Over in the Great 8, Wasco (15–5) remains in control, Delta (13–7) is surging, Kiwi/Wellington are fighting for the final two spots as Llama surges. A lot can happen with two games left.