As we near the end of the Summer 2025 regular season, there are a few things of note:
--We still have three undefeated teams, which is three too many for my taste. While I greatly appreciate excellence in all things, my goal as schedule-maker is to see to it that everybody get a taste of victory and a taste of defeat during the regular season. Splash Pad, the defending champions of the top division, barely maintained their perfect record on Sunday with a tight 65-62 win over Most Hated. I have saved Splash Pad's showdown with Basketball Junkies for next week, the final full day of the regular season. (There's a women's volleyball tournament on July 27th, so we have a shorter schedule that day.) The Splash Pad game was a close one throughout, with the winners holding a one-point lead at halftime. The other two undefeated teams are Phantomz and Los Suns.
--On the other side of things, only Bron Bron Elite and Los Toros have yet to win a game. Bron Bron Elite is a case study in futility. They have two seven-point losses on their record, but they have also lost games by one and two points. That's brutal. Los Toros have a six-point loss and a one-point loss on their record and just yesterday they missed a chance to notch their first win when they lost, 38-36, to F.R.E at the buzzer. I'm going to have Bron Bron Elite and Los Toros play each other next week so one of them can go into the playoffs with a winning streak (of one).
--The Strikers got their first victory of the season with an exciting 67-63 win over SideLoaders. The Strikers got balanced scoring from Danny Mendez (18 points), Angel Ortiz (16), and Rico Dorame (13) to withstand a furious late charge by the SideLoaders. Adal Amaya had 32 points, including seven threes and a stellar 7-8 from the free-throw line in a losing effort.
--In other action Sunday, Wolves held off Team UGLY, 59-57; Shoot Your Shot got back in the win column with a 45-43 victory of Local 3; Swoosh beat The Heat, 69-67; Hoop City beat Dad Bods, 43-40; and Brotherhood beat Los Toxicos, 61-59. In the final game of the night, Mambas hit a ridiculous 10 three-pointers in the first half(!) of their game against AZ Tropics. Save some for the playoffs!