This is what happens in the Tucson Basketball League playoffs. The Crashouts were playing Shoot Your Shot and it was going down to the wire. The Crashouts held a slim lead, but the shot clock was in effect and the last couple minutes were going to be exciting. With only a few seconds left and the Crashouts still up one, Dillon Molinar of Shoot Your Shot was fouled. He made the first free throw to tie the game, but missed the second one. The Crashouts grabbed the rebound and called time out. The problem was that they didn't have any timeouts so it was a technical foul. Molinar stepped to the line for two attempts, needing to make only one to give his team a victory. Brick Two followed Brick One and the game was still tied. But, because it had been a technical foul, it was still Shoot Your Shot's ball at halfcourt. They throw the ball in to (who else?) Molinar, who catches it on a full run, jumps into the dead corner and drains a three at the buzzer to put his team in the championship game. Just too weird.

We had several close games in the semifinals. Splash Pad came back from a second-half 17-point deficit to edge La Tuza. Cemented and Cool Arrows both won close games (the former by three, the latter by six) and will square off for the D-II championship. Blue Coconuts went down to the wire with Storm, with the Coconuts winning by two. They will face Fleet, which is back in a title game for the first time in a few seasons. Girl Dads and Outlawz both won tight games to reach the championships. 

The next season (Summer 2026) will begin April 26th. We'll have two weeks of games, then take off the most sacred of all days--Mothers Day--on May 10th. Odd coincidence. In Mexico, Mother's Day is always May 10, no matter what day of the week it is. In the United States, it's always the second Sunday in May. This year, the two coincide.