RECAP: For once, Gritty FOB City’s offense looked rather fluid with (F) Mark Lee filling in, the ball moved well and FOB looked like a fairly effective, potent offense. Even if they didn’t quite get (C) Victor Chia as involved as they maybe should have. But either way, FOB couldn’t get enough stops down the stretch to overtake the Sex Panthers in the 4th qtr. And that’s despite holding (G) David Chu to just 11 pts on 3-17 FGs. But the Panthers are the deepest team in the league, and (F) Chris Di and (G) Greg Loeffert were able to pick up the slack. Di finished with his second straight game of 20 points or more.

RECAP: By no stretch of the imagination would anyone call this a well-played game. Both teams had their ugly moments in what was essentially a slug-fest, but for the Goat Herders, finally getting (F) Pete Tsevdos, (F) Pete Stanojevic and (C) Gus Konidas on the floor obviously makes a huge difference. Even if only one of the three can get it going on the offensive end, GOA can compete. In this case, it was Konidas who scored an efficient game high 24 points. But GOA also had no answer for Raptors new add (F) Mike Adames who put up his own highly efficient 20 pts, 12 reb effort. With Adames, the Raps might finally have a the finisher they’ve needed.

RECAP: Two weeks in a row, Larry the Cable Guy’s Kids have had to play two teams with a lot of pedigree on the roster, if also aging legs. And for two weeks, the Kids have put up solid showings, but the major difference seems to be experience. As with FOB, No Fly Zone was able to close this game with better execution in the 4th qtr, with a PG who could control the game late. For what its worth, LAR played harder, created more second chance opportunities on the glass, and were the aggressor on defense. They just could not make shots. It didn’t help that (G) Eddie Tsao saw an off day, or this could have been a very different game.

RECAP: After a disappointing spring season, TAP NY got back on track with a win last week but despite their good team speed, they could not contend with Teal Curtain’s superior size up and down the roster, in particular (F) Noah Scovronick, who dominated the paint. TAP had no answer for him, and despite a flurry of 3FGs from (G) Will Chu to create some buzz in the 2nd qtr, their second half fell flat. Chu got surprisingly little support offensively from (G) John Hsu and (F) Jin Bae Kim. Credit Teal Curtain’s physical defense for that. At full strength, Teal Curtain is a contender despite falling out of the playoffs last season.