Some results stand out on HGL Season 4 Round 4:
WAG-VIV:
Some drama in this match (that was played in Lithuania for some reason ;P). VIV had a lead of points before 4th quarter, while I made a scoring run and still led by 7 when there was 2.08 on the game clock. However, it was VIV's time to shine after that, and they took an offensive rebound 8 seconds on the game clock, and made a winning basket 6 seconds remaining in a game clock, and T. Linkova's Buzzerbeater-three point attempt didn't fall in this time (and at the end he ended up shooting threes at only 2 out of 7). Important loss for me (many enough of these, and it can make or break your season), great win for VIV, congratulations!
ED-RAJ:
ED led by 1 before 4th quarter, but lost 4th by 13 and ended up losing the game against strong RAJ team by 12. Total of 49 points were scored from the charity stripe, with total of 43 fouls committed. Only 4 turnovers for ED, but on the other hand they were ice cold behind 3 point line, finishing with 1 out of 12 shooting.
MAD-VDT:
Talking about quality FT shooting here, teams shot total of 54/56 throughout the match. That's a whopping 96,4% success rate in total - I don't think I've ever seen that kind of total numbers in BB with that many shots fired from the charity stripe.
WMO-EOS:
An overtime match - what's there not to like it a match like that? (Well, perhaps the result for one of the managers, but for rest of us, it's interesting to see such a close fights). Even Endel Karu's Round 4 leading 46 points weren't enough to bring EOS a win, as WMO's V.Molina (29/16/3 blocks) and M.Bensala (24/8/4 assists) and L.Lecomte (29/2/5 assists) had great games. WMO's 10 out of 19 shooting definitely pawed the way to the victory, even though EOS's 31% shooting (9/29) wasn't bad either.
TRO-HGK:
In their 34th attempt, the result is first ever HGL win for Homegrown Kings (former Swan River Serpents), congratulations! Quite tight match, and HGK was able to guess TRO's offensive tactics and also choose quite optimal defensive strategy. HGK was dominating on the glass, posting a Round 4 tied high-score in team rebounds with 65 (while TRO was able to snatch 34 boards throughout the game) - such a massive difference in an important stats category in an even match is something that usually turns over the table, and it did it this time as well. This difference was most apparent on offensive glass; HGK won a fight on rebounds on their offensive glass 28 to 24 against TRO. While HGK was still quite sloppy with the ball with 20 turnovers (and TRO had very respectable 16 steals) and shot FG's slightly worse than TRO, this afore mentioned difference in rebounds and 10 more FG attempts were enough to bring first ever win to HGK. This, in my opinion, is true HGL spirit - you keep on trying, training, and believing, and you'll get there, and this marks the first important step in a developing teams' journey (and like MrJ mentioned, there are very likely more wins to come especially in forthcoming seasons as team will develop strongly).
LGM-HB:
LGM with a much lower top8-salaries (ranked 14th in HGL with 278K, against HB's 444K which is 5th highest salary value in whole HGL) were able to get a clear 12 point win in this one. Most notable statistical difference in this match to favor LGM was their FG%: 51,8% to HB's 38,8%.
@all: remember that we all are playing tomorrow (on Sunday) as well, so set up your lineups/tactics for matches!
Last edited by Wagner at 2/7/2026 5:24:28 AM