XXX Warriors Beat 24K Nuggets 134-114
XXX won the last three quarters at Gold Strain Arena, pulling away with a 40-28 third to get into the win column.
XXX finally got its opening night.
24K started well at Gold Strain Arena, taking the first quarter 32-28. The XXX Warriors answered with a 32-24 second and went to halftime ahead 60-56.
Then the marquee lit up. XXX poured in 40 points in the third, winning the quarter 40-28 for a 100-84 lead, and added a 34-30 fourth to finish a 134-114 rout.
XXX moves to 1-3 with its first win of the season and sits fourth in the Pacific Division. The 24K Nuggets slip to 1-2, fourth in the Northwest Division. XXX takes the season series lead 1-0.
Both teams pack for the road Wednesday. XXX visits the White Walker Wolves, and 24K travels to face the Papaya Punch Pelicans.
Tale of the Tape
 XXX Warriors |  24K Nuggets | |
|---|---|---|
| 1-3 | Record | 1-2 |
| Gold Strain Series | Series | Gold Strain Series |
| Indica | Strain type, as printed | Indica |
| Flower · Live Resin · Diamonds | Build | Flower · Live Resin · Diamonds |
| New Pack Line | Packaging | New Pack Line |
| Blunt · Pre-Roll · Mini Blunt · Mini Pre-Roll | Roster | Blunt · Pre-Roll · Mini Blunt · Mini Pre-Roll |
Bookends of the Gold roster
Line up every Gold Strain Series name in the Presidential Cannabis League and these two teams hold down the ends. Nevada lays out the Gold roster from first to last, and it opens with 24K and closes with XXX, with 17 names in between.
They make a matched pair on the shelf, too. Neither one carries a partner mark or a flavor name, so each pack has to sell itself on art alone.
XXX does it like a headliner: a red theater curtain right on the pack, ringed planets and a full moon in the rafters, lemons tumbling through deep space and the name glowing in neon like the marquee on opening night.
24K does it like a trophy ceremony: a golden serpent coiled around a rock of gold, a full gold moon behind it and sparks hanging in the air like confetti that came early. Its name is a purity measure.
Both scenes put a full moon overhead. On this night, XXX was the one that got to stand under it.
What's inside
On paper, these rosters are twins. Both teams fill all four positions on flower, live resin and diamonds, marked Indica: a 1.5g Blunt, a 1g Pre-Roll, a 2.1g pack of three 0.7g mini blunts and a 1.5g pack of three 0.5g mini pre-rolls. The live resin comes from plants frozen at harvest instead of dried, which keeps more of the terpenes behind a strain's smell and taste. XXX brings a woodsy citrus profile to that build.
The small sizes follow the same rules as the big ones. New York's compact blunt and pre-roll packs show how: hemp wrap with no tobacco around each mini blunt, paper around each mini pre-roll.