Nino Brown Knicks Beat Pink Cookie Pistons 111-97
Pink Cookies scored 38 in the first quarter at Rock Club Arena, then managed 25 across the middle two as Nino Brown pulled away for its first win.
| TEAM | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Pink Cookies | 38 | 12 | 13 | 34 | 97 |
 Nino Brown | 25 | 26 | 37 | 23 | 111 |
Pink Cookies came out on fire. Nino Brown put the fire out in the middle of the game and never let it reignite.
The Pink Cookie Pistons poured in 38 points in the first quarter at Rock Club Arena and led 38-25. Then the offense went cold. The Nino Brown Knicks won the second 26-12 and took a 51-50 lead into halftime.
The third quarter decided it. Nino Brown outscored Pink Cookies 37-13 and stretched the margin to 88-63 heading into the fourth.
Pink Cookies answered with a 34-23 fourth, but the hole was too deep. Nino Brown closed out a 111-97 win, its first of the season.
Nino Brown improves to 1-3 and fourth in the Atlantic Division, with a one-game winning streak to build on. Pink Cookies drops its first game and falls to 3-1, though it still leads the Central Division. Nino Brown takes the season series lead 1-0.
The schedule gives neither side a breather. On Wednesday, Pink Cookies goes home to host the Presidential OG Hornets, while Nino Brown travels to face the Cap Junky Bulls.
Tale of the Tape
| Pink Cookie Pistons | Nino Brown Knicks | |
|---|---|---|
| 3-1 | Record | 1-3 |
| Gold Strain Series | Series | Presidential Line |
| Indica | Strain type, as printed | Indica |
| Flower · Live Resin · Diamonds | Build | Flower · Distillate · Kief |
| New Pack Line | Packaging | Classic Pack · Ball Family Farms |
| Blunt · Pre-Roll · Mini Blunt · Mini Pre-Roll | Roster | Blunt · Moon Rocks |
Kief on one side, diamonds on the other
Both teams in this Presidential Cannabis League matchup start with flower and both mark their packs Indica. Every step after that splits.
Nino Brown, the Ball Family Farms collaboration in the Presidential Line, carries distillate through its flower and closes with kief, the collected trichome material that forms the outer coat. Those trichomes begin on the living plant, and where those frosted resin heads grow shows the glands that give mature flower its frosted look.
Pink Cookies, a Gold Strain Series name dressed in the New Pack Line, swaps both of those later steps in its rolled formats: live resin for the concentrate and diamonds for the finish.
The order of the build never changes. Washington's walk through the three-stage jar lays it out: flower at the core, concentrate as the second stage and a kief or diamond finish outside, the construction that launched the brand.
What's inside
Pink Cookies fills every spot on the roster. The 1.5g Blunt and the 1g Pre-Roll lead the way, with the Mini Blunt three-pack at 2.1g in all and the Mini Pre-Roll three-pack at 1.5g in all behind them. The profile runs sweet vanilla, balanced by earth and citrus.
Nino Brown keeps it to two players in Presidential's classic packaging. The Blunt weighs 1.5g and comes wrapped in tobacco-free hemp, and the Moon Rocks jar holds 2g. The grower describes the aroma as creamy and gassy.