SFV OG Lakers Hold Off Rainbow Belts Raptors 131-125
SFV OG led 104-82 after three at Built for the Oil Arena, then had to hang on as Rainbow Belts won the fourth 43-27.
| TEAM | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Rainbow Belts | 23 | 31 | 28 | 43 | 125 |
 SFV OG | 36 | 30 | 38 | 27 | 131 |
SFV OG built a 22-point lead through three quarters and needed nearly every one of those points. The SFV OG Lakers survived a 43-point fourth quarter from the Rainbow Belts Raptors to win 131-125 at Built for the Oil Arena.
The hosts came out firing, taking the first quarter 36-23. Rainbow Belts edged the second 31-30, but SFV OG still went to the locker room up 66-54.
The third looked like the knockout. SFV OG poured in 38 points to 28 for Rainbow Belts and led 104-82 heading into the final quarter.
Rainbow Belts answered with its best quarter of the night, winning the fourth 43-27 to finish within 6.
SFV OG moves to 5-2 and sits first in the Pacific Division, back in the win column. Rainbow Belts falls to 3-3, third in the Atlantic Division, with two straight losses. SFV OG takes the season series lead, 1-0.
Next up on Monday, SFV OG hosts the Cherry Gelato Heat and Rainbow Belts travels to the Cosmic Cookie Clippers.
Tale of the Tape
| Rainbow Belts Raptors | SFV OG Lakers | |
|---|---|---|
| 3-3 | Record | 5-2 |
| Gold Strain Series | Series | Gold Strain Series |
| Indica | Strain type, as printed | Hybrid |
| Flower · Live Resin · Diamonds | Build | Flower · Live Resin · Diamonds |
| New Pack Line | Packaging | New Pack Line |
| Blunt · Pre-Roll | Roster | Blunt · Pre-Roll |
Jerseys with a hometown
Both of these Presidential Cannabis League rosters hide a story on their backs.
SFV OG takes its name from the San Fernando Valley. Its Blunt carries 81 and its Pre-Roll carries 18, so the pair lines up as 818, the Valley's area code. It is home turf for the company too: the Los Angeles County store directory notes that Presidential started there in 2012 and still calls it home.
Rainbow Belts counts colors instead of digits on a map. Its Blunt carries 7, matching the colors in a rainbow, and its Pre-Roll repeats the digit for 77.
The explainer on how strains end up with their names lists place among the usual sources, next to aroma, appearance and creative themes. SFV OG wears its place right on the jersey.
What's inside
Both teams are two-player squads in the Gold Strain Series, built on flower, live resin and diamonds, so each lineup pairs a 1.5g hemp-wrapped Blunt with a 1g paper Pre-Roll.
Rainbow Belts is marked Indica, and Presidential describes sweet fruit and citrus with a diesel edge. Its art coils sugar-dusted candy belts around a cratered grey moon, which Presidential calls the most playful pack in its catalog, set on its darkest background.
SFV OG is marked Hybrid and leans on lemon, pine and an earthy diesel note, according to its product page. The pack reads like an old postcard from the Valley, with palm-lined streets, a pale moon and a mustard-gold sky.