Papaya Punch Pelicans Edge Blue Raspberry Grizzlies 135-134
Papaya Punch won overtime 11-10 at One Standard Arena after a 41-point third, ending Blue Raspberry's unbeaten start in a Southwest Division thriller.
| TEAM | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Papaya Punch | 34 | 25 | 41 | 24 | 11 | 135 |
 Blue Raspberry | 31 | 31 | 33 | 29 | 10 | 134 |
Blue Raspberry finally lost. It took overtime and a single point to do it.
The Papaya Punch Pelicans won the extra period 11-10 at One Standard Arena on Monday and beat the Blue Raspberry Grizzlies 135-134, ending Blue Raspberry's unbeaten start to the season.
Papaya Punch took the first quarter 34-31, and Blue Raspberry answered with a 31-25 second to lead 62-59 at the half. Then the visitors erupted for 41 in the third, winning it 41-33 and turning the game into a 100-95 lead.
Blue Raspberry clawed back with a 29-24 fourth, and regulation ended tied at 124-124. Overtime stayed just as close, and Papaya Punch came out of it ahead by the smallest margin possible.
Papaya Punch moves to 3-4, fifth in the Southwest Division, with three straight wins. Blue Raspberry is now 6-1 and second in the division. Papaya Punch takes the opening meeting and a 1-0 season series lead.
Both teams play at home on Wednesday, November 4. Papaya Punch hosts the Crescendo Jazz, and Blue Raspberry welcomes the XJ-13 Pacers.
Tale of the Tape
| Papaya Punch Pelicans | Blue Raspberry Grizzlies | |
|---|---|---|
| 3-4 | Record | 6-1 |
| Gold Strain Series | Series | Silver Flavor Series |
| Sativa | Strain type, as printed | Indica |
| Flower · Live Resin · Diamonds | Build | Flower · Distillate · Kief |
| New Pack Line | Packaging | Classic Pack |
| Blunt · Pre-Roll | Roster | Blunt · Pre-Roll |
The Fruit Stand in the Gold Aisle
Two fruit names met in this Presidential Cannabis League game, and only one of them lives in the fruit series.
Blue Raspberry is Silver through and through. New York's rundown of the fruit-led family says it opens the series with an electric fruit cue, and Silver packs let the fruit make the first visual move.
Papaya Punch, for all its sliced papayas and juice splashes, is not Silver at all. It sits on the Gold roster, which Michigan's guide to the strain-led series describes as the cannabis-first branch built around strain identity.
So the brightest fruit stand in the league wears a Gold patch, while the berry next door wears Silver.
What's inside
Papaya Punch keeps a two-player roster of a hemp-wrapped 1.5g Blunt and a paper 1g Pre-Roll, each marked Sativa and each running flower, live resin and diamonds. The blunt page describes a tropical fruit and berry profile, and the New Pack Line art bursts with papayas, oranges and pink blossoms around a sunny yellow pack.
Blue Raspberry answers in the classic pack, marked Indica and built on flower, distillate and kief, with its namesake berry flavor out front. Look for 11 on the Blunt, a nod to the two strands of red and blue chrome twisting around the pack, and 1 on the Pre-Roll.