Friday, July 31st was an absolute WARZONE in the Clutch Time Association. Sixteen games. Rivalries settled and reopened in the same breath. Let's get into it.

The story of the day has to be the NDZ Wolves vs. NDZ Reapers civil war — these two franchises played each other TWICE and split it ugly. In the first matchup, NDZxDrDyzol put up a monster double-double for the Wolves — 34 points and 11 assists — but it wasn't enough, as Jayseepaz answered with a double-double of his own (34 pts, 10 ast) and the Reapers took it 93–78. Then in the rematch, NDZ Reapers ran it up to the tune of 89–78 behind NDZxBronzy dropping a jaw-dropping 50 points. Fifty. That's not a typo. The Wolves are now on a two-game losing skid while the Reapers continue to climb.

On the come up was the other team that couldn't be stopped — or contained, depending on the game. SCethangreen went absolutely nuclear, dropping 40, 36, and 41 points across three separate games. chill easy orchestrated the offense with 13 and 16 assists in two of those contests, both double-doubles for the assist column. On the come up went 3-1 on the day, with their only loss coming to the 9-5ers, who got 36 from chill easy in a 82–73 road win. Yes, chill easy dropped 36 on the team he was just setting up. The league is something else, man.

Pharoes Wrath had themselves a full-on statement day — lcapalottzil recorded back-to-back double-doubles, going for 32 and 14 assists in a win over the Belt Boyz, then following it up with 22 points and 17 assists against the 67ers. The Pharoes swept the Belt Boyz twice and also took down the 67ers, going 3-0 on the day and extending their win streak to three. Meanwhile, AyeBreezo of About that aKtion put up a gritty double-double — 29 points and 14 assists — but the 67ers took both matchups between those two squads. tubby80 of the 67ers was a menace all day, recording a double-double (27 pts, 10 ast) in the About that aKtion game and leading his team in scoring in nearly every outing. Ski university stayed locked in at the top, holding off the 67ers 77–73 to keep their W10 streak alive — xX1WayJayXx pulled down 10 boards to anchor the effort.