Rio Grande Valley Vipers @ South Bay Lakers
West Semifinals

Rio Grande Valley VipersVipersRGV
23-13, 8-10 Away
97
23-13, 8-10 Away
Final
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Vipers RGV | 27 | 19 | 28 | 23 | 97 |
Lakers SBL | 33 | 28 | 23 | 28 | 112 |

South Bay LakersLakersSBL
26-10, 16-2 Home
112
26-10, 16-2 Home
Game Leaders



35
D. Nix#1
12/25 FG, 6/8 FT
35

26
D. Timme#11
9/13 FG, 5/8 FT
26

10
D. Nix#1
4 DREB, 6 OREB
10

13
D. Knecht
11 DREB, 2 OREB
13

8
D. Nix#1
4 TO, 43 MIN
8

5
D. Timme#11
4 TO, 36 MIN
5
Team Stats

RGV

SBL
40% (34-86)
Field Goal %
53% (42-79)
24% (9-38)
Three Point %
28% (7-25)
65% (11-17)
Free Throw %
72% (13-18)
20
Turnovers
22
44
Rebounds
48
7%
Percent Led
91%
3
Largest Lead
19
Game Information
El Segundo, CA
Referee:Ken Jones
Referee:Klajdi Mulla
Referee:Catherine Chang
Referee:Kastine Evans
Game Flow
--RGV
9Lead Changes
--SBL
Shot Chart
- Olisa Blaise Akonobi makes layup (Tristen Newton assists)
- RJ Davis makes 27-foot three point jumper
- Daishen Nix misses free throw 1 for 2
- Kobe Bufkin misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Isaiah Crawford makes alley oop layup (Daishen Nix assists)
- Drew Timme makes driving layup (RJ Davis assists)
- Daishen Nix makes driving layup
- Malik Williams misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Tristen Newton misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Tristen Newton makes 1-foot reverse layup (Cameron Matthews assists)
- Drew Timme makes 7-foot two point shot (Kobe Bufkin assists)
- Drew Timme makes free throw 1 for 1
- Daishen Nix misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Tristen Newton misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Drew Timme makes 8-foot two point shot
- Daishen Nix makes free throw 1 for 2
- Kobe Bufkin makes 7-foot two point shot (RJ Davis assists)
- Cameron Matthews makes 25-foot three point jumper (Daishen Nix assists)
- Drew Timme makes free throw 1 for 2
- Daishen Nix makes layup (Efe Abogidi assists)
- RJ Davis makes 27-foot three point jumper (Kobe Bufkin assists)
- Drew Timme misses 8-foot two point shot
- Isaiah Crawford misses 11-foot pullup jump shot
- Dalton Knecht makes running dunk (Drew Timme assists)
- Efe Abogidi makes 2-foot layup (Caleb McConnell assists)
- RJ Davis misses 26-foot three point step back jumpshot
- Caleb McConnell misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Arthur Kaluma makes 25-foot three point jumper (Adou Thiero assists)
- Isaiah Crawford makes 2-foot layup (Daishen Nix assists)
- Nick Smith Jr. misses 14-foot turnaround jump shot
- Tristen Newton misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Nick Smith Jr. makes 16-foot step back jumpshot
- Efe Abogidi makes 25-foot three point jumper (Tristen Newton assists)
- Arthur Kaluma makes 6-foot pullup jump shot
- Cameron Matthews misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Dalton Knecht makes 5-foot running pullup jump shot (Anton Watson assists)
- Dalton Knecht makes free throw 1 for 1
- Tristen Newton misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Nick Smith Jr. misses 13-foot two point shot
- Arthur Kaluma misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Tristen Newton makes free throw 1 for 2
- Dalton Knecht makes free throw 1 for 2
- Dalton Knecht makes driving layup (Nick Smith Jr. assists)
- Tristen Newton makes 11-foot pullup jump shot (Caleb McConnell assists)
- Tristen Newton makes free throw 1 for 1
- Nick Smith Jr. misses heave jump shot
- Tristen Newton misses 11-foot turnaround jump shot
- Anton Watson misses 2-foot reverse layup
- Anton Watson misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Isaiah Crawford misses two point shot
- Adou Thiero makes dunk
- Tristen Newton misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Daishen Nix makes layup
- Daishen Nix makes free throw 1 for 1
- Anton Watson makes driving layup
- Stevie Mitchell makes 2-foot layup (Daishen Nix assists)
- Nick Smith Jr. makes 8-foot turnaround jump shot
- Daishen Nix makes free throw 1 for 2
- Daishen Nix misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Tristen Newton misses driving layup
- Daishen Nix makes 8-foot two point shot
- Dalton Knecht makes 28-foot three point jumper (Drew Timme assists)
- Nick Smith Jr. misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Stevie Mitchell makes 24-foot three point jumper (Daishen Nix assists)
- Dalton Knecht makes 6-foot two point shot (Nick Smith Jr. assists)
- Dalton Knecht makes free throw 1 for 1
- Cameron Matthews makes 25-foot three point jumper (Stevie Mitchell assists)
- Kobe Bufkin misses free throw 1 for 2
- Isaiah Crawford misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Daishen Nix misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Arthur Kaluma makes layup (Nick Smith Jr. assists)
- John Knight III misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Kobe Bufkin makes free throw 1 for 2
- Stevie Mitchell misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Arthur Kaluma makes running layup (Dalton Knecht assists)
- Daishen Nix misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Dalton Knecht makes 9-foot two point shot
- Dalton Knecht makes free throw 1 for 1
- Dalton Knecht makes driving layup
- John Knight III makes two point shot (Caleb McConnell assists)
- Dalton Knecht misses 28-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Nick Smith Jr. misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Dalton Knecht makes 1-foot driving dunk
- Daishen Nix misses two point shot
- Efe Abogidi misses two point shot
- Daishen Nix makes tip shot
- Daishen Nix misses free throw 1 for 2
- Dalton Knecht misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Daishen Nix misses 24-foot running jump shot
- Dalton Knecht misses running layup
- Kobe Bufkin misses tip shot
- Caleb McConnell misses 24-foot running jump shot
- Daishen Nix misses two point shot
- Kobe Bufkin makes 24-foot three point jumper (Drew Timme assists)
- Caleb McConnell misses 27-foot three point pullup jump shot
- John Knight III makes layup (Isaiah Crawford assists)
- Tristen Newton misses free throw 1 for 2
- RJ Davis misses driving layup
- Cameron Matthews misses driving layup
- Drew Timme misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Isaiah Crawford makes free throw 1 for 2
- Tristen Newton makes free throw 1 for 2
- Drew Timme makes layup (RJ Davis assists)
- Drew Timme misses free throw 1 for 1
- Tristen Newton makes 25-foot three point jumper (Daishen Nix assists)
- Drew Timme makes two point shot (RJ Davis assists)
- Tristen Newton makes free throw 1 for 2
- Drew Timme makes 7-foot two point shot
- Cameron Matthews misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Tristen Newton misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
- Kobe Bufkin makes 8-foot pullup jump shot
- RJ Davis makes free throw 1 for 2
- Daishen Nix makes layup (Cameron Matthews assists)
- Kobe Bufkin misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Cameron Matthews misses free throw 1 for 2
- Drew Timme makes layup
- John Knight III misses two point shot
- Kobe Bufkin makes free throw 1 for 2
- Daishen Nix makes driving layup
- Kobe Bufkin misses 11-foot two point shot
- Daishen Nix makes free throw 1 for 2
- RJ Davis misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Dalton Knecht misses 13-foot pullup jump shot
- Arthur Kaluma makes two point shot
- Isaiah Crawford misses 29-foot three point jumper
- Nick Smith Jr. makes 26-foot running pullup jump shot (Dalton Knecht assists)
- Isaiah Crawford misses 10-foot pullup jump shot
- Dalton Knecht misses driving layup
- Tristen Newton misses 24-foot running jump shot
- Dalton Knecht makes running dunk (Nick Smith Jr. assists)
- Dalton Knecht misses free throw 1 for 1
- John Knight III makes dunk (Daishen Nix assists)
- Stevie Mitchell misses 22-foot three point jumper
- Efe Abogidi misses tip shot
- Daishen Nix misses driving layup
- Stevie Mitchell misses tip shot
- Caleb McConnell makes 1-foot layup (Stevie Mitchell assists)
- Daishen Nix misses layup
- Caleb McConnell makes tip shot
- Efe Abogidi makes 23-foot running jump shot (Caleb McConnell assists)
- Anton Watson makes 1-foot layup (Arthur Kaluma assists)
- Daishen Nix makes driving layup
- Arthur Kaluma misses alley oop dunk
- Kobe Bufkin misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Nick Smith Jr. makes 16-foot step back jumpshot (Drew Timme assists)
- Daishen Nix makes free throw 1 for 2
- Efe Abogidi makes 25-foot three point jumper (John Knight III assists)
- Stevie Mitchell misses running layup
- Daishen Nix makes tip shot
- Drew Timme misses 8-foot hook shot
- Stevie Mitchell misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Adou Thiero misses running layup
- Efe Abogidi misses 25-foot running jump shot
- Daishen Nix misses two point shot
- Daishen Nix makes tip shot
- Adou Thiero makes free throw 1 for 2
- Caleb McConnell misses 22-foot jumper
- Nick Smith Jr. misses layup
- Anton Watson makes two point shot
- Kobe Bufkin makes running dunk
- Kobe Bufkin misses 25-foot three point step back jumpshot
- Nick Smith Jr. misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Cameron Matthews makes 5-foot layup (Tristen Newton assists)
- Cameron Matthews misses free throw 1 for 1
- Drew Timme makes free throw 1 for 2
- Efe Abogidi misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Adou Thiero makes dunk (Nick Smith Jr. assists)
- Daishen Nix makes driving layup
- Drew Timme makes layup (Anton Watson assists)
- Tristen Newton misses 6-foot fade away jump shot
- Nick Smith Jr. misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Caleb McConnell misses free throw 1 for 2
- Daishen Nix makes tip shot
- Kobe Bufkin makes driving layup (Arthur Kaluma assists)
- Caleb McConnell misses layup
- Kobe Bufkin misses 23-foot running jump shot
- Kobe Bufkin misses 26-foot three point step back jumpshot
- Cameron Matthews misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Daishen Nix makes free throw 1 for 2
- Drew Timme makes 5-foot turnaround jump shot (Anton Watson assists)
- Drew Timme misses free throw 1 for 1
- Cameron Matthews makes 24-foot three point jumper (Daishen Nix assists)
- Drew Timme makes free throw 1 for 2
- Kobe Bufkin makes 26-foot three point jumper (Drew Timme assists)
- Daishen Nix misses driving floating jump shot
- John Knight III misses tip shot
- Nick Smith Jr. makes 4-foot running jump shot
- Tristen Newton misses 25-foot three point step back jumpshot
- Drew Timme makes free throw 1 of 2
- Drew Timme misses free throw 2 of 2
- Isaiah Crawford makes 25-foot three point jumper (Tristen Newton assists)
- Anton Watson makes alley oop dunk (Kobe Bufkin assists)
- Efe Abogidi misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Daishen Nix misses 27-foot three point jumper
Shot Made
Shot Missed
Shot Made
Shot Missed
Data is currently unavailable.
Matchups
2025-26 Standings
NBA G League
| Western Conference | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Bay | 2 | 1 | .667 | - | L1 |
| Stockton | 3 | 2 | .600 | - | L2 |
| Rio Grande Valley | 1 | 1 | .500 | 0.5 | L1 |
| Rip City | 1 | 1 | .500 | 0.5 | L1 |
| Memphis | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0.5 | - |
| Oklahoma City | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0.5 | - |
| Salt Lake City | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0.5 | - |
| Santa Cruz | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0.5 | - |
| Sioux Falls | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0.5 | - |
| Texas | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0.5 | - |
| Valley | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0.5 | - |
| San Diego | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | L1 |
| Mexico City | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | L1 |
| Austin | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | L1 |
| Iowa | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | L1 |
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