25/10/2026
The Dúnedain Award for Ranger of the Game 🏆
ULBL Winter Season 2026/27 - Week 4️⃣
Last winter ended with the crown in Rangers hands and Arseniy Pushkin at the heart of the march. While a new chapter brings new battles, our #3 found himself in familiar territory against London Beamers.
The two sides traded the lead for most of the contest before Beamers finally threatened to break away in the fourth, stretching the gap into double figures. The resilient Rangers refused to let the game slip away. The deficit slowly vanished and a magical tip by fresh Ranger Joe sent the battle into overtime.
And that’s all it took for AP to seize the opportunity.
He scored 10 of the Rangers’ 19 points in the extra period to keep the Fellowship ahead until the final buzzer. Beamers managed to draw level inside the final 30 seconds, only to suffer AP’s final lethal arrow beyond the arc and straight into the heart.
He closed his account with 28 points, 6 rebounds, 2 steals and a career-high 8 assists. Alongside the scoring the entire league has come to expect, Ice Maestro spent the game picking apart coverages, feeding cutters and finding teammates in transition. His fellow countryman Big Shot Igor was the main beneficiary in the fourth when they connected three consecutive times during the decisive Rangers surge.
Beamers remember AP’s craft well. He averaged 27 points against the top seed in last season’s playoff semifinal series to end their campaign as the Rangers continued towards a first Winter championship. Several months later, the setting had changed. The threat had not.
There comes a point when reputation begins to carry its own weight. AP has worn the Green long enough that, when the ball finds him and the outcome is still hanging, everyone in the building senses what will follow.
Week 4 adds another page to that legend. ❄️