Will The Icing Follow?
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It was a festive day of green and red at the Araneta Coliseum. As the crowds were starting to come, it felt different from the energy that was present in last Sunday’s La Salle – Ateneo game. There was excitement from the La Salle crowd because it is the Finals but it didn’t have the tension that was in everyone’s faces in the last game.
The UE fans on the other hand were eager to get the game started. They had been waiting for 20 days and their wait was compounded by the high intensity level of the last 2 La Salle – Ateneo games. After all, they did win 14 straight games to automatically capture the 1st Finals berth but this seemed overshadowed by the playoff games for that 2nd seat.
During the warm-ups, I noticed that the UE Red Warriors were focused, maybe too focused or what we call “gigil�. The Green Archers on the other hand looked more relaxed having just played 2 back to back thrillers.
Finally, the jump ball and Game 1 of the Finals was on its way.
Both teams looked tight early and it was immediately obvious that both teams were mirroring their defense. But with UE dominating the boards on both ends of the floor, they did not look like they skipped a beat.
UE ends the first quarter with a 45% field goal shooting while La Salle could only make 5 of 16 from the field.. With the 1st quarter score at 20 – 14 for UE, the La Salle fans seemed restless but still in high spirits.
The 2nd quarter was an all together different story. La Salle clamped down on its defense and also began getting hot. The Red Warriors seemed confused and with still 8 minutes to go, Coach Dindo Pumaren had already used up all his timeouts.
La Salle erases the UE 8 point lead by forcing forces more turnovers. The game starts to get physical, which would definitely be to UE’s advantage because of their size. UE just totally dominates the rebounds.
Sloppy offense on both sides keeps the scoring low, which would benefit La Salle because the Green Archers were playing slow deliberated basketball while the Red Warriors were running.
The first half ends at 39 – 37 for UE and the La Salle crowd was wondering, is it possible?
A look at some stats from the first half makes this game even more confusing. Though scoring percentages were almost equal, UE outrebounded La Salle 34 to 13. La Salle however caused UE to commit 12 turnovers while committing only 5 and had more blocks than their taller opponents.
The 3rd quarter saw both teams shooting terrible. Neither team could build a substantial lead but again this was definitely an advantage for La Salle. It was actually starting to be a coach’s match. Continuous substitution from both sides just kept coming.
The quarter ends with UE shooting 3 of 11 while La Salle 4 of 20. The jitters of the Finals were very evident. With UE still on top 50 – 47, the match was definitely anyone’s to take.
The 4th quarter belonged to TY Tang. He just lit up the scoreboard and kept La Salle in the game. Playing alongside veterans Pocholo Villanueva, Rico Maierhofer and JV Casio, the Green Archers began showing what Conach Dindo Pumaren feared most, the championship experience of La Salle. Surprisingly, it was the rookie Ferdinand that stood his ground against the UE big men.
Coach Franz, knew exactly what he had to do and kept his younger brother reacting to his moves. La Salle showed the composure that had vanished many times in the past games. UE on the other hand seemed lost.
With less than a minute to go, La Salle takes a 3 point lead. But UE’s Mark Borboran hits a 3 and ties the game. Rico Maierhofer gets fouled and splits his charities. With La Salle up by 1 and less than 20 seconds to go, UE goes for the final shot. La Salle makes one last defensive stand and UE just can’t find a way to score. Malabes gets the final rebound of the game and La Salle gets the win.
As the La Salle crowd was in jubilation, the UE players looked shocked. Their first loss of the season happens at the worst time. They are not invincible after all.
I felt that the deep bench of Coach Dindo backfired on him today. He has so much talent on that team but did not seem to have the core group he needed for today. Maybe substitutions were made too fast, so much so that the players were not able to get into the groove at the end game.
Oh the end game, how important is that? It was La Salle’s weakness that they have now transformed into their strength.
Can the UE Red Warriors come back from this devastating loss? They have never had that this year and it will be a test of their character to do so. Will the Green Archers go for the jugular on Sunday? They better, because a 3rd game will be an advantage for UE.
We got the cake when we beat Ateneo. Will the icing follow?
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The Blue Marc
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Saturday, 6 October 2007 at 4:45 pm
NU: It’s our fault, period.
UST: It was skills that made us win the game. And yes, the chefs..er..refs are cooking up the play, good thing that they weren’t able to get their ingredients prepared for them. You mentioned our alumni. Have you had a fresh account as to whatever happened before you dipped your tongue and your pen about that matter? I guess not. It’s so easy for you to judge what happened, when you haven’t even seen what happened. (I saw every game, so that’s why I can bash the refs, very different from your POV on Raffy Dayrit.) To tell you, win or lose, he’d still tell the comissioner that the referees officiating is bias.
We have beaten La Salle thrice,and we lost twice. All of those five games, were dirty games and lucky for us that we managed to score three out of five wins.
DLSU: This one’s a needless say.
This wasn’t a question of chance. It’s always a question on who paid NABRO? UST or DLSU?
No one knows.
No one will ever know why those black whistle-necklaced (not to mention,wearing a toque) ‘politicians’ called very unfavorable fouls against Team Glory Be.
The Green Mind
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Saturday, 6 October 2007 at 4:34 pm
bewildered,
I cannot in good conscience filter comments made by the readers. If I do that, then I will be accused of subjective censorship. If a person wants to write moronic, absurd and just plain stupid comments, then it is a reflection of that person’s mentality. It should not be a problem to anyone but to themselves.
Sourgraping is a heavy burden to bear. So who suffers but those who continue to bash anything that goes against what they are a part of.
The Green Mind
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Saturday, 6 October 2007 at 4:30 pm
Final Comments Before Tomorrow’s Game.
Tomorrow La Salle can either clinch the championship or UE takes it to a 3rd game. No matter what the outcome is at the end of the series, I will have to say that the best team will win.
If La Salle wins, than it would be the most memorable championships that the Green Archers have ever won.
If UE wins, than congratulations to the team that showed how strong it truly is. I will take consolation that at least it was not a sweep and that La Salle gave this vaunted UE team its only loss in Season 70. More than that, I would congratulate Lasallian Dindo Pumaren for bringing UE a title that has eluded them for a very long time.
La Salle will always be proud of how this year’s team performed.
The Green Mind
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Saturday, 6 October 2007 at 3:19 pm
Blue Marc,
For you i gues, the only good ref is the one who makes the calls in favor of Ateneo. That i such a cop out. I still havent heard you blame the Ateneo team for letting the finals slip out of their fingers. They were in control on of their destiny. Was teir loss to NU also because of the refs? They had a chance to beat La Salle for outright 2nd and they lost. They beat UST, so I guess the officiating there was okay. But one of your distinguished alumni taunts the commissioner after a win…smart huh!
So when will you put a certain amount of responsiblity for the outcome on the Ateneo team?
The Blue Marc
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Saturday, 6 October 2007 at 3:11 pm
Greenmind.
Your pen name speaks more of yourself. Your mind is being clouded with only the green spectrum.
bewildered, why not? I doubt THAT you’re even from UP. UP epitomizes the school of freedom of speech, and sasabihin mo na i-filter yung comments?
The truth behind human society holds the same truth for UAAP basketball. (Speaking of the parallelism between the referees and the Filipino politicians)
twicegreen
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Saturday, 6 October 2007 at 1:36 pm
Pasencyahan na lang ang supporters ng Hail Mary (kuno) Squad…eliminated na kasi kaya nangiinis na lang sila….ang dami nilang “issues” sa La Salle…whatever!
Di ko alam kung matatawa ako sa kanila o maaawa…tsk tsk tsk pathetic!
bewildered
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Saturday, 6 October 2007 at 1:26 pm
mr. atayde, is it possible for you to filter comments? so we wont have to read some of the messages of these total morons.
to those who keep comparing ateneo and lasalle academics. talo kayo pareho sa UP. so mukha lang kayong mga tanga. nevertheless, UP is 0-14 in basketball. So you cant have it all.
The Green Mind
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Saturday, 6 October 2007 at 1:20 pm
Hail Mary Team,
I dont think there is anything wrong in learning from one’s mistakes. However leaning how to commit the mistakes that others have committed is really sad. Isn’t that what Ateneo is doing with the way?
And to say that we are sourgraping is like the pot calling the kettle black. Sourgraping, why not take a look at all the posts that were made, from blaming the refs to blaming the father of TY Tang for Ateneo’s loss. Besides we are in the finals and you are not, so why should we sourgrape?
As I said before, if your team would start developing its own identity and direction without looking at La Salle, maybe just maybe, you will experience some success.
twicegreen
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Saturday, 6 October 2007 at 12:52 pm
typo error…that your school is better than ours…
twicegreen
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Saturday, 6 October 2007 at 12:50 pm
Hail Mary Team? wow matutuwa nga si Mama Mary sa inaasal nyo…bashing La Salle?
twicegreen
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Saturday, 6 October 2007 at 12:46 pm
Winning the championship is just the icing on the cake. We already got the “cake” when we eliminated our rival - Ateneo.
To the Ateneans, if you are convinced the your school is better than ours…why do you have to discuss the matter over and over again…nakakatawa. Medyo pathetic na ang dating…Look at AIM, the students there know they are the cream of the crop but they do not bitch about it…di ba?
Observer
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Saturday, 6 October 2007 at 12:33 pm
Mr. Atayde,
The only difference is that La Salle can buy their championships at bargain price. Let’s not be hypocrites here. Ateneo’s just playing La Salle’s game.
Hail Mary Team
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Saturday, 6 October 2007 at 12:06 pm
The reason Ateneo is Blue and White is because it is Mary’s colors. The much disputed Alma Matter/Graduation hymn is also “A Song for Mary”. Nothing wrong with that. It is a Hail Mary team because aside from dedicating “the fray” for Mary…It is an underdog team… which is usually described as a Hail Mary team. Claro?
To Mr Atayde.
You are displaying your selective memory and hypocrisy again!
If La Salle is only recently fielding your homegrown talents, it is only because it is trying to avoid using desperation measures such as recruiting quasi-high school graduates as mercanaries for their team. Kudos for that change in your student athlete culture.
Your players from Ateneo who have been main components of their 2002 championship such as Enrico Villianueva, Wesley Gonzales and Larry Fonacier and even Chris Quimpo have been in Ateneo since grade school.
The players responsible for your championships: Renren Ritualo, Mike Cortez, Mac Cardona, Joseph Yeo? You have a who’s who of mercenaries posing as student athlete La Sallites. (well…at least I heard Ritualo had a very good senior year thesis. Good for him)
Please, recruiting is the name of the game. It just so happens that these new recruits (which La Salle is also pursuing) happen to have an inclination of going to Ateneo. Let’s not sour grape here.
Blue Eagle THE KING.
The Green Mind
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Saturday, 6 October 2007 at 11:36 am
Blueflower,
Comments like yours are getting as old as dirt. While La Salle is building a team of homegrown talents, with as many as maybe 7 next year, Ateneo is going on a buying spree of players to purchase a championship.
The best thing Ateneo can do is stop looking at La Salle and start looking at themselves. Maybe that way your Blue Babble will not end up (again) as a BURST BLUE BUBBLE.
The Green Mind
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Saturday, 6 October 2007 at 11:33 am
news flash,
I dont think thats new to the other teams. beating La Salle seems to be the first priority. So it will be nothing new to the Green Archers. Its been this way since they came into the UAAP.
Bluefollower
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Saturday, 6 October 2007 at 11:31 am
portable archer
your just scared that you guys will have to cheat more to beat us next year.
Go ateneo
news flash
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Saturday, 6 October 2007 at 11:25 am
breaking news..
someone has leaked of the possible themes for next year’s uaap season…
if lasalle wins the crown..
8 Teams, 7 of them, 1 goal, Beat Lasalle! UAAP Season 71! (7 teams with 1 goal)
very creative indeed..
if UE wins the crown…
8 Teams, 7 of them, still 1 goal, Bash and still Beat Lasalle!
very creative as as well…
chris tiupa
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Saturday, 6 October 2007 at 2:26 am
sinong player sa uaap ang pinaka madaming pimples?
definitely not me, i call timeout before we finish a blow out game to put eskinol in my pretty face
too bad im chinese, coz i have small penis, just like YEO, TANG i*a mo din
ot
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Saturday, 6 October 2007 at 2:17 am
out of topic uli..
bakit may pauso na hail mary team ang ateneo?
unang una di nga sila nananalo paano mo masasabing kampi si God sa kanila? kabarkada ata ni God si John the baptist. kaw ba naman magbinyag sa Diyos. sempre go lasalle yun. baka nga Lasalista si God eh. nyahahah joke lang yung last part.
hail mary siguro kasi lahat ng atenista virgin pa.
ewan ko bang pauso yun. parang sinabi nilang dinadasalan nila yung team nila kada game or bara bara. gusto nila isipin na weak at underdog, oo mukang dog.
chris tiu may lifetime supply ng eskinol. kaya nga kutis kinis na din si arao eh. heheheh
ot
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Saturday, 6 October 2007 at 2:10 am
out of topic..
umalis si japeth aguilar sa ateneo kasi nabahuan kay nkemakolamkolam
josef ramos
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Saturday, 6 October 2007 at 1:54 am
I think the Green Archers will disprove my column (My fearless forecast: 80-20)…
I welcome it..
Goodluck! With a one-game edge, La Salle has an advantage.
But everything remains possible for UE because La Salle needs to win twice in the series…
portable archer
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Friday, 5 October 2007 at 11:46 pm
Bluefollower
Friday, 5th October 2007 at 7:37 pm
Ateneo’s championship next year with baclao , long , salamat and tiu leading the way with prized rookies ryan buenafe and justin chua supporting them How can we lose.
Go Ue i hope u win
Animo Ateneo i still believe
you always lose. ayaw ni God sa inyo. mga peke daw kasi muka ninyo.
@leigh
2nd round dlsu ue game 28 to ang ue. +3 lang ang finals game 1. they dominated the rebounds. +20 more ata in contrast to lasalle. no excuses talaga dapat. well rested so dapat 2nd half full potential na sila. usually ang rust 1st quarter, 2nd half walang wala na yun.
on paper, mas maganda ang lineup ng ue lalo na dami pa injured sa lasalle. either coaching or veteran smarts lang nakuha yung 1 point win na yun. mahirap mo talaga masabi ang reason why lasalle won.
yung 1st game talgang araw ng ue yun. 90% ba naman ng shots mo pumasok kaya talaga tambak. hindi naman siguro everyday 80% ang field goal percentage mo. nung 2nd game close until ot. wala na sina maierhofer nun at casio dahil fouled out. dun mo magagamit yung lalim ng bench. kaya nanalo na uli.
mga lasalista, wag muna tayo magsalita ng tapos. hindi naman dominante ang team natin eh.
ACET vs. DLSUet
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Friday, 5 October 2007 at 10:34 pm
Well, personally, the ACET really gave me a hard time and I was thankful that I passed. I used the DLSUet as a “safety net” and felt it was relatively easier. I wasn’t surprised I passed La Salle. I went to Ateneo.
Fast-forward a few years, a controversy regarding students getting into DLSU who apparently do not have the proper credentials to even pass high school. WTF! These student athletes, who are not even qualified as high school graduates, are studying and are supposedly thriving in La Salle. Now I’m not surprised. Maybe La Salle is raising its standards now that they have been exposed.
If this season they have something to prove to everyone and convince themselves of regaining lost integrity. Fine. Good for them.
I could just imagine how it is for the people who don’t pass the DLSUet considering there are people who are not actual HS grads who pass. Benilde material? (kidding!)
Although besides this, I noticed that before this controversy, most of the players from La Salle really come through as mercenaries posing as student athletes. They spend a little time and exposure in La Salle and leave as soon as the opportunity to go pro presents itself. At least, in my opinion, this is the DLSU student athlete culture that I’ve noticed.
a 14-0 championship
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Friday, 5 October 2007 at 10:20 pm
This is the reason why, losing teaches you more that winning!
a 14-0 championship
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Friday, 5 October 2007 at 10:19 pm
To Leigh. That’s expected, that’s the reason that whoever wins the ateneo/la salle duel would eventually be the champion. (unfortunately, it’s la salle) aside from losing momentum, UE does not have the poise or composure that the two battle tested teams have endured. Even if it was UST or FEU, UE would inevitably fold and crumble. If UE ever pulls out…I guess it deserves the championship but I doubt it would still happen.
UE’s triumph this year ends at 14-0!
ELITE
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Friday, 5 October 2007 at 10:05 pm
To my fellow Ateneans and La Sallian colleagues, let us stop this shameless and childish bantering. I’m sure, my fellow Ateneans, that you have many La Sallian relatives and countless La Sallian friends. I’m sure, my La Sallian colleagues, that you have many Atenean relatives and countless Atenean friends. What will these people who are very dear to us say when they see what we write here? Do not mind the others. Let them bash our schools. We are elite. We have class. We are basketball!
green1
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Friday, 5 October 2007 at 9:46 pm
Gwapo…well written congratulations…I was about to write the same thing…just ignore him…he is not worth it…
Gwapo
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Friday, 5 October 2007 at 9:43 pm
To Greenmanure,
Alam mo you don’t even know the whole story so shut up. The Brothers volunteered the info to UAAP…paano naman malalaman ng UAAP na peke ang papeles ng players na iyon kung di sinabi ng DLSU. Walang access ang UAAP sa records ng DLSU…ano yon by OSMOSIS? Ikaw ang di nag iisip…engot!
Obviously your parents did not raise you well…your messages are full of anger and antagonism. Puro mura ang sinasabi mo…ano ba yan…I pity you…
If you do not agree with Mr. Atayde’s reaction or our opinions…just say I don’t agree because of the ff. reasons…blah, blah, blah…but do not resort to bashing. Your true personality is showing…”squaking” - (squater na ugali).
To the other La Sallians…just ignore bravehearted and greenmanure…there’s a big possibility that he’ll change his name but if the blogger’s message is full of grammatical errors and bad words…sya yon…he likes to fill his messages with antagonism.
Go back to school Greenmanure and Bravehearted..if you are already in school…well get a refund…your school sucks obviously.
dp
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Friday, 5 October 2007 at 8:56 pm
gaya uli ng post ko sa last article,nood na lang tayo basketball, wag na durugan ng school(wag na muna)…
LEIGH
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Friday, 5 October 2007 at 7:50 pm
UE loses over DLSU because of that 21-day dayoff from the game. Nawala sila sa momentum. It is understood that UE is somewhat novice again in playing on the court. We did 30 or 31 ata na turnovers which is not so UE.. Na-pissed off ako sa dating ng laro bcos of their low defense and super nervous sila. Hmm pero hindi ako nagisip na hindi nila ginalingan.. nakita ko naman kung gaano sila gumawa ng play, but unfortunately.. Natalo kami.. But it’s ok, we still have Game 2 :))
I BELIEVE!
GO FIGHT RED AND WHITE!
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