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A sweet victory by DLSU, or perhaps for many, redemption. DLSU rose from the ashes after being penalized for 1 year by the UAAP board. Nothing can stop the Green Archers from getting this year’s Championship.

Despite the many predictions that game 2 would be for UE, the DLSU Green Archers manage to stay on top of the game. DLSU’s strategy is to continue its formidable defense and force UE to make turnovers. Secondly, improve their free throw, and make extra effort in getting rebounds. UE’s game plan was to force DLSU’s big men to commit fouls so they can dominate the boards both defensively and offensively, and cut down its turnovers.

It was a very low scoring first quarter for both teams as the first point was only made after 3-4 minutes in the game. DLSU got the first blood sinking 1 free throw. UE then made an 8 to nothing run which startled the players from Taft. A timeout was called by Franz Pumaren to make some adjustments which enabled DLSU to bounce back to tie UE at 8 all, afterwhich, it was mostly DLSU leading the game.

Here’s the halftime stats.

DLSU vs UE Season 70 Game 2 Halftime analysis

Finally, DLSU has managed to improve its free throw percentages and surprisingly, leads in terms of rebounds. A huge improvement over the first games’ rebound percentages.

UE was able to do a good job guarding TY Tang who was instrumental during game 1. However, it wasn’t enough as other DLSU players step up their game.

As reported by the beautiful Tracy Abad.

Personally, I have never seen coach Dindo so furious and so mad in the 2 years that I have been working with them.
He asked them, “Are we scared?” over at the dugout, and then he pointed out what the warriors needed in order for them to win.

Number 1. They have to play as a team. They have to remove their selfishness once the get into the court.

Number 2. They should want to win he said that
they seemed like they are already quitting.

Number 3. They must be confident that they can win.

It was evident that the championship experience of the Green Archers really gave the edge. DLSU leading almost all throughout the game was not normal based on the past 3 DLSU vs UE games. This might have “startled” the UE warriors knowing the fact that this could be the final game of the season. They began playing “not to lose” instead of “playing to win” which was what they did in the eliminations.

During the 3rd quarter, UE was able to cut DLSU’s lead to 1 point. Coach Dindo was quite pleased by his boys’ performance but the Championship Series MVP Cholo and Casio were there to bring back a manageable lead for DLSU. Rico did a great job in rebounding together with about 2 more DLSU big players doing gang rebounds which lessened UE’s followups and tip ins.

Again, the UE warriors committed a lot of unnecessary turnovers (bad passes, 3sec violations, and travellings) . By mid 4th quarter, they’ve committed about 20+ turnovers as per the stats of the commentators (note: they had 31 turnovers last game 1).

The Magic 7

1. La Salle wins its 7th Title
2. 7th Decade of UAAP. Season 70. 7+0=7
3. 7th day of October
4. Year 2007
5. We beat Ateneo Twice(2) in 5 Games = 7
6. 2 is Greather than 14 ( 14 divided by 2 = 7)
7. La Salle has 7 letters
8. Halftime Score of DLSU is 34. 3+4=7
9. 3rd Quarter ends with DLSU at 52. Again 5+2=7
10. LaSalle has an overall record of 19 wins 6 loses. 19+6=25. 2+5 = 7
11. UE has an overall record of 14 wins and 2 loses. 14+2=16. 1+6 = 7
12. Pumaren has 7 letters
13. The replay was aired last night at channel 61. 6+1=7
14. Archers = 7 letters
15. Final Score is 73-64= 9. Nine (9) points - Game (2) = 7

Congratulations to the DLSU Green Achers for playing their best, and playing with their heart. It was a tough season, working against the odds, believing, and playing like there’s no tomorrow.

Congratulations to Coach Franz Pumaren for making it happen one more time. Leading an underdog team against UST, Admu, and finally a deep benched UE Warriors and winning against these great teams, is surely a testimony of his great coaching ability.

DLSU vs UE Season 70 Game 2 4th Quarter

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