From being blown out in Game 1 to winning the 10th championship of DLSU in Game 3! The Green Archers are now back on top of the ballgame!
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00:00 you know, how loud the crowd will be in every single game.
00:04 Both misses in their first couple of possessions.
00:07 As Francis Escadon.
00:10 - The fans reminded each other that going into this game,
00:15 in spite of the intensity, the high stakes,
00:17 they must not forget to cherish this opportunity
00:20 because this moment, with all 16 of them
00:22 fighting side by side, is their last chance.
00:26 - Pass to Mike Phillips, short rebound here.
00:28 Quickly to Cagulangan.
00:30 Cagulangan is scanning the floor.
00:31 Cagulangan over to Francis Lopez!
00:34 (crowd cheering)
00:37 Great job by Cagulangan, scanning the floor,
00:41 slowing down a little bit,
00:42 and fighting his teammate for the open jam.
00:45 And Mike Phillips out of control.
00:49 Gabau can not go for back-to-back threes.
00:52 Phillips at the post, outside, that's his shot.
00:54 Joshua David!
00:58 That right there is his favorite spot so far
01:01 here in the finals.
01:02 He has back-to-back triples in that game too,
01:04 as UP answers back right away.
01:07 That's UP's way of playing basketball,
01:09 pushing the base and finding easy baskets in transition.
01:12 Whoops!
01:12 There's Cagulangan, layup, let's go!
01:16 Especially here inside the big dog,
01:18 non-stop action in the opening corner
01:20 of game three of the finals.
01:22 Cortez to Pakalalag with a spin,
01:24 and a classy move against Malik Diu!
01:27 That's against guts and the courage
01:30 to go for a spin move, spinning and winning and finishing.
01:34 Good defense by Tenesita.
01:35 Torres, shovel pass, Cancino blocked by Quimbao!
01:40 What timing there by KQ, he doesn't just do it on offense,
01:45 he also does it on defense, blocking CJ Cancino.
01:49 Approaching the last two minutes of the opening corner,
01:51 Pakalalag for three!
01:56 Great read there by Lasalle,
01:58 there was a double team on KQ on the post,
02:01 finding the wide open Pakalalag for three.
02:03 And in UP fashion, UP answers back right away
02:09 in just six seconds.
02:10 - Do you need to?
02:14 - No, no, no.
02:14 - You're in a hurry.
02:16 So, weight remaining here in the opening corner,
02:19 Archer still protecting a one-point lead,
02:21 nice swipe by Diu!
02:22 Diu for the Felicilda,
02:24 and Felicilda is uncontested!
02:26 Phillips back to Austria, shot count down to six.
02:31 And Policarpio fires a three!
02:34 Great find there, Captain CJ Cancino.
02:39 What are you looking for, Diego,
02:41 in the opening minutes of this second period?
02:43 - Well, in the first quarter,
02:44 Lasalle out-rebounded UP as CJ Cancino knocks down Asad.
02:48 - He repeats the saying as a self-reminder
02:50 and looks for his dad in the crowd for encouragement,
02:52 as his dad was the one that gave him
02:54 the advice in the first place.
02:55 As the minutes tick down in this first half
02:57 of this final collegiate game,
02:58 his journey isn't just marked by skill or sophistic.
03:01 - Six and a half remaining in the first half.
03:03 CJ, Austria, Austria scanning, attacking,
03:08 Austria, nowhere to go!
03:11 And then Mark Bonoy connects!
03:14 In the second quarter, Diu looking for Cagulangan.
03:18 That's a tight to shoot here for UP.
03:20 Cagulangan, floater, it's good!
03:24 And Lasalle, they're so wary of JD Cagulangan
03:27 finding Malik Diu that they just left him
03:29 wide open for that floater.
03:32 Danger time here, if you're Lasalle,
03:34 as UP opens up a 37-28 lead.
03:39 Mike Phillips!
03:41 A timely, a timely slam dunk for the Archers.
03:45 And that's how you answer back.
03:46 After that UP run, you take away the momentum
03:49 right away with that dunk.
03:51 And a steal like this one.
03:52 Austria, bounce pass, Mark Nonoy!
03:55 And shot was erased.
03:57 Archers with five points here in the second quarter.
04:02 Diu lost it.
04:04 Phillips, Kampala, there it is!
04:06 No look to Mark Nonoy!
04:08 Rebound, Cancino.
04:11 Full court pass intercepted by his former teammate,
04:15 Mark Nonoy, Nonoy for three!
04:18 In and out, oh!
04:19 Mike Phillips, foot back slam!
04:23 Back in this game, Mark Nonoy not afraid
04:25 to take those threes, but Mike Phillips.
04:28 So a reset here for the Archers.
04:30 Eight to shoot, Escaptor with a drive.
04:33 Shooting over Malik Diu.
04:36 And that's the second layup here by Larkon.
04:39 Just a bit to the left, and Aldus Turculas
04:44 with the foot back, Turculas with four points
04:46 and two rebounds.
04:48 Policarpio back in the ball game.
04:50 The rookie sends it to Nelly, shot knocked down to nine.
04:54 Nelly on the drive, runner is good!
04:56 And Tagulangan, shot knocked down before he goes inside!
05:03 The pass broken and Nonoy has it!
05:05 Mark Nonoy on the ball, going for the Policarpio!
05:08 A U-turn, U-turn counterattack.
05:10 Tagulangan is bopped by Policarpio.
05:12 Action continues here.
05:14 Diu at the post, and Diu is fouled
05:17 and the basket is good.
05:18 Felicinda Gansino, Alarcon, Diu and Turculas.
05:28 Shot clock leads 13, Harold Alarcon against the rim.
05:32 And Alarcon gets away for three!
05:35 One of the best rebounding guards in the UAP, Kembao.
05:39 Back to Nelly, Nelly on the move.
05:41 Nelly with a floater, Esca!
05:43 Great job by Evan Nelly, not settling for the three-point shot
05:47 because he hasn't been hitting that here in the finals.
05:50 Going for the floater, nice pass!
05:53 Felicinda to Diu, Diu's foul with 17 points.
05:58 Great find right away there for Janjan Felicinda
06:03 and they get a steal here.
06:04 Turculas on the move, all the way!
06:08 And then Alarcon for Diu!
06:11 You know that this is the big game and you know both teams do a great job
06:14 of really scouting each other.
06:16 You know each other's movement out on the floor.
06:18 You know each other's counters.
06:20 So you can't get a good pass up right here for the Diu-Gola.
06:24 Diu-Gola Gansino with a big three-point shot
06:27 and it opens up a six-point lead for the Fighting Maroons.
06:31 Here's Nonoy, Nonoy pulling up and that's good!
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06:45 Felicinda, nice drop pass to Malik Diu.
06:48 Great pass right there. You got to reward the big fella.
06:51 It sounds like a good way to distance basketball when everyone's sharing that goal.
06:55 That's a great strategy because you can't just focus on one guy.
06:59 Great finish right there over the big fella.
07:01 Few minutes of the season where Malik Diu has told me that his singular goal
07:05 this whole time was just to bring back that title for the UP community.
07:10 Now he, along with JD Cavalangan, might be the heroes of this season.
07:14 Thank you very much, Carla. Kevin Kiyambao now with 17 points.
07:17 Pauline Glasal within two.
07:19 But Malik Diu is there with the big man with 21 points.
07:25 If you request it, we'll bring him back next season.
07:28 And he has so many insights too.
07:30 Absolutely. As Nelly fires a three!
07:34 So it's Nelly Kiyambao, the rookie, Paulicarpio, the veteran, Escandor, and Joshua David.
07:40 Here's Kiyambao, Kiyambao with a flurry. That's good.
07:43 KQ taking over here in the fourth quarter.
07:47 Felicinda needs a target and a block by David.
07:52 Excellent defense by the Archers.
07:54 Diu fires it to Abadiano.
07:57 Jerry Abadiano drives and he is blocked! He is blocked by Kiyambao!
08:03 Jerry Abadiano trying to take KQ in transition.
08:06 KQ got the block, but last thoughts by Jerry Abadiano on that play.
08:13 To bring it up court and shoot a three.
08:16 But if you're Lasal, you can maybe foul if he misses this.
08:19 Here's Malik. Fires a three.
08:24 And it's Lopez!
08:27 UP also will be having some tactical shots here.
08:31 For Malik. Yeah, so Malik will sit.
08:35 Torres.
08:36 Trying to put the finishing touches here.
08:44 Still a one possession ball game.
08:47 This free throw could be for the championship for the Green Archers.
08:53 And that's it right there.
08:56 That's the last shot.
09:00 Stanislaus University on top again of the UAAP!
09:06 [crowd cheering]