Ateneo or la salle? who's your bet?

[ManWhore]

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congrats sa ateneo and sa tanang fans diri...
pildi akong la salle nuon. waheheheh! next season na sad

[boski]

deserving jud c baclao nga mahimong finals MVP.

congrats!!! sa tanan ateneo fans diri

[genesis04]

nonoy baclao mvp sa final.. deserving kaau..

i agree jud...he really anchored ateneo's defense..and it was really their defense which gave them the championship. they had such a horrible shooting slump starting pa sa middle of the third quarter..yet la salle was never able to fully capitalize on it. and baclao was the most consistent player..rabeh was very good in game 1 only while chris tiu came through in game 2 ra sad..but baclao, he dominated in defense jud. i loved his block on rico in game 1!

ang ako lang jud gi sayangan noh is the refs called it too tightly in game 2. after rico got thrown out and jv casio fouled out, it was already a sure win na for ateneo. la salle seemed like a headless chicken out on the court. they didnt know who to go to for offense. i wanted to have seen clutch plays after clutch plays from both sides..that would have been more exciting! but im still happy ateneo won!

[missy21]

ateneo daug..yipee!!!
so proud to be an atenean...

[missy21]

i was disappointed no one from la salle accepted the 1st runner up trophy. how ironic that an atenean, boom gonzales, had to accept the trophy in their behalf...

as in...nagpaila lang...sore losers...

[kamikaze426]

Congrats to the Eagles.. wala gyud naka igo ang Archers hehehe

[billabong]

ug sa dihang champion nsad mi...

we swept the major awards.. mvp, roy, most improved player, defensive player, court colonel...hahahah...

[Minuano27]

La Salle's offense was the problem, no doubt caused by Ateneo's straight-up defense.

Game 1 FG% was only 28.6% (17/51) while ateneo was 42.4% (25/59).

Game 2 was even lower - 27.9% (19/6, and they made more 3-pt shots (10/32) than 2-pt shots (9/36), while ateneo was 46.7% (21/45).

Obviously, their shooters/scorers didn't step-up to support their 2 stars.

[edgeknife]

^^ obviously there's a saying in a championship series, "Defense wins championships." I'm not saying la salle did not play defense. They played though as I have said the previous post, ateneo played better defense...

Here are the factors why ateneo were the champions:

1. The supporting casts of ateneo really stepped up. Game one was Rabeh's game. But game 2 was Rabeh's 2 quick personal foul in the 1st quarter. Thanks to Nkemakolam and Baldos. Nkemakolam scored eight points!!

2. As for the opposing side, la sallle supporting casts were the weakest link. Imagine, la salle should not focus only rico maiherhofer and JV Casio. Look at atkins, malabes, barua, mangahas, bagatsing... they were ineffective in 2 games.

3. Rico Maiherhofer's ejection in game 2. Rico forgot this is a championship series!! Worse, la salle was trailing by one game. Sayang, why did he show his middle finger in the 3rd quarter?? Sobra ra kaayu ka-hambugiro si rico thinking that no one can stop la salle...

4. JV Casio's fouling out in game 2.

Another, why La Salle did not take the runner-up trophy?? Unsportsmanship like huh?? Instead, an Atenean took your runner-up trophy...

[cryptkpr]

ateneo daug..yipee!!!
so proud to be an atenean...

i agree, ang sarap maging atenista! especially if nichampion sa basket! hehehe!

one big feast na pud ni!