La Salle Inexperienced Archers’ Mike Phillips throughout a UAAP Season 87 males’s basketball event recreation. –MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.internet
After a primary loss within the UAAP Season 87 males’s basketball event, La Salle turned to its rule for consolation and with it, discovered a strategy to return to successful.
“We have now a 24-hour rule that no matter occurs to a earlier recreation, we’re gonna transfer ahead after,” coach Topex Robinson instructed the Inquirer after the Inexperienced Archers improved to a 4-1 document following a 68-62 triumph towards Far Jap College (FEU) on Wednesday.
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La Salle’s beforehand unbeaten run was stopped sharply by College of the East (UE), 75-71, on Sunday because the defending champion was visibly perplexed by the underdogs.
However the Archers, even when they had been once more pushed to the restrict by the Tamaraws, didn’t let that first loss have an effect on them even additional.
“If you get so used to successful, it’s such as you’re committing a sin while you lose,” Robinson stated in a separate interview. “However I assume what it did to us as a crew is it grounded us. It simply reminded us that this season is gonna be onerous and even tougher similar to what occurred in the present day (Wednesday) with FEU.”
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“If it doesn’t kill us, it’s gonna make us stronger. That’s simply the story of our season proper now,” he added.
Foremost gunners Mike Phillips and new father Kevin Quiambao, who simply had a son together with his girlfriend on the eve of La Salle’s matchup towards the Tams, undoubtedly confirmed up stronger with respective double-double outings.
Archers’ 1-2 punch
Phillips, who hammered the nails within the coffin towards FEU, completed with 13 factors and 14 rebounds to go together with two blocks whereas the reigning MVP, regardless of missing sleep earlier than the sport, got here up with 12 factors and 11 rebounds and neared a triple-double with eight assists.
Being the go-to man for La Salle, Quiambao uncharacteristically missed two essential free throws that would’ve helped his crew full a come-from-behind win towards UE. However there aren’t any fingers being pointed on the La Salle cornerstone.
“No person desires to overlook these free throws so we’re not gonna put him on the spot. It’s gonna be me who’s gonna take that duty and it’s simply one other expertise for us,” Robinson stated.
“These issues are the stuff that we’re gonna be laughing at 30 years from now, like, ‘Oh, you bought nervous,’ so we don’t wanna take away the enjoyable out of what we’re doing proper now as a result of this gained’t occur once more so we wanna be certain that we take pleasure in it.”
La Salle is making no excuses for the UE loss and Robinson has taught the Archers one thing that would assist them obtain their final purpose down the road.
“As a lot as discovering for causes or excuses, we simply instructed ourselves that UE did an amazing job [and] we can not dwell on that anymore. So we put a dot on it and stated UE did an amazing job, what did FEU choose up from that UE recreation that is perhaps used towards us … grew to become our [focus],” Robinson stated.
“[The Warriors] actually did their job, we actually don’t take into account it as an upset and UE simply gave us one thing that helped us. It kinda cleaned up the stress of not shedding,” the sophomore coach added.
“Clearly, you all the time play to win and I assume I’m simply glad that [the loss] occurred earlier than later for us as a result of it kinda grounded us … and expertise will all the time be the very best instructor, so clearly it’s a tricky capsule to swallow, but it surely’s only a check of how these guys, us coaches will reply.”
