Green Archers Fall short on their Final Four Battle against The Tamaraws

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 November 18 , 2015 - Cubao Quezon City - The Battle for the final four is about to start, Player and coaching staff were all busy conditioning themselves for this battle. For the Far Eastern University Tamaraws they have nothing to lose on this game because they have secured the second spot on the final four, unlike the De La Salle Green Archers that they need to win the game to have a knockout match versus the National University Bulldogs. 

   As the refs whistle for the game to start the battle begins, during the first minutes of the game the Tamaraws dominated the game, with 65 - 66, but after the remaining minutes Green Archers took the lead. The Green Archers did well on the game with the help of Prince Rivero, Josh Torralba, and Jeron Teng who had made big shots during the game. The Tamaraws did a slow start, but despite from their struggle, Richard Escoto and  Achii Iñigo made a big contribution during the game. During the half Green Archers had a 16 point lead against the Tamaraws. During the 3rd quarter, Tamaraws still had the difficulty to beat the Archers. Mike Tolomia and Mac Belo didn't do well during the game but instead Coach Nash Racela utilize the ability of Russel Escoto and RR Pogoy during the game, The Tams was still short on the 3rd quarter but they bounce back during the 4th quarter.

  During the first 8 minutes of the game on the 4th quarter the Archer still dominate the game, not until the last two minutes of the game when RR Pogoy made a 3 straight three points that made FEU took the lead, with the help of the rookies like Orizu and Arong, the Tamaraws took the victory over the Green Archers 71 - 68 as the final Score.

My analization during the game are:

  1. Consistency. On the First until the last two minutes of the Fourth quarter, DLSU dominated the           game with their big shots, but as the game goes they always fall short, that was supposed to be             their strength during the game but they didn't maintain it.

 2.  Error, for both FEU and DLSU, points were wasted for a lot of violations was made.

 3.  DLSU was lacking big men to penetrate on the Paint, If we are to look at FEU, they have big              men who made offensive rebound.

 4. DLSU must learn to  play without  Rivero and Teng, if we are to look on the score board  both of       them are the top scorer, they must distribute the points and Coach Juno Sauler don't have  focus           on his star players,  And that's what I saw with FEU, Tolomia and Belo didn't really play well but       Coach Nash Racela utilized his bench players and most of them were rookies until the last minute       of the game.

5. Elite line up vs Bench players, Coach Juno Sauler is dependent on Teng, Rivero, Torres, Torralba,     Perkins, and Caracut, but Coach Nash Racela didn't depend on Tolomia, Belo,Pogoy and  Russel         Escoto, but instead he depend on Richard Escoto, Iñigo, Trinidad, Tamsi, Arong, and Orizo.



But then again it's a game, there is always a loser, Game isn't always about winning we maybe fall short but we must learn from it, always remember that " A true champion knows how to bounce back despite from his adversities".

Scores:

FEU (71): Arong 13, Pogoy 11, Belo 10, Inigo 9, Escoto 8, Orizu 5, Escoto 4, Trinidad 3, Tamsi 2, Holmqvist 2, Tolomia 2, Holmqvist 2, Comboy 0, Ebona 0

DLSU (68): Teng 20, Rivero 16, Torralba 8, Torres 7, Perkins 6, Muyang 5, Caracut 3, Langston 3, Gob 0

Quarter scores: 22-19, 29-38, 45-54, 71-68