For College of Saint Benilde-La Salle Green Hills huge man Luis Pablo, the Greenies appeared to be in disarray after they confronted Colegio de San Juan de Letran in Game 1 of the NCAA Season 98 juniors basketball finals on Monday.
Pablo, the frontrunner for the MVP award, scored 22 factors and grabbed 19 boards in a dominant exhibiting for the Mandaluyong-based squad in a troublesome 85-81 loss in opposition to the Squires.
The Greenies led on the first half, 44-41, however Letran began to tug away within the third interval earlier than finally drawing first blood within the best-of-three sequence.
“Everytime lumalamang kami, ‘yun po ang problem namin, nagre-relax,” Pablo mentioned after the match.
(Everytime we get the lead, we are inclined to calm down, that is our drawback.)
Pablo, nevertheless, admitted he had errors of his personal within the match.
“Pero aminin ko po, crucial din ‘yung mga pagkakamali kanina kasi ‘yung mga pagkakamali ko nung first half, ‘yun po ang nagbigay ng opportunity para makahabol sila. Aminado po ako sa mistakes ko.”
(I admit that my errors had been additionally essential through the first half, that gave the chance for the opponent to catch up. I admit my errors.)
Still, Pablo fought all the way in which, tallying 37 minutes and 49 seconds within the 40-minute match. And they wanted all these minutes as a few of his teammates, together with his frontcourt accomplice Seven Gagate, struggled with foul bother.
“Nung second half, alam ko po kasi talagang kaya, kaya kahit sobrang pagod ako, lumaban ako. Pero wala akong magawa kasi hindi po ako matulungan ng iba kong teammates kasi nasa bench sila, foul trouble,” mentioned the 18-year previous huge man.
(During the second half, I knew we might do it, that is why despite the fact that I’m drained, I nonetheless combat. But I might solely achieve this a lot since a few of my teammates are on the bench for foul bother.)
“Kung bumitaw po ako, siguro lalo na pong natapos nang maaga.”
(If I gave up, maybe the sport was determined earlier.)
But Pablo couldn’t conceal his frustrations about his crew, saying they appeared to lack focus and had completely different objectives in thoughts through the recreation.
“Sobrang lumalabas po ‘yung frustration ko kanina sa court kasi sobrang crucial ng mga pagkakamali namin sa team. ‘Yung mga pagkakamali namin na di na dapat ginagawa, talagang nangyayari. Ang malala pa po, every time nagkakamali kami, nauulit pa po,” mentioned the GH huge man.
(My frustrations had been popping out on the courtroom due to our essential errors. Those ought to have been averted, however what’s worse is each time we make a mistake, it tends to get repeated.)
“Next game, ang goal namin is to win po pero kailangan pa po namin mabuo ‘yung team kasi pansin naman po sa court kanina, parang lahat naghiwa-hiwalay na. Hindi na kami isang solid na grupo. Parang kanya-kaniya kami ng mindset, ilan na lang sa amin ang lumalaban.”
(Next recreation, our purpose is to win, however we have to regroup since, as seen on the courtroom earlier, we had been type of disarrayed. We weren’t a stable group. It appeared like we had completely different mindsets and only some of us had been combating.)
For Pablo, it’s important that they seize the chance whereas within the Finals.
“Mahirap naman kung manghinayang tayo sa dulo, ‘yun ayaw natin mangyari kasi puro sayang,” he mentioned. “Nandito na tayo ngayon. Ito na ‘yung chance para kunin ang opportunity na ‘yun para hindi na pagsisihan sa dulo.”
(It’s arduous to remorse ultimately. We don’t need that. We’re right here and that is our likelihood so we must always seize the chance to keep away from regrets.)
“Kailangan po talaga namin mag-focus kasi pansin ko po kanina, parang wala po sa focus karamihan sa amin. Parang every time po, parang stats na po hinahabol namin eh. Alam naman po namin na kaya po namin i-lessen ‘yung mistakes na ganoon, pero usually di naman maiiwasan magka-mistake sa game, pero sana hindi paulit-ulit gagawin,” he added.
(We have to focus because it appeared that many people lacked focus. It appeared like we had been simply chasing for stats. We know we might reduce our errors, whereas it was unavoidable, it shouldn’t be all the time the case.)
Pablo mentioned they should speak as a crew to focus and comply with the plan for the following recreation, which is essential as it is going to determine their destiny within the season.
Game 2 of the Letran-LSGH finals is ready for Thursday.
—JMB, GMA Integrated News
Source: www.gmanetwork.com
