Thoughts on the game:
- I thought everyone on both sides were injured. I looked on the TnT lineup, they seemed to be complete, plus with Ali Peek returning (ang galing! Isang malakas na applause mula sa akin para sa kanyang pagbabalik.) from that gunshot incident. Not yet convinced. I have to double check. I looked for Gilbert Lao. Ayun! Texters complete! How about Petron? Alex, check. Arwind, check. Nonoy, check. Rey Guevarra in reserve list, check. Jay Washington not there, check. Kumpleto din ang Petron. Game na!
- First quarter: Chris Lutz had 8 points while TnT had 8 scorers in that quarter. That's a nice piece of stat right there. Impressive!
- Second quarter:...
- Third quarter:...
- Okay, here's how the game went in one sentence. It was a players' game. In a game 7 essence, it's epic. In a game 1 essence, it's like an intramurals game with pro ballers playing. That game wasn't really bad at all, but it's pretty hard to dissect what should have been done in the next half or in the next quarter in order to close in to the score or to close out the game, or what really went wrong in this game (I think everyone knows one thing that went wrong for Petron this game). Kaya wala din ako masabi. If I made a point regarding on the game, it will always lead back to the reason of it was a players' game. Example:
Arwind Santos just scored two points in the second half, they should've set him up. Pero hindi, players' game kasi ang nangyari.
Japeth Aguilar is so ineffective when he puts the ball on the floor on offense, they should've set him up or let him control the boards. Pero hindi, players' game kasi ang nangyari.
- If my point still wasn't clear about the game being a players' game, then the tagalog translation for it is tinamad magcoach ang mga coach.
- And yes, kapag tinamad magcoach ang mga coach, TnT would likely appear to be the winner. If Petron applied a certain play or system on that game, even on their last offensive possession, they could've won the game. Here's how it was going to run:
Rob Reyes provides a lethal screen to get Alex Cabagnot free to receive the in-bounds pass from Danny Ildefonso. Chris Lutz and Arwind on the corners to receive a pass for a three in case Alex decides to kick it out. If pass is unavailable, Alex will drive straight to the basket to cut the lead to two with much time remaining (an and-one situation would be a very big bonus). They'll call for time if we score, so that's the time we'll talk about the next thing to do.
- But again, it was a players' game. In-bounds pass went to Lutz. He was wide open for the three, and his lane to the hoop was wide open too. Thinking he'd catch fire, he opted for a three. Short. End of story (see what I'm talking about kaya ang hirap magcomment).
- Tsismis nung eliminations that Rob Reyes was doing so well for Petron. News had during quarterfinals that he hosted a block party that included Asi Taulava as well. Now I finally saw him show dominance in the game. Rob Reyes. Teka, diba matagal nang nadraft yan? Where was that guy since he got drafted??? What the hell???
- Another sign of this game being a players' game is everyone sporting their gamefaces on. And when it comes to gamefaces, wala nang mas be-babyface pa kaysa kay Larry Fonacier. I mean, when you see the guy in attack mode, his face is like a kid being bullied all the time at school and thinking about revenge to the bullies at that moment, na parang iiyak na. I really find it funny. I don't know if Petron find it funny too, but if they do, then they shouldn't be happy because that funny gameface happened to be the one that killed them. Atomic bombs by Larry after their long bombs. Ouch!
With this one being a players' game (again... uulitin ko pa kaya 'to mamaya?), It's hard for me to think of a thing to do for the next game for either teams, because I'm not a coach (mabisang excuse pag nahihirapan talaga mag-isip kung ano ang pwedeng gawin... kasi players' game nga... ayan, sinabi ko ulit). It's not that right to blame players just because they didn't score in the first half (yes Alex, you didn't! pero bumawi ka naman nung second half.) nor just because they didn't score in the second half (yes Arwind, you didn't!) because it's a players' game (follow me on Twitter @sirjhaydelacruz so you could finally curse me for saying it again. Alam ko bad trip ka na sa kakulitan ko kaya tweet na!) and the game could have been salvaged by a couple of well executed plays.
But I want to do something exclusively for this series. One thing we cannot deny in this series is the physicality of it. Banggaan dito, hawian dun, simplehan ng bigayan sa screens, at umaatikabong pakikipagsigawan sa mga referees. Let's do a fortune telling scheme of who is likely to get involved in a scuffle between referees, players, and even coaches.
As of Game 1, here are the chances of the players who will initiate an exchange or provoke someone that will lead to an exchange:
Rob Reyes - 55% (initiate)
Jared Dillinger - 52% (initiate)
Ryan Reyes - 51% (provoke)
Denok Miranda - 40% (provoke)
Bam Gamalinda - 33% (initiate)
Denok Miranda - 26% (initiate)
Jason Castro - 21% (provoke)
Below 20% shall not be included in the list for the meantime.
Here are the chances of the coaches to get a technical foul in game 2:
Chot Reyes - 75%
Ato Agustin - 15%
Oh, and a special one. The chances of Japeth Aguilar having tantrums in the bench: 68%. I have a feeling he will be shelved for some extended time during the series. Just a feeling.
Salamat kay idol @snowbadua dahil natuwa siya sa unang entry ko dito. At sa sobrang tuwa nya, pinopromote na rin niya ang blog ko via his retweets, at finollow na nya din ako. Isang napakalaking desisyon ang ginawa ni sir Snow sa pagfollow sa'kin. Dahil dyan, talagang ikinararangal ko at sobrang nagpapasalamat sa special mention mula sa isang beterano na sa liga ng bayan. Super thank you!
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