LIVE: UAAP basketball Finals Game 3 – La Salle vs UP

UAAP Season 87 basketball Finals Game 3 schedule

December 15, Sunday Smart Araneta Coliseum

UP, La Salle Down to one last battle in the UAAP Finals

In defending the crucial misses of Francis Lopez during the crucial moments of Game 2 of the UAAP men’s basketball Finals, University of the Philippines (UP) coach Goldwin Monteverde said basketball had always been a game about making shots.

“Basketball is like that. [Shots are] either missed or made,” Monteverde said.

Fittingly, the last remaining statistic that has held true, as far as being a key marker for the outcomes of games between UP and defending champion La Salle is concerned, is the one that deals with makes and misses.

UAAP Finals: Playing through nightmare, La Salle ends up with dream Game 2 win

Kevin Quiambao reacts after a crucial play in Game 2 of the UAAP Season 87 men’s basketball Finals against UP Fighting Maroons. –MARLO CUETO/INQUIRER.net

There were only two ways Game 2 of the UAAP Season 87 men’s basketball Finals could have ended for La Salle coach Topex Robinson.

“It’s every coach’s dream or nightmare,” he said.

No middle ground. No gray area.

And until late in the fourth quarter, the Archers looked like a team eager to wake up from a bad dream. Until Kevin Quiambao took over.

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