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00:00Ralf Moreto, leading the crew.
00:04We start off fast, Escamiz!
00:07Going downhill right away was Clint Escamiz.
00:09But I'll go back to what you said, Martina.
00:11With Sai Cuenco and JC Recto coming off the bench.
00:16And the emergence of Yam Concepcion.
00:19I told you this, Martina, at the start of our season.
00:22That this guy is a very good offensive rebounder, very good defender.
00:26Their rotation is getting deeper.
00:30He's even bringing the ball here.
00:42They're also athletes.
00:43These players of Mapua, they're not that tall.
00:50But they're perimeter-based players.
00:52So if they force transition, they can really run well.
00:56And they are able to finish.
00:57But this guy, Gael MontaƱo, has one of the deepest bags that we have in the league.
01:02Oh yeah, and he's a shot-maker.
01:05When he started in the NCAA, he was an outside shooter.
01:07But now, he's becoming a focal point of the offense.
01:10Because JM Bravo is not there.
01:12And when they're winning, Gael MontaƱo is playing well.
01:15You found this true?
01:17It's just the consistency.
01:18That's what MontaƱo needs to work on.
01:22Right off the jump ball.
01:24Lin Escanez did not hesitate to attack.
01:26He said, there's no need to relax.
01:30To outrun LPU in this one.
01:32Movilia with the second basket.
01:34MontaƱo got in.
01:36MontaƱo with four straight.
01:38And he knows how to play.
01:40Very patient.
01:41And he's also a Vista player.
01:42He's used to playing physically.
01:44So the way that he moves.
01:45You'd think he'd be light when he's on the bench.
01:47But he can hold his ground.
01:49One of the players who hails from the Queen City of the South.
01:53This is Kaimo MontaƱo.
01:55Ma'ubad, another one from Cebu.
01:56Still nothing.
01:59There you go. It's still corner crashes.
02:01One thing that Mapuha has been doing really well throughout the season
02:05is their corner guys.
02:07The ones who shoot three points from the outside.
02:09They run to the inside.
02:11It's hard to back out in that, Martin.
02:12Ma'ubad got in.
02:15Alright, let's use this time to hear our first report
02:19of the game coming from our sports time reporter.
02:21And here's Keina Acaba.
02:22Keina, go ahead.
02:23When it comes to the LPU pirates,
02:25you never have to worry about who is next in line
02:28as this team has been forced time and time again
02:31to adjust to key losses.
02:33And that unfortunately continues today
02:35as J.M. Bravo was advised to take more time to recover.
02:38Now, the team will need to work extra hard
02:40especially when it comes to rebounding
02:42given that they are facing a bigger Mapuha team.
02:44Apart from this, they'll need to strengthen their defense,
02:47lessen turnovers,
02:48and make more intentional attempts at the basket.
02:50However, some good news on the side of the pirates.
02:53After his one game suspension,
02:54team captain Greg Oganan returns confident
02:57in his team's ability to repeat history.
02:59He told me that they just need to fight
03:02from the beginning
03:03so that there won't be any difficulties in the end.
03:05All for now, back to you, Martin.
03:07Thanks, Keina.
03:08I want to talk about the first part.
03:10As you see, J.M. Bravo here,
03:12he was getting some shots up earlier.
03:14Triso Villa scoring another bucket here in the first.
03:17I want to get to the first part.
03:18All things considered,
03:19with everything that's happened to LPU,
03:21you have to be happy
03:23in the position they're in right now.
03:25They're fighting for that number four position.
03:28They're trying to gain ground
03:31and make a better place
03:34to...
03:35It's like you're just there,
03:36you're just fighting until the end.
03:38Here's Lorenz Mangubat,
03:40giving Mangubat the four-point lead.
03:44Again, the Cardinals are off to a faster start.
03:47This time, they count Gunanan.
03:49Guadagna saw the opening,
03:51pulling the trigger,
03:52coming up short.
03:53Guadagna, still struggling from the outside,
03:55just returned
03:57in the last game
03:58after missing four games.
04:00Five games, rather, for LPU
04:02against Perpetual.
04:04Here's Guadagna,
04:05who's just three out of the eight coach.
04:07Yep.
04:08So he's still trying to find his rhythm
04:10as we see this move
04:11coming from Kyle Montano.
04:13But one thing Guadagna has been doing
04:15is he has been facilitating
04:17for this team.
04:18And that's one thing that you want to see
04:20as players progress.
04:21Because it's not just about scoring,
04:23it's playmaking.
04:24How do you prepare your teammates?
04:26How do you set them up
04:27to be at their best,
04:29maximize their talent?
04:30And what they'll get in stride
04:32once they finish
04:33because it's a point of attack.
04:36Ooh!
04:37A load for Greg Gunanan.
04:40Four minutes.
04:42Obviously gone here
04:43in the first.
04:44Chris Jovilia
04:45taking that one strong.
04:47He is off to another fantastic start.
04:51Six points for Jovilia
04:53and also a six-point lead
04:55by Mapua.
05:00Carlos Yulo is well-known
05:02for his double gold in Paris.
05:04But did you know
05:05that there was a former Carlos
05:07who played in the Olympics
05:08who was a former NCAA player?
05:10He is none other than
05:11Carlos Caloy Loizaga
05:13who won the San Beda Red Lions
05:15three times in the 1950s.
05:17Loizaga played twice in the Olympics
05:20as well as in the Asian Games,
05:22FIBA Asia,
05:23and FIBA World Championships
05:24where he won a lot of medals.
05:27In 2023,
05:29he was crowned
05:30in the FIBA Hall of Fame.
05:32This guy has outscored
05:35the entire LPU team so far
05:38in the first four minutes.
05:39Chris Jovilia
05:40with six markers already
05:42and he is on attack mode
05:45every time he gets to basketball.
05:47He only has one mode.
05:48He will attack you.
05:50So if you're a coach
05:52who has scouted Chris Jovilia,
05:53what will you do?
05:54Meet him early?
05:55Can you bring him?
05:56Can he dribble?
05:58Or you give him the runway?
06:00So that's a tip for Tate.
06:01That's what Chris Jovilia said.
06:03And one thing that Mapuha has been doing
06:05consistently
06:06especially at the start of the second round
06:08they want to make the game a track meet.
06:10More possession.
06:12More opportunities to score.
06:14So let's look at the offensive rebounding.
06:15They already have two.
06:16This is a key stat
06:17for this Cardinal squad.
06:19Villegas
06:21left it short on the release.
06:23And here's Mamubat
06:24picking up his dribble.
06:25Escamiz
06:27They go to Concepcion
06:29Clint surveys.
06:31Clint will set the table here.
06:33He scored the opening basket.
06:35Escamiz
06:37difficult take.
06:38There it is again.
06:39Crash court.
06:40And here comes Greg Cunanan.
06:41Cunanan two on two.
06:42Villegas lays it up and in.
06:44Expertly run
06:46fast break.
06:48Get spacing.
06:49Attack that
06:51pro lane.
06:52Quick transition basket
06:54for Trent Villegas.
06:57Finally ends the six to nothing run
06:59by the Papua Cardinals.
07:01Mamubat
07:03setting it to the corner
07:05Aizarado
07:07Escamiz from the right wing
07:09well covered by Guadana
07:11forward pass.
07:13Villegas races to the other end.
07:15Good transition basket
07:17right there.
07:19And the thrust of Greg Cunanan
07:21to just throw it up.
07:23They didn't have the numbers there.
07:25It's a low percentage play
07:27but it works for them.
07:2910 to 8
07:31Mamubat is open.
07:33Corner crash again.
07:35Igliani getting
07:37the rebound.
07:39Mamubat to Concepcion
07:41Nice play executed by the Cardinals.
07:43I told you this guy
07:45knows how to play.
07:47He likes attacking in space.
07:49Rebound
07:51Off the spin.
07:53Off the spin.
07:55The feed for Aviles
07:57by Captain Greg Cunanan.
07:59This is what they missed
08:01in the previous game.
08:03The stability of Cunanan
08:05at the point guard position.
08:07Back to back game.
08:09Game saving play
08:11against Alveda.
08:13Good pass.
08:15Igliani lays it up.
08:17We go back and forth
08:19with the baskets.
08:21This is the LPU zone.
08:23It's a pain touch.
08:25A lot of pain touches here.
08:27Most of their points coming off
08:29inside to outside
08:31or inside to inside passing.
08:33The crowd
08:35Cunanan or Villegas
08:37completing the steal.
08:39Escamiz
08:41back to Mamubat
08:43Mamubat
08:45Halfway down
08:47Cunanan or Villegas comes up with it.
08:49Full weight might be a good idea
08:51since he was surrounded
08:53by four yellow shirts.
08:55Maklut.
08:57Last shot
08:59for Maklut.
09:01Good looking
09:03jumper.
09:05Yam Concepcion
09:07Wow!
09:09Yam Concepcion
09:11This is just a team.
09:13This is just a Mamubat team.
09:15They play
09:18and look for the attack every time.
09:20Once Taekwondo gets in
09:22they have a shot maker
09:24from the outside.
09:26Not a shot taker but a shot maker
09:28who is not afraid even in the big stage.
09:30LPU
09:32Aviles backing down.
09:34That's going to be
09:36a foul on Andre Igliani
09:38so this will
09:40give the second unit
09:42a chance to enter.
09:44Kwento Bangale
09:46Verzosa, Kaduyak, and Barba
09:48will enter
09:50for the LPU
09:52right after this break.
09:58The first thing that comes to mind
10:00when NCAA is mentioned
10:02is basketball.
10:04But even in other areas of power
10:06NCAA will still fight.
10:08Take a look at Chess Grandmaster
10:10Eugene Torre
10:12who is already a Hall of Famer.
10:14St. Benilde
10:16Season 92 Men's Volleyball Champion
10:18and MVP, John Vic de Guzman
10:20who won a silver medal
10:22in the SEA Games.
10:24Agatha Wong
10:26who won 5 gold medals
10:28in the SEA Games in Wushu.
10:30And of course, Benilde
10:32who won a silver medal
10:34on Tuesday
10:36but they're all here
10:38they're dressed up
10:40and they're ready
10:42for the camera.
10:5216-10 start
10:54for the Mapua Cardinals
10:56with 2 minutes and 27 seconds remaining.
10:58So, a lot of players
11:00changed on the floor
11:02for Coach Gilbert.
11:04Tick 4?
11:06Yes.
11:12Fresh legs, fresh bodies.
11:14They're running.
11:16They're the same.
11:1816-10
11:20Kaduyak
11:22This is Ken Kaduyak
11:24misfiring from the top of the cliff.
11:30Good to say,
11:32Kaduyak, right?
11:34Yes.
11:38Barba is being attacked
11:40by Joaquin Garcia
11:42who's still trying to get back his groove
11:44because Joaquin Garcia
11:46of course, he nursed an injury.
11:48Torre Pizzi
11:50the past year, he opted
11:52to sit out Season
11:5498-9
11:56and now still trying to get that timing back
11:58because that's what's missing.
12:00You can get stronger but
12:02the game pace
12:04is the hardest to get back.
12:06Because the intensity is different.
12:09And the wind is different.
12:11The contact is different.
12:13The practice is intense.
12:15The preseason league is intense.
12:17It goes up when it comes to the NCAA.
12:19Especially when there's a tumble.
12:21That's a big thing.
12:23Kaduyak, well attacked.
12:25Stripping it away
12:27but it stays with LPU.
12:31LPU needs to be careful
12:33because Mapua
12:35will leave them
12:37Moralejo
12:39the trigger here to Kenyapien
12:41Tapu Moralejo
12:43has slowly gained
12:45his confidence, especially in terms of
12:47shooting. But here, he's being
12:49swarmed. Kaduyak
12:51thought about it. They need to take
12:53he forced it. No!
12:55There was a look
12:57earlier on that baseline drive
12:59the corner opened
13:01because they hammer-screened on the opposite side
13:03and it wasn't seen.
13:05And I think
13:07this is one of Mapua's strengths
13:09their defense.
13:11Very physical, very sticky.
13:13Mapua Cardinals defense is tight.
13:15So rookie
13:17at the point for the Cardinals
13:19here comes Abdullah
13:21Saigueco
13:23against Benyapier
13:25He wanted to go to the corner
13:27but that was stopped by Moralejo
13:29for to shoot.
13:31Calling this
13:33floppy play
13:35This will be a single-double
13:37Single-double
13:39at the bottom
13:41Go to Recto
13:43Recto pulling the trigger
13:45Kenyapiel
13:47back the other way
13:49Kenyapiel
13:51Yes!
13:53Close to close finish
13:55for Simon Benyapiel
13:57Benyapiel-Villegas combo
13:59He went for Reds-Villegas
14:01But it was an open court
14:03Full head of stick
14:05It's hard to stop those two
14:07That's where he is at his best
14:09Saigueco is being watched
14:11by Benyapiel
14:13It's a pass
14:15to Ryan
14:17Recto
14:19Offensive rebound for Mapua
14:21They're controlling the court
14:23Corner crashes
14:25This is the
14:27hard drive of the overhand
14:30Simon Benyapiel
14:32But going back to Mapua
14:34It's also hard to solve
14:36First, the big guy would be underneath the basket
14:38What they do is 4-out
14:40Two guys on the corner
14:42If somebody attacks on the middle
14:44Those two guys on the corner will crash
14:46Usually, the backs out
14:48coming from that elbow area and pro lane
14:50That's where he checks
14:52But the corner crash, especially on long rebounds
14:54A lot of people get it
14:56And the offside
14:58Rebounding
15:00Recto
15:02Ryan
15:04gets extra possessions
15:06That's the fight when it comes to Mapua
15:08Extra possessions
15:10You have to be careful
15:12Because they have 5-out offensive rebounds
15:14Imagine
15:16His Mapua team
15:18Out-rebounded Sanpeda 51-31
15:20Including
15:2225 offensive points
15:2425-3
15:26And they needed
15:28Every single rebound
15:30And they needed every single field goal
15:32Because 10 missed free throws
15:34Sanpeda lost by 3
15:36That's right
15:38Oh
15:40Something to prove to Mapua
15:42Moralejo inspires
15:44And here comes JC Recto
15:46Leaving it for
15:48Abdula
15:50Who chooses to wait
15:52About a 3-second
15:54Between the clocks
15:56Recto checking out
15:58No
16:00Corner crashes again
16:02And again this gives Mapua
16:04Multiple opportunities on the offensive end
16:06You'll hear me saying
16:08Corner crash all morning
16:10Because it's a habit of Mapua Cardinals
16:12Unless a team really finds
16:14A solution to this
16:16Which is very hard
16:18Catch and shoot
16:20No
16:22He comes away with it
16:24Enough time to manufacture a shot for LPU
16:26They go to PeƱa Fiel
16:28He needs to take
16:30No
16:3210-9 by Ryan at the horn
16:34And after the first 10 minutes of action
16:36It is a 6-point game so far
16:38Mapua outgunning LPU
16:4018-12
16:42We'll be back for more
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