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BY ADRIAN STEWART CO
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Friday, December 1, 2017
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MANILA – Ateneo Blue Eagles was not worried of its 92-83 loss to De La Salle University Green Archers in Game 2 of the UAAP Season 80 men’s basketball finals the other night.
Just like what Green Archers did when it lost in Game 1, Blue Eagles should quickly move on from its Game 2 defeat and prepare for the winner-take-all on Sunday, said Head Coach Tab Baldwin.
“La Salle didn’t think about their Game 1 loss. They came out and played well in Game 2. We won’t think about this loss, too,” said Baldwin.
“(Ateneo’s) mentality is changed already. We got rid of that loss in the locker room after the game. We moved on. We have Game 3, and that’s all we think about,” he added.
In Game 2, Blue Eagles built a lead as wide as 21 points in the second quarter.
This worried Baldwin a little, he admitted, knowing that his players had a tendency to relax – something that Green Archers took advantage of.
“Big leads, especially in the first half, scare the hell out of me,” said Baldwin.
“Big leads seem to drain and momentum swings the other way, and it’s tough to swing momentum back. We suffered from that (in Game 2).
“It was tough because we had a big lead. I’m a coach that hates big leads.
“It sounds ironic but in today’s world, I think young people don’t have killer instinct, and I see it over and over and over in basketball leagues all over the world,” Baldwin said.
Baldwin vowed to make sure no similar play happens in the do-or-die match with Green Archers on Sunday as the team intends to work on its deficiencies during the three-day break./PN
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