'It is what it is': UP, Monteverde move on from Game 2 loss, shift focus to Game 3

Kennedy Caacbay, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Harold Alarcon and Coach Goldwin Monteverde of UP. Photo by Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2023/sports/12/03/20231203-uaap86-up-dlsu-1md_6099-md.jpg"/><figcaption>Harold Alarcon and Coach Goldwin Monteverde of UP. <em>Photo by Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA – It was De La Salle University&#x27;s turn to record a blowout win in the UAAP Season 86 Finals in front of a mammoth crowd.</p><p>La Salle denied the University of the Philippines a sweep in the Finals after cruising to victory in Game 2, 82-60, on Sunday at the Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/12/03/23/la-salle-turns-the-tables-on-up-to-force-do-or-die-game-3">UAAP: La Salle turns the tables on UP to force do-or-die Game 3</a></li></ul><p>While the Green Archers get to live another day, the Fighting Maroons have conceded momentum as they absorb a lopsided loss coming Game 3.</p><p>Speaking to reporters in the postgame conference, Coach Goldwin Monteverde encouraged his players to accept the outcome and move to the winner-take-all match on Wednesday.</p><p>&quot;It is what it is, kung ano nangyari today... We&#x27;re gonna look inside us kung ano ang dapat naming ginawa. Importante rito may Game 3 pa, so ando&#x27;n pa &#x27;yung tsansa namin,&quot; he said. &quot;Learn from it lang.&quot;</p><p>La Salle won in the bench points category with 47 compared to UP&#x27;s 24, while second chance buckets were also there for the green jerseys with 16, compared to the Maroons&#x27; 4.</p><p>This is the third Finals in a row that UP has lost Game 2 after winning the series opener. They were also forced into do-or-die games by the Ateneo Blue Eagles in both the Seasons 84 and 85 Finals series.</p><p>But losing in Game 2 does not change anything, Monteverde said, as Game 3 entails the same reward – the championship.</p><p>&quot;&#x27;Pag finals, from the very start of the game dapat alam mo na what&#x27;s at stake. Anong klaseng intensity, focus na haharapin mo, whatever pressure is involved here,&quot; Monteverde said.</p><p>DLSU and UP will duke it out one last time in the Season 86 finals on Wednesday at the same venue.</p><p>Tip-off is at 6 p.m.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/EDCjmvkrqKk?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

Denied of a sweep in the UAAP Season 86 Finals, the UP Fighting Maroons are now pouring all their attention into Game 3.

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'It is what it is': UP, Monteverde move on from Game 2 loss, shift focus to Game 3

'It is what it is': UP, Monteverde move on from Game 2 loss, shift focus to Game 3

Kennedy Caacbay,

ABS-CBN News

Published Dec 03, 2023 09:29 PM PHT

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Updated Dec 03, 2023 11:00 PM PHT

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