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Kennedy Caacbay

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/17288265253851728826550279.jpeg" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="De La Salle University head coach Topex Robinson and big man Mike Phillips. UAAP Media"/><span class="fr-inner">De La Salle University head coach Topex Robinson and big man Mike Phillips. <em>UAAP Media</em></span></span></span></div><p>MANILA, Philippines – De La Salle University big man Mike Phillips delivered high praises for his embattled coach, Topex Robinson, on Saturday as the latter found himself in hot water after an alleged spitting incident with University of the Philippines&#x27; Reyland Torres.</p><p>Phillips, an elite defender in the paint, this time came to the defense of Robinson and shared the resiliency and the supportive character of his mentor.</p><p>He also likened Robinson to Jesus because &quot;he&#x27;s always there&quot; for the Green Archers.</p><p>&quot;Coach is someone that really is, for me, he&#x27;s really an extension of Jesus because look at him, he&#x27;s human. He&#x27;s human. We are all humans here. Even though if we mess up, even though tempers fly -- we go back and forth a lot -- but he&#x27;s always there for us. Even at our lowest, he&#x27;s there for us,&quot; Phillips shared.</p><p>&quot;Even at our lowest, he&#x27;s there for us. Now that we&#x27;re at a higher point, he&#x27;s still there for us,&quot; he added.</p><div><a class="fr-green" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/2024/10/12/la-salle-avenges-1st-round-loss-halts-ues-winning-streak-1606"><strong>READ: UAAP: Phillips tallies 27-17 stat line as La Salle halts UE&#x27;s winning streak</strong></a></div><div><a class="fr-green" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/2024/10/8/uaap-francis-lopez-on-ig-that-one-action-made-it-personal-1536"><strong>READ: UAAP: Francis Lopez on IG — ‘That one action made it personal’</strong></a></div><p>The 6-foot-8 senior expressed that he and the whole La Salle community is behind Robinson.</p><p>&quot;So even if Coach Topex has anything with the UP situation, I just want everyone to know that myself, the whole entire team, and the whole La Salle community is behind him because he&#x27;s proven that he&#x27;s been behind us,&quot; he said.</p><p>&quot;I&#x27;m not really too familiar with the situation, but whatever happens, whatever comes out, whatever&#x27;s happening with Coach Topex, know that we&#x27;re behind him, and anything that has been going on, we&#x27;re taking the weight off of him this time,&quot; he went on.</p><div><a class="fr-green" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/2024/10/12/emotional-robinson-breaks-silence-on-spitting-allegations-2224"><strong>READ: UAAP: Emotional Robinson breaks silence on spitting allegations</strong></a></div><p>For his part, Robinson finally broke his silence after the incident, sharing his side of the story and even turned emotional as he bared that he was berated by a woman in MOA.</p><div><a class="fr-green" href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/2024/10/12/topex-ups-torres-given-stern-warnings-for-unsportsmanlike-conduct-1652"><strong>READ: UAAP issues &#x27;stern warnings&#x27; to Robinson, Torres for &#x27;unsportsmanlike conduct&#x27;</strong></a></div><p>Both Robinson and Torres were given &quot;stern warnings&quot; by the UAAP for &quot;unsportsmanlike conduct.&quot;</p><p>The UAAP although found no &quot;conclusive&quot; evidence that Robinson had spat on a player or that Torres used profane language.</p><p>Amid the controversy, the Green Archers went on to snap the University of the East&#x27;s winning streak in Season 87, 77-68, at the Araneta Coliseum.</p><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO:</strong></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/tt5mbQ-wRVs??si=HD3fxk0pVMiv76vQ&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div><div><br/></div>

<p>De La Salle University big man Mike Phillips delivered high praises for his embattled coach, Topex Robinson, on Saturday as the latter found himself in hot waters after an alleged spitting incident with University of the Philippines' Reyland Torres.</p>

De La Salle University big man Mike Phillips delivered high praises for his embattled coach, Topex Robinson, on Saturday as the latter found himself in hot waters after an alleged spitting incident with University of the Philippines' Reyland Torres.

For Phillips, Coach Topex is 'really an extension of Jesus'

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For Phillips, Coach Topex is 'really an extension of Jesus'

Kennedy Caacbay,

ABS-CBN News

Published October 13, 2024 09:37 PM PHT

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