Report by Jun Rana
In what proved to be thrilling game of the day, Red Bulls edges Casarap 48-44, to avenge their loss in the first round to Casarap and advance to the next round of the playoffs. Jake Cortes proved to be hero in Red Bulls victory by top scoring with 23 points and hitting crucial free throws in the dying minutes of the game.
Casarap however grabbed the last slot in the eight team playoffs with the second best record among the losers.
Cortez waxed hot in the first half with 14 points including 2 three pointers as Red Bulls built a 30-20 lead at the half. Justin Tanjuakio, Karl Malicdem and Jet Deleste provided much needed bench support in that 10-point Bull's run.
Given up for dead, Casarap rallied in the second half behind the heads up play of Jason Del Rosario, Paul Valencia and Dexter Quezon to move to within two, 43-41 with a minute and a half remaining. In the ensuing play however, Del Rosario committed a foul on a driving Cortez. Cortez converted the two free throws to make it 45-41 with a minute remaining.
Another quick basket by Casarap made it 45-43 time down to 45 seconds. Red Bull did not score in the next possession. Dexter Quezon of Casarap then raced to the basket for a layup and was fouled time down to 12 seconds. The foul sent him to the free throw line with a chance to tie and send the game to overtime. Quezon however missed one of the free throws to narrow the gap to 45-44 for Read Bull. In the next possession, Casarap intentionally fouled Cortez of Red Bull and sent him to the free throw line. Cortez converted both free throws to widen the lead to 47-44, 2 seconds remaining.
With no time outs remaining, Casarap team captain Steve Antonio called for a time out and was hit for a technical foul. Jake Cortez converted another free throw to make the final score 48-44.
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Box Scores:
Red Bulls: Cortez, 23; Balan, 4; Deleste, 4; Tanjuakio J, 4; Pangilinan, 4; Malicdem, 4; Tizon, 3; Branzulea, 2
Casa Rap: Del Rosario, 13; Valencia, 10; Quezon, 9; Agui, 6; Antonio, 3; Pangan, 2; Fernandez, 1
6 comments:
REDBULL:
TFC need your help.
oh here you go again redbulls come on now. you havent proven anything yet. you played casarap was it? cmon now. if you win against wsa then again against dynamic or gk then you can start bragging. tfc just had a bad game, every team has that. you guys have been having bad seasons forever from what people have said here. peace out
hey anonymous.. whoever you are.. you're just making up things. did you take your medz already?? if not, well, do we have to remind you? if you got nothing to do, just go home and plant vegetables then sell it on saturday. ok? by then, we'll know who you are.
i hope for a successful play-offs. have fun everyone!
Hey.... its TFC's camp started this thing. they are bragging about the 2007 championship that because of them playing with Redbull they won the championship. Wow.... what a cocky ToughLUCK (probably on of TFC player). ToughLUCK... I mean BadLUCK.
WSA you are the man!!!
TFC on consolation game.... BWAHAHHA
ToughLUCK where are you? You Cocky you. Bwahahahah
Peace!!
TFC- Tough Friend Cocky
courtesy of your very own Toughluck the Real BAKLA "BADLUCK"...
one possession at a time, one game at a time RedBulls..
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