I just had to write about basketball after what transpired the past days. There are stories worth celebrating and those that are tragic. Recent events this past week are precisely that mix of happy and sad.
Happy
I am happy after watching the games of the current NBA Finals, especially yesterday's Game 4 where the Knicks battled back from 29 points down to win by 1 and lead the series 3-1. They will now have 3 chances to win the title but 2 games will be in San Antonio including the next one. The Spurs should be desperate now as they have to win all the remaining games. Only 1 team has recovered from a 1-3 deficit and that was one that featured two stars that at the time were still in peak form - Lebron and Kyrie. That wasn't an easy task vs. a Warriors team that won 72 games in the regular season. The Knicks will probably win this series but they should not allow it to go to a Game 7.
Sad
I have to admit my sad feelings about the tragedy of the drowning of 2 Ateneo basketball players. I learned of this after the big news of the week that is the strong earthquake that rocked General Santos City and its vicinity. One player in that tragedy had a Cinderella story of sorts coming from a poor family in Agusan and using his talent in playing basketball to get noticed to play high school ball at Ateneo de Davao. His talents led to being selected to play college basketball for Ateneo de Manila. The university has one of the stronger programs in the UAAP but has faltered the last 2 years. The The 2 players could have figured in their revival. The player from Agusan had so much potential and was en route to also giving his family a chance at a better life. That chance practically disappeared after he drowned during what was supposed to be teambuilding activities held at a beach resort in Aurora. The incident is still under investigation and hopefully can be resolved ASAP. Hopefully, too, his family will be compensated fairly.
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