Foul #1. Rico Maierhofer hauls down a defensive rebound. Everybody runs down the opposite end of the court. Tiu, coming from behind Maierhofer, decides to take a swipe at the ball. Foul called. Foul or not? Definitely a foul. What's worse, it's one of the most useless kinds of fouls. Why? Because it's the first quarter, there was no fastbreak attempt, Maierhofer was aware of where Tiu was, no other Atenean was there to back Tiu up in case he poked the ball away and Black did not call for an Ateneo press. This means Tiu was simlpy freelancing, trying to earn pogi points to the detriment of his team.
Foul #2. Tiu barrels down the lane on a fastbreak opportunity. Maierhofer steps in his way. Charging called on Tiu. Foul or not? Close call. Refs said charging. I thought Maierhofer didn't have his feet set yet. Also, ,in the replays, it seemed like he was moving forward, still in the motion of stepping into Tiu's path. My opinion: should have been a blocking foul on Maierhofer but couldn't blame the refs for making charging call.
Tiu goes out. Comes back much, much later.
Foul #3. Inbounds play. A La Salle guard (Atkins, I think) lliterally inside Tiu's shirt. Tiu fakes right then goes left. Atkins goes for the fake, tries to reverse himself. Tiu and Atkins get entangled. Tiu lifts a forearm right into Atkins' neck and pushes him away. Foul called. Foul or not? Definitely a foul but a good aggressive foul. It's a foul borne out of determination and aggression, one that showed Tiu's passion. Still, it was a definite foul.
Tiu sits for a long, long time as Ateneo proved they were Rabeh Al-Hussaini's team already and not Chris Tiu's.
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