“I told them they don’t need me to win one game, we got enough talent for sure,” says UP standout Zavier Lucero, who clarifies his injury status before the do-or-die UP-Ateneo championship match. UAAPSeason85 UAAPSeason85Finals
MANILA, Philippines – The UP Fighting Maroons will not have the playing services of standout Zavier Lucero due to a knee injury when they battle the Ateneo Blue Eagles inBut that doesn’t mean they won’t have him present for the important occasion.
“People are jumping to conclusions as to what the diagnosis is,” he said, not with malice but with the purpose of setting the record straight. “I think it was more of a freak accident for me,” he said. “Obviously with any injury there’s going to be a load factor in how much I’ve been doing this past year, so definitely, you can point to that, but most of it I think is just a bad plant and bad time.”
, which the Fighting Maroons won thanks to his all-around production and late-game defensive heroics.
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