45 minutes is a long, long time.
45 minutes.
That’s what it took for Petro Gazz to repulse a pesky Cignal side in an extended third set to win Game 1 of the 2022 Premier Volleyball League Reinforced Conference finals on Thursday.
The intense third set saw the Angels reach match point nine times before three-straight points by import Lindsay Vander-Weide put the finishing touches to the 25-21, 27-25, 37-35 victory.
If a minute feels like an eternity in basketball, imagine 45 minutes of non-stop playoff volleyball action for these volleybelles.
A lot of things can happen during that span. If you decide to do the following at the start of the third set, you would probably still see how Vander-Weide capped off her spectacular 34-point, career-high performance.
Bake cookies
In that span, you can bake two batches of cookies according to a friend, who used to do just that for her long-time crush.
Give a lecture
This author is a teacher by vocation. Any good teacher can deliver an effective lecture plus conduct a quiz and more in 45 minutes.
Buy suka
We hated it whenever our parents handed down tasks while watching Michael Jordan take on the Utah Jazz or any lowly team back in the 90s, or James Yap and Mark Caguioa trade big shots in a jam packed Smart Araneta Coliseum for Manila Clasico.
But if you were watching Thursday’s PVL match and your mother (you’re still living with your mom?!) asked you to buy suka, chances are you would still return to see the important stretches.