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David hopes first win will turn Bolts’ fortunes around
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Meralco’s Gary David (28) takes a jumper against San Miguel Beer. Tristan Tamayo/INQUIRER.net
Sitting at the bottom of the standings, Meralco needed to draw everything it could from its players.
Gary David knew exactly the kind of situation the Bolts are in and the veteran swingman gave his all.
“Kailangan gawin namin ang lahat ng mako-contribute namin. Ang akin, sa scoring, pero meron ding department na kailangan gawin para manalo. We have to play defense talaga,” said David.
That resulted to an 87-83 win for the Bolts, as they nabbed their first victory in the 2016 Smart Bro PBA Philippine Cup.
“This game, dumepensa kami. Low-scoring, pero yun ang kailangan namin para manalo,” said David, as he finished with 26 points, 11 of which being Meralco’s last points, that was enough to repulse the Hotshots at Cuneta Astrodome.
“Malaki itong panalo na ito, kasi babalik ang kumpyansa namin sa sarili at sa buong team. Natanggal yung tinik. Makakalakad kami ng buo sa Meralco dahil nabigyan na namin sila ng isang panalo.”
Throughout this ordeal, David shared that it has been tough going to the Meralco Gym showing up in practice with the team still searching for that elusive win.
“Napakahirap na mag-start ng game na 0-5. Pagpunta ng practice, hindi ka makaharap sa mga nagtatrabaho dun. Nagusap-usap kaming mga players. Nilabas nila yung maibibigay nila. Committed kami ngayon as players, as a team sa ginagawa namin,” he said. “Pero ngayong nakuha na namin ang panalo at nabigyan namin sila ng isa, okay muna kami dito. Kukuha kami dito ng kumpyansa at tataas ang morale namin.”
David actually got off to a bad start, misfiring on eight of his first nine attempts from deep before adjusting to what he felt were short shots.
“On line naman yung mga tira ko, pero bitin. Nilapit ko na lang,” he said. “Basketball ‘to eh, kaya ang mindset ko, di nawawala ang kumpyansa sa sarili. I believe na papasok at papasok yung tira ko.”
With the monkey off Meralco’s back, David is hoping that the victory will turn the Bolts’ fortunes around.
“Yung record namin na 1-5, masamang pakinggan pero at least, nakuha na namin yung unang panalo,” he said.
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