David rues Meralco’s poor endgame decisions in loss to NLEX
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Meralco was only nine seconds away from a second victory, but the Bolts couldn’t hang on to it as they suffered a heartbreaking loss to NLEX on Tuesday.
“Nakakapanghinayang,” said Meralco guard Gary David, whose corner triple put his team in front, 91-90, with only 9.8 ticks left.
David rued his team’s endgame decisions — a couple of silly fouls and a botched fastbreak — led to Meralco’s sixth loss in its first seven games in the 2016 Philippine Cup.
“Yung end game decisions, hindi rin natin ma-blame yung mga referees. Tough loss talaga,” said David, who had a costly turnover after stepping out of bounds during a fastbreak attempt with Meralco only down by a point with 3.6 seconds remaining.
Despite another painful setback, David still managed to draw some positives out of it.
“Itong mga games na ganito, mas maganda na yung tinatakbo namin. Yung one win sa Star, umangat yung kumpyansa, yung depensa, gumanda,” he said. “Ang maganda ngayon. Yung character ng team to get back in the game, nandoon. Yung eagerness na ma-overcome yung lamang ng kalaban, nakakapag-decide kami ng maganda.”
David believes that with a little more tinkering, Meralco will be able finally figure things out.
“Yung end game talaga ang dapat solusyunan. Sabi nga ni coach, be smart sa mga end game decisions. Ako, nagkulang din ako, natakam nung huli. Mentality na din ng player, pero sabi ni coach, mas maging smart pa sa mga susunod na games.”
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