Durham says Bolts ‘didn’t play like ourselves’ in upset loss to Elite

Meralco was the No. 1 team coming into the playoffs but played nothing like it, at least on the defensive end on Wednesday.

Import Allen Durham said the Bolts didn’t play defense the way they had been defending in the elimination round where they wound up at the helm in a tight race for the top spot.

Allen Durham of Meralco. Inquirer.net photo

And Meralco’s poor defense resulted to a stunning loss to No. 8 Blackwater, which took a 92-91 win on a game-winner to setup a do-or-die game for a semifinals slot on Thursday.

“We’re out of it just the whole game. We’re doing a lot of dumb stuff on defense. We just weren’t playing like ourselves,” said the reigning Best Import.

The Bolts played in their second game in three days, but Durham said it’s no excuse to play as badly as they did defensively.

“A little bit [tired], but not as much as like not doing what we’re needed to do on the defensive end. We left a lot of wide-open shots, and that team is filled with shooters and if you do that they’re gonna knock it down.”

Author: Mark Giongco, Inquirer
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