Trice says Bullets will fight back

BRISBANE Bullets star Travis Trice has vowed to continue doing what he is paid to do as a professional despite the club’s sixth-straight NBL loss.

Trice looked to have snapped the club’s mounting losing streak when he put the hosts ahead 80-79 against the Perth Wildcats with four seconds of the game remaining.

But the reigning champions broke the hearts of Brisbane fans when their classy import Bryce Cotton made a clutch basket to steal the match.

Brisbane, who lost in overtime to the Adelaide 36ers in their previous home appearance after surrendering a healthy lead, squandered a 21point advantage in the 81-80 defeat to the Wildcats.

It finally forced coach Andrej Lemanis to admit the Bullets needed to find a way to win in tight finishes.

Trice, though, was having nothing to do with talk the latest loss could result in the players running up the white flag in their remaining games, starting with Saturday’s home clash with Melbourne United.

“What we have to do now is try to bounce back, and try to correct the things we messed up in our next game,” he said.

“This is our job, it’s not hard to bounce back.”

Lemanis said the losing streak would not be easier to swallow if Brisbane were losing by big margins rather than by one or two points.

“No. When you get hammered every week, that just shows you are not good enough,” he said.