By Elizabeth Hudson BBC Sport in Athens

Britain battle to bronze Photos from day 11

"I've dreamed of winning a Paralympic medal for the last 12 years," said the 27-year-old, who hit 31 points in the play-off against the Dutch.

"And to do it in what I think will be my last international is fantastic.

"After all of the hard work over the last four years, it would have been an injustice not to win a medal."

Pollock made his debut aged just 15 but after a shaky start in Athens he proved to be a key figure in downing the Netherlands.

"I felt good in the warm-up and all my shots were dropping but the rest of the team worked so hard to get the openings for me," said Pollock.

We started the tournament badly and knew we had to pull ourselves together GB bronze medallist Ade Adepitan

"It was hard to raise my game again because someone pointed out that I was second in the statistics for turnovers, which isn't a good one but I was told to ignore that and just go out and that's what I did."

Pollock's team-mate Ade Adepitan, who also missed out on bronze four years ago, was also overjoyed to win a medal this time around.

"It is an amazing feeling to come away with a medal - it is what you dream of," the BBC Sport columnist explained.

"We started the tournament badly with the two losses which upset us and we knew we would have to pull together.