RAIN or Shine suffered another blow as Felix Lemetti has been ruled out of the entire PBA 50th Season Commissioner's Cup due to a partial ACL tear in his right knee.
Head coach Yeng Guiao confirmed the news on Tuesday as the Elasto Painters were another injury blow in an impressive conference where they ha just lost rookie Jun Roque to an ACL injury.
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Lemetti got hurt during the final seconds of the second quarter of their April 15 game against Terrafirma.
The Rain or Shine guard drove to the basket, with his lay-up contested by Mubashar Ali. The Terrafirma import, however, fell straight into the left knee of Lemetti.
The Rain or Shine sophomore still took his free throws afterwards, but never returned in the game.
Lemetti missed Rain or Shine's last two games, and in Rain or Shine's most recent game against Magnolia, he was already seen wearing a protective boot on his left knee.
Lemetti has been producing for Rain or Shine this conference after he sat out the 49th season from the Commissioner's Cup on after he fractured his hand in a freak accident in practice last June.
Lemetti is averaging 11.3 points, 2.6 rebounds, and 3.0 assists for the Elasto Painters as one of the players who usually jumpstarts their transition game.
He had his season-high of 23 points against Meralco in their March 27 match-up.
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