JAYSON Castro is expected to miss the rest of the season or even beyond following the injury he sustained on Friday in Game 2 of the PBA 49th Season Commissioner's Cup semifinals.
TNT team manager Jojo Lastimosa said the initial prognosis by their doctors based from the MRI showed that Castro may have sustained a full thickness patellar tendon tear in his right knee.
Online resources state that a patellar tendon tear would take six to 12 months to recover depending on its severity.
Castro suffered the injury on Friday after an off-balanced layup with three minutes left in the Tropang Giga's game against Rain or Shine. He then had to be brought to the hospital on a stretcher.
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Slow-mo replays of the incident showed that the TNT guard may have twisted his knee as he went for a layup.
Castro's lengthy absence could be a big blow to the Tropang Giga's campaign in the ongoing semifinals where they hold a 2-0 series lead over the Elasto Painters.
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The 38-year-old Castro steered TNT to victory in Game 1 when he led his team in scoring with 24 points.
Before he went down with the injury, he had 13 points and five assists in Game 2.
Castro had a huge role in the TNT's championship run in the Governors' Cup vs. Barangay Ginebra, winning his third Finals MVP - and first in 13 years.
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