KELLY Williams called it a night for TNT after spraining his ankle in the first half of Game 4 of the PBA Philippine Cup semifinals.
The former league MVP exited Wednesday's match at the Mall of Asia Arena at the 5:30 mark of the second quarter after hurting his ankle and the Tropang 5G trailing the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters, 37-33.
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Williams was scoreless (0-of-3) in his 15-minute stint on the floor, but he did grab a total of six rebounds.
In his absence, coach Chot Reyes went deeper to the TNT bench, and commissioned Henry Galinato to help Poy Erram and Brandon Ganuelas-Rosser man the middle for the team,
The injury to the 43-year-old veteran was the latest to hit the Tropang 5G in the best-of-seven semifinals.
Out for two games now is shooting guard Roger Pogoy (hamstring), while out of the remainder of the conference are guards Rey Nambatac and Jayson Castro.
Brian Heruela missed four games for TNT including the first three matches of the semis due to a sprained ankle, but was finally back in action in Game 4.
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