PBA Finals: TNT’s Kelly Williams cleared to play in Game 3
MANILA, Philippines-Veteran TNT large man Kelly Williams has been cleared to play in Sport 3 of the PBA Governors’ Cup Finals.
Williams’ availability couldn’t be extra well timed for the Tropang Giga, who simply misplaced one other frontcourt piece in Justin Chua for the remainder of the sequence as a result of an ACL tear.
“The excellent news is, Kelly will probably be cleared for Friday however we don’t understand how a lot we’re going to get from him. If he can provide us a number of invaluable minutes then that could possibly be a welcoming sight,” stated Lastimosa after TNT beat Barangay Ginebra, 95-82, in Sport 2 on Wednesday.
The 41-year-old Williams has been sidelined since final month with a calf harm.
Williams is averaging 8.1 factors and 5.0 rebounds per sport this convention.
“We’re able to play with our small lineup with Calvin (Oftana) on the 4 and Glenn (Khobuntin) on the 3. I believe Tim (Cone) stated on paper that that’s the lineup he has issues with.”
Sport 3 is on Friday at Araneta Coliseum.
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