'Put Poy in.' Because we might need him down in the playoffs since Kelly might have a season-ending injury. But (regular TNT coach) Chot (Reyes) pushed for him in the last five minutes. He's only practiced with us I think twice, so I don't how good of a shape he's in. On the contrary, I didn't want to use him. "They were pushing for Poy to play some minutes tonight. The injury forced Erram to finally suit up, even if Lastimosa wanted him to get a few more practices in. "That doesn't go away quickly, so we're expecting the worst," Lastimosa said of Williams, who exited the venue with a noticeable limp and declined to speak with the media. The Tropang Giga likely lost back-up center Kelly Williams for the rest of the season after he went down with a calf injury, but the good news is Poy Erram finally saw action for the first time this conference. We have enough big guards to match with their big guards as well. I think we have enough length to match up with them. "We match up well against Magnolia and we match up well against Meralco. Whoever they face, Lastimosa isn't worried. 1 and will face either Meralco Bolts or Magnolia Hotshots in the best-of-five semifinals.
Just play to the level of TNT, and we did that in the second half." "It was ' kuya' Jayson who kept us composed after the first half. "I just listen to ' kuya' (big brother) Jayson (Castro)," Khobuntin said of the TNT captain who scored 20 points off the bench. Several players stepped up on offense, but it was Glenn Khobuntin who stood out with his career-high 19 points. So at halftime we just said we need to put the frustration level down. "Not only the players, but even the coaches. And when we could not get the lead, everyone was frustrated. "We probably were expecting too much from ourselves that Phoenix is a pushover but they are not. "I think there was just a lot of frustrations in the first half," TNT interim coach Jojo Lastimosa said.
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