Regardless of serving to TNT to an authoritative Sport 5 win within the PBA Philippine Cup Finals that had the Tropang 5G fanning their hopes of finishing a Grand Slam, the veteran Kelly Williams was in no celebratory temper.
Recent off of their 86-78 win over San Miguel Beer, Williams exited the Araneta Coliseum with a centered gaze instead of a joyous smile.
“We simply need to play on Friday. That’s it,” Williams advised the Inquirer straightforwardly. “We simply need to play and see what occurs.
“There’s nothing to rejoice. We’re down and we now have to battle. That’s it.”
Williams, a former MVP with Sta. Lucia greater than a decade again, put his greatest foot ahead within the first of three must-win video games with 14 factors and 7 rebounds that helped the Tropang 5G minimize the Beermen’s result in 3-2.
The grizzled massive man additionally had a hand in limiting reigning Greatest Participant of the Convention winner June Mar Fajardo to under 20 factors. He solely had 13 towards Williams on that wet Wednesday evening.
The Tropang 5G, who can change into simply the fourth franchise to win the Triple Crown ought to they survive the percentages, will enter the ultimate three days of the season needing to win two straight occasions, one thing they’re no strangers to.
“Most of those guys have been there for the primary two championships so that they know there’s nothing to rejoice till the trophy’s up or till the final buzzer,” Williams added.
Solely defunct Crispa with two and Alaska, San Miguel Beer in 1989 and San Mig Espresso (now Purefoods) in 2014, accomplished the uncommon season sweep within the 49-year historical past of the league.
“All we’re interested by is Friday. [Being down 3-1 coming into Game 4] didn’t play a job in our heads,” he stated. “We’ll simply play on Friday as a result of that’s all that issues.”
TNT will play the remainder of the collection with out a number of important cogs, counting Poy Erram, the massive man who was lastly dominated out due to accidents on each legs. The Tropang 5G have already been with out Jayson Castro and Rey Nambatac.
Williams and the Tropang 5G look to pressure a winner-take-all Sport 7 on Friday once they play Sport 6 towards a hungry Beermen squad at Philsports Enviornment in Pasig.
