MANILA – Rain or Shine Elasto Painters star James Yap was forced to sit out the remainder of the 2019 PBA Commissioner’s Cup game against the Phoenix Pulse Fuel Masters due to groin injury.
The Escalante City, Negros Occidental native said he asked Painters head coach Carlos Garcia to be subbed out despite having a good shooting night with 15 points on 6-of-10 shooting.
“Biglang sumakit ang groin. ‘Di ko na lang pinilit dahil baka mapunit e. Na-feel ko talaga ‘pag pinilit ko pa mapupunit talaga. Alam ko ‘pag groin ‘pag napunit masyado matagal kaya nagpa-sub na lang ako,” Yap said.
He added: “Bigla na lang e. Actually before the game nararamdaman ko na ‘yung quads ko medyo tight so nagii-stretching ako ng quads. Di ko alam ba’t biglang sumakit ‘tong groin.”
“Baka naiiwan sa workout e – ‘di ko nawo-workout masyado ‘yung groin ko so kaya baka kailangan i-workout lahat ng part ng legs. ‘Yun ‘yung sinabi rin ng PT namin at tsaka ‘yung trainer,” Yap continued.
The two-time PBA MVP was delighted that the Painters was able to pull off an 89-82 win over the Fuel Masters with Denzel Bowles and Rey Nambatac delivering clutch baskets.
“Buti nanalo. Thank you sa mga teammates ko, binigyan nila ako ng bonus. Sayang pero okay lang, panalo naman,” Yap said. “Checkup ko Tuesday so pahinga muna ako tomorrow. Sana rest lang ‘to.”/PN
