Without a doubt, Kelly Williams has to prove that he can carry his team even though in his age his speed and accuracy are still their.
Why expect an old guy to carry the team? Kelly Williams is just doing his usual role to help the team. It's just that his shooting is impressive that night and I think he even got surprised. That gives him momentum. He rarely shoots 3s now but last night, he attempted to do it.
Another slight disadvantage on the TNT side is that aside from Jayson Castro, Poy Erram is also experiencing a minor injury but he is cleared to play.
Other TNT cagers should step up in the absence of their working teammates.
Kelly was just having a very good outing last game but it's not every game that he could repeat that kind of performance specially in a tight match and we expect to be a marked man tonight.
Troy Rosario should be the one to step up, seems to me that if only he will play well tonight, this might be the last game of the series even if Jason Castro will not play as they have Mikey Williams and Montalbo to man the point for them.
He couldn't repeat it because it is not his priority. TNT is using him just to defend Fajardo. It's just that he has hot hands at that game that he is sinking threes and that surprised Fajardo and maybe in Game 6, we might see JMF stretching his defense to near three-point area because his defender has the ability to shoot threes.
With regards to Rosario, Manuel shut him down completely. He can't defend Manuel because he will just use his good footwork to him. Well, even though Rosario isn't playing that much, TNT are still in the lead right now. Castro's injury last game really is unfortunate but I hope that he will play in Game 6 because he is a good leader inside the court. A thing that either Williams or Montalbo or any other TNT player can't do.
I predict that this will go to a Game 7 and SMB will win. I don't know if I'm the only one thinking about it but if there will be a Game 7, it will be on Sunday and when it's Sunday, the arena will be filled with audiences because it's their day off. Many will watch on that game that's for sure. I mean it would be better if there will be a Game 7 but if TNT will end it today then it's also ok.