Kai Sotto sumailalim sa checkup

SINUGOD sa ospital si Kai Sotto matapos mabigo ang Gilas Pilipinas sa Georgia, 96-94, sa FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament.

Inilahad ni Gilas head coach Tim Cone ang development Huwebes.

Nagbanggaan si Sotto at Thomasson sa 6:42 mark ng ikalawang yugto at sa huli ay sinampal ng unsportsmanlike foul.

Ang big man ay lumabas sa court at hindi na nakapaglaro, pero nanateling nakaupo sa bench hanggang sa matapos ang laban.

“We lost Kai Sotto early and never got him back into the game. He is in the hospital checking out his rib. Whether it’s X-ray, we don’t have any news on that yet whether how far he’ll be able to go forward,” Wika ni Cone sa post-game conference.

“But the fact that we lost him as well and still was able to find our way back in the game, we got some really good bench production from Carl Tamayo, CJ Perez, Kevin Quiambao and Japeth Aguilar, our veteran, our captain, really stepped into the void and gave us big minutes in what would’ve been Kai’s minutes,” Sambit ng Gilas head coach.

Sotto ay umiskor ng four points sa 11:49 minutong aksyon.

Kahit na talo, ang Gilas ay pasok pa rin sa semifinals ng Olympic qualifier.