Jayson Castro out for at least six months due to knee injury

TNT veteran Jayson Castro will be out for at least six months due to a knee injury.

The team confirmed Castro's season-ending injury on Saturday in its social media page.

"Jayson Castro will be out for at least 6 months due to ruptured patellar tendon," the team said in its announcement.

According to the United States' National Library of Medicine website, a patellar tendon rupture "involves a complete tendon tear from the patella's inferior pole to the tibial tubercle" and "results when a weakened tendon is placed under high tensile forces."

The patella is the kneecap, while a tendon is a tissue attaching the muscle to the bone.

Castro sustained the injury late in Game 2 of TNT's semifinals series against Rain or Shine where the Tropang Giga won, 93-91.

TNT, 2-0 in the series, will face Rain or Shine without one of its veterans in Game 3 of the semis on Sunday.

—JKC, GMA Integrated News