SINGAPORE - Tears flowed at the OCBC Arena on Sunday (Feb 23) as Singapore Slingers centre Anthony McClain, a towering presence at 2.14-metre, was helped out of the facility by teammates Xavier Alexander and Marcus Elliott after the final buzzer.

Clearly in pain, and distraught, the 31-year-old American has been playing with a foot injury in the past month, and again he struggled to move freely despite making a strong eight-point start in the first quarter of the Asean Basketball League (ABL) game against the Kuala Lumpur Dragons.