San Antonio star middle Victor Wembanyama missed the second half of the Spurs’ Monday sport in opposition to the Philadelphia 76ers after sustaining a left rib contusion throughout a second-quarter collision with the 76ers’ Paul George.
The standing of the two-time All-Star transferring ahead was unsure.
Wembanyama went to the Spurs’ locker room twice within the second interval after the collision however completed the half on the court docket.
Following San Antonio’s 115-102 victory, Spurs coach Mitch Johnson stated, “At halftime, I used to be advised he wasn’t coming again. I have never heard anything up thus far. I feel it could be a optimistic that he felt like he might come again, and he performed the final 4 or 5 minutes of the half. So, that is a optimistic from my perspective.”
Wembanyama scored 17 factors, grabbed 5 rebounds and blocked three pictures in formally 16 minutes of court docket time, which counts as an official sport for the aim of postseason award consideration.
Wembanyama, 22, is within the combine for Most Invaluable Participant in his third yr within the NBA. He’s now averaging 24.8 factors, 11.5 rebounds, 3.1 assists and a league-high 3.1 blocks per sport.
Monday was Wembanyama’s sixty fourth sport of the season, together with the NBA Cup ultimate, which in any other case would not rely towards gamers’ stats. Gamers should seem in 65 video games to qualify for postseason awards. The Spurs have three video games remaining after Monday.
–Area Degree Media
