San Antonio Spurs star Victor Wembanyama tumbled face-first to the courtroom in the second quarter of Tuesday night time’s playoff sport in opposition to Portland and left the sport to be examined for a attainable concussion.
The Spurs mentioned Wembanyama was in the concussion protocol and wouldn’t return. Any prolonged absence for Wembanyama could be an enormous blow to San Antonio, which completed with the league’s second-best file behind the versatile 7ft 4in heart from France.
Wembanyama was fouled by Jrue Holiday after he spun across the Trail Blazers level guard in the paint. He was not capable of brace himself on the fall, and his jaw hit the courtroom with 8:57 remaining in the second quarter.
Wembanyama remained on the courtroom for about 30 seconds earlier than rising to a seated place for a couple of minute and chatting with teammate Stephon Castle. San Antonio coach Mitch Johnson known as timeout to verify on Wembanyama, who instantly ran by the tunnel after attending to his ft.
San Antonio are in the playoffs for the primary time since 2019 and beat Portland in Game 1 of the Western Conference first-round sequence.
Wembanyama was named the NBA’s defensive player of the year on Monday, profitable the award unanimously. He averaged 25 factors, 11.5 rebounds and a league-best 3.1 blocks this season.
