San Antonio Spurs star center Victor Vembanyama Has been listed out for Saturday night’s game against portland trail blazers,
An MRI on Thursday showed there was no damage to the ligaments in Vembanyama’s left knee, which he had strained in Wednesday night’s win. new York KnicksLeague sources told ESPN. But Wembanyama didn’t travel to Indianapolis with the Spurs for Friday’s 123-113 win. Indiana Pacers Because team officials wanted him to take advantage of treatment options available at the Victory Capital Performance Center in San Antonio.
He was officially ruled out on Saturday afternoon against the Trail Blazers.
Saturday’s game will be the 14th game Wembanyama will miss this season. Under NBA rules, players must play in 65 of the 82 regular-season games to be eligible for most postseason awards, meaning Wembanyama can only miss three more games before being in danger of not being on those ballots.
After Saturday, the Spurs won’t play again until Tuesday memphis,
Wembanyama was injured with 10:32 minutes remaining against the Knicks on Wednesday carl-anthony town And jordan clarkson For a rebound under the basket. Upon landing on the floor, Vembanyama immediately grabbed his left knee. TeamMite stephen castle Stepped in to help Wembanyama back to his feet, and the center staggered into the locker room under his own power.
As he walked off the field, he shouted to the fans at Frost Bank Center, “I’m going to be OK.” Wembanyama returned to the bench with 1:22 remaining to play, wearing team warmups. He finished with 31 points and 13 rebounds in 24 minutes.
Wembanyama missed 12 games earlier this season with a left calf strain. The third-year center returned to the lineup on December 13 during the NBA Cup Semifinals oklahoma city thunder and came off the bench in his first six games following the injury and made his first start in a 127–114 loss on December 27. utah jazz,
He leads San Antonio in scoring (24.3 ppg), rebounding (11.7 rpg) and blocks (2.9 bpg).
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
