Fear over Texas: Victor Wembanyama is injured and risks missing several NBA games. The winning record will not necessarily be affected, you will tell us, given the last place in the Western Conference of the San Antonio Spurs (21 defeats in 25 games). But the only real note of hope for the franchise coached by Gregg Popovich will therefore not be there at least for the next meeting. Too bad for our “Wemby”, who was to challenge Greek superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo this Tuesday for the first time in his young career.
This shock will therefore wait since the interior tricolor suffers from pain in his right ankle, and the Spurs have just made his withdrawal official. According to ESPN, the talented 19-year-old rookie, first choice in the 2023 draft, should not be absent from the field for long. He could thus make his return against the Chicago Bulls on Thursday or the Dallas Mavericks on Saturday.
Only his second missed game of the season
Sunday, his team lost heavily against the New Orleans Pelicans (110-146), despite another successful individual performance from Victor Wembanyama (17 points, 13 rebounds, 4 assists and 4 blocks), under the eyes of his mentor Tony Parker, to whom San Antonio paid a tribute (poorly concluded), after his induction into the Hall of Fame.
In 24 games since the start of the season, the former Mets 92 star is averaging 19 points and 11 rebounds per game. He thus achieved a double-double in his last eight games, which did not prevent San Antonio from experiencing a terrible series of 18 consecutive losses. “Wemby” will only miss his second match of the season this Tuesday. On December 1, he was absent during a meeting against the Pelicans (obviously lost 106-121), due to pain in his right hip.