San Antonio Spurs star heart Victor Wembanyama was not within the lineup for Saturday evening’s recreation in Dallas due to a proper knee contusion.
Spurs interim coach Mitch Johnson stated the 7-foot-3 Wembanyama, a unanimous choice final yr because the NBA Rookie of the Year, is each day.
Wembanyama stated after the Spurs’ dwelling loss to the Los Angeles Lakers on Friday evening that his leg was “fairly beat up.”
Wembanyama leads the Spurs averaging 22.7 factors and 10.5 rebounds per recreation. He leads the NBA with a mean of three.7 blocks per recreation after main the league final season with 3.6.
He scored 28 factors and 14 rebounds whereas taking part in 34 minutes on Friday. He scored a career-high 50 factors in Wednesday’s win over Washington.
Johnson stated “plenty of minutes and plenty of photographs” will change with out Wembanyama.
“Guys need to step up,” stated Johnson, who has coached the Spurs since Gregg Popovich was sidelined Nov. 2 by what the crew stated was a minor stroke. “We do not want anybody making an attempt to make plenty of performs individually. We want to maneuver the ball, most likely play quick and attempt to proceed to take care of distance.”
Zach Collins was anticipated to start out rather than Wembanyama.
San Antonio’s subsequent recreation can be Tuesday at dwelling towards Oklahoma City.
Associated Press reporting.
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