US EditionWembanyama Returns to Play Against Grizzlies After Missing 2 Games
Wembanyama, averaging 24.3 points and 11.7 rebounds, returns with a minutes limit to safeguard his long-term health after missing two games with knee soreness.
- On Tuesday, Victor Wembanyama will return for the San Antonio Spurs against the Memphis Grizzlies after missing two games with a bone bruise, and Spurs coach Mitch Johnson said he will play under a minutes limit.
- Following his calf-strain absence, Wembanyama missed 12 games earlier in the season and returned Dec. 13 during the NBA Cup semifinal vs. Oklahoma City Thunder.
- Wembanyama remains the Spurs' statistical leader, leading San Antonio with 24.0 points, 11.6 rebounds, and 3.0 blocks after playing 22 games with 15 starts.
- The Spurs said they will monitor him day-to-day, with coaching and medical staff assessing Victor Wembanyama’s readiness and prioritizing his long-term health.
- After suffering a New Year's Eve knee injury vs. New York Knicks, Wembanyama has sat out 14 games and can sit out only four more before losing award eligibility, with MRI showing no ligament damage.
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Victor Wembanyama Makes Spurs History In Reserve Role
The San Antonio Spurs’ Victor Wembanyama has battled injuries recently, but that hasn’t stopped him from maximizing his time on the court.“The Alien” made some history on a minutes restriction in his first game back from a knee injury against the Memphis Grizzlies on Tuesday, January 6, scoring 30 points in just 21 minutes. Only two other players in franchise history have scored 30 or more points in less than 22 minutes.Wembanyama was incredibly…
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The San Antonio Spurs will welcome Victor Wembanyama back while the Memphis Grizzlies will be without Ja Morant as the teams square off for the third time this season. Get a preview, lineups, injury news, series history, betting info and more.
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Wembanyama available to play against Grizzlies off the bench
Victor Wembanyama was available to play in the game between the San Antonio Spurs and Memphis Grizzlies after missing the last two games with left knee soreness.
Victor Wembanyama found the Spurs but did not get enough against Memphis. Again at the stop, this time due to a hyperextension of the left knee contracted against New York at the end of the year, the superstar of the San Antonio franchise made her return as expected Tuesday night on the occasion of the move of his team on the Grizzlies parquet. Not of the kind to know really late at the ignition, "Wemby" immediately scored the spirits for his co…
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