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Victor Wembanyama’s status for Game 3 and beyond is up in the air.
Just 24 hours after being named the NBA’s unanimous Defensive Player of the Year, the San Antonio Spurs star was hoping to lead his team to a 2-0 series lead against the Portland Trail Blazers in the first-round of the 2025-26 playoffs.
But with 8:57 remaining in the second quarter of Tuesday night’s contest, of the Spurs’ 106-103 defeat, the French phenom suffered a hard fall in which his head hit the hardwood.
The injury came about after Wembanyama was fouled by Blazers veteran guard Jrue Holiday, and was unable to brace his fall after he became unbalanced, seeing him tumble face-down onto the court.
He remained on the deck for 30-or-so seconds before sitting up and speaking with teammate Stephon Castle, before a timeout was called by Spurs coach Mitch Johnson.
After heading into the locker room, the 7-foot-4 star was subsequently ruled out of the rest of Game 2 after the Spurs placed him on concussion protocol.
He exited the game having recorded five points, four rebounds, one assist and a block.
“I just know he has a concussion and he’s in the protocol,” Johnson said postgame. “We’ll obviously take the proper and appropriate steps.”
Will Victor Wembanyama play Game 3 vs Trail Blazers after entering concussion protocol?
Under the NBA’s concussion protocol guidelines, a player in concussion protocol cannot return to full participation for 48 hours.
He must then meet several benchmarks, while being symptom-free, before being cleared to play by medical staff. This includes neurological testing and final clearance from the team doctor with the league’s concussion protocol director.
Further testing is scheduled for Wednesday.
Game 3 takes place on Friday when the series heads to Portland’s Moda Center, with it still currently undetermined whether Wembanyama will be able to feature given the protocol is non-negotiable.
“He’s one of the toughest guys I know, so he’s gonna shake back real quick,” teammate Dylan Harper said.
“I don’t know how he’s feeling right now. Hopefully he’s feeling better than everyone thinks.”
With Wembanyama out of the game, the Blazers were able to erase the Spurs’ 14-point lead in the fourth quarter after San Antonio’s offense stalled.
Scoot Henderson recorded a team-high 31 points, while Holiday tallied 16 and breakout star Deni Avdija tacked on an additional 14 points.
More awards could be coming for Wembanyama
The 2025-26 campaign has been a dominant one for Wembanyama.
In 64 regular season games, the 22-year-old averaged a 25 points per game shooting at a 51.2 percent clip and 11.5 rebounds – all career-highs – while he added 3.1 assists, 1.0 steal and 3.1 blocks.
Having become the NBA’s first unanimous DPOY since the award’s inception in 1982-83 after earning all 100 first-place votes, Wembanyama could yet add to his tally as he is also a finalist for the coveted Most Valuable Player award.
Reigning MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and three-time winner Nikola Jokic are the other two finalists in contention for the award.
Back in March, though, the Spurs star made a public plea as to why he felt he deserved to be named the recipient of the award over his competitors.
NBA’s Greatest
“My goal is to make sure there’s no debate anymore at the end of the season,” Wembanyama told reporters on March 23.
“Three arguments. My first one would be that defense is 50 percent of the game and that is undervalued so far in your race, because I believe I’m the most impactful player defensively in the league.
“Second argument would be that we almost swept OKC in the season and we dominated them three times with their real team and four times with more rotation players.
“And my third argument would be that offense impact is not just points.”
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Victor Wembanyama’s status for Game 3 and beyond is up in the air.
Just 24 hours after being named the NBA’s unanimous Defensive Player of the Year, the San Antonio Spurs star was hoping to lead his team to a 2-0 series lead against the Portland Trail Blazers in the first-round of the 2025-26 playoffs.
But with 8:57 remaining in the second quarter of Tuesday night’s contest, of the Spurs’ 106-103 defeat, the French phenom suffered a hard fall in which his head hit the hardwood.
The injury came about after Wembanyama was fouled by Blazers veteran guard Jrue Holiday, and was unable to brace his fall after he became unbalanced, seeing him tumble face-down onto the court.
He remained on the deck for 30-or-so seconds before sitting up and speaking with teammate Stephon Castle, before a timeout was called by Spurs coach Mitch Johnson.
After heading into the locker room, the 7-foot-4 star was subsequently ruled out of the rest of Game 2 after the Spurs placed him on concussion protocol.
He exited the game having recorded five points, four rebounds, one assist and a block.
“I just know he has a concussion and he’s in the protocol,” Johnson said postgame. “We’ll obviously take the proper and appropriate steps.”
Will Victor Wembanyama play Game 3 vs Trail Blazers after entering concussion protocol?
Under the NBA’s concussion protocol guidelines, a player in concussion protocol cannot return to full participation for 48 hours.
He must then meet several benchmarks, while being symptom-free, before being cleared to play by medical staff. This includes neurological testing and final clearance from the team doctor with the league’s concussion protocol director.
Further testing is scheduled for Wednesday.
Game 3 takes place on Friday when the series heads to Portland’s Moda Center, with it still currently undetermined whether Wembanyama will be able to feature given the protocol is non-negotiable.
“He’s one of the toughest guys I know, so he’s gonna shake back real quick,” teammate Dylan Harper said.
“I don’t know how he’s feeling right now. Hopefully he’s feeling better than everyone thinks.”
With Wembanyama out of the game, the Blazers were able to erase the Spurs’ 14-point lead in the fourth quarter after San Antonio’s offense stalled.
Scoot Henderson recorded a team-high 31 points, while Holiday tallied 16 and breakout star Deni Avdija tacked on an additional 14 points.
More awards could be coming for Wembanyama
The 2025-26 campaign has been a dominant one for Wembanyama.
In 64 regular season games, the 22-year-old averaged a 25 points per game shooting at a 51.2 percent clip and 11.5 rebounds – all career-highs – while he added 3.1 assists, 1.0 steal and 3.1 blocks.
Having become the NBA’s first unanimous DPOY since the award’s inception in 1982-83 after earning all 100 first-place votes, Wembanyama could yet add to his tally as he is also a finalist for the coveted Most Valuable Player award.
Reigning MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and three-time winner Nikola Jokic are the other two finalists in contention for the award.
Back in March, though, the Spurs star made a public plea as to why he felt he deserved to be named the recipient of the award over his competitors.
NBA’s Greatest
“My goal is to make sure there’s no debate anymore at the end of the season,” Wembanyama told reporters on March 23.
“Three arguments. My first one would be that defense is 50 percent of the game and that is undervalued so far in your race, because I believe I’m the most impactful player defensively in the league.
“Second argument would be that we almost swept OKC in the season and we dominated them three times with their real team and four times with more rotation players.
“And my third argument would be that offense impact is not just points.”
Stay up to date with the latest from the NBA across all platforms – follow our dedicated talkSPORT USA Facebook page and subscribe to our talkSPORT USA YouTube channel for all the news, exclusives, interviews and more.
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| 📰 Publicación: | talksport.com |
| ✍️ Autor: | Kerrie Jacobs-Bryant |
| 📅 Fecha Original: | 2026-04-22 08:07:00 |
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