Victor Wembanyama Left the Game With a Rib Injury and Nobody Knows When He's Coming Back
The San Antonio Spurs got the win on Monday night, beating Philadelphia 115-102, but they're sweating what comes next. Two-time All-Star Victor Wembanyama took a hard collision with Paul George in the second quarter and never returned. The 22-year-old superstar is dealing with a left rib contusion, and the team has zero clarity on his status moving forward.
The Injury and What We Know So Far
Wembanyama got hurt during a second-quarter collision and headed to the locker room twice during the period. He managed to come back and finish the half, playing the final four or five minutes, but that was it. After the Spurs' win, coach Mitch Johnson told reporters he was pulled from the game at halftime with no updates since. "I think it would be a positive that he felt like he could come back, and he played the last four or five minutes of the half," Johnson said. Translation: nobody's saying much until they know more.
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This is where things get interesting. Wembanyama is in the conversation for MVP in his third year in the league. He's putting up 24.8 points, 11.5 rebounds, 3.1 assists, and leads the entire league with 3.1 blocks per game. Monday's game was his 64th of the season, which counts as an official game for postseason award eligibility. Here's the catch: players need to appear in 65 games to qualify for any major postseason awards. The Spurs have three games left on their schedule. If Wembanyama misses time with this rib injury, he could fall short of that magic number.
In Monday's shortened appearance, he still stuffed the stat sheet with 17 points, five rebounds, and three blocks in 16 minutes. That's the kind of impact he has even when he's dealing with pain.
San Antonio moves forward with a win but plenty of uncertainty about what's next. The Spurs' final three games just got a lot more important.
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