Hit during the game against the Rockets earlier in the week, Victor Wembanyama returned to San Antonio for treatment. He risks missing a few meetings according to Gregg Popovich’s admission.

Hindered by a painful shoulder at the start of the week, Victor Wembanyama was finally able to play against the Rockets. 

Unfortunately during this game, the Frenchman injured his ankle, without him saying anything to the staff, since he wanted to continue playing to try to obtain victory. Without success.

Bad news for Victor Wembanyama

Absent against the Kings this Thursday evening, Wemby will not be present against the Warriors on Saturday either, as Gregg Popovich has just announced to the media before crossing paths with Sacramento. 

The Frenchman even returned to San Antonio (Houston being very close), just to take stock with the medical staff. So he is not with his

Pop says he thinks Victor Wembanyama will miss the next two games – tonight against the Kings and Saturday against the Warriors – with his injury and be ready to go Monday against the Warriors at home.

— Andrew Lopez (@_Andrew_Lopez) March 8, 2024

Pop thinks Victor Wembanyama will miss the next two games – tonight against the Kings and Saturday against the Warriors – after his injury and should be ready to play Monday against the Warriors at home.

We are therefore not heading towards a big absence at first glance, but enough to cause Wemby to miss a few matches. As usual, we know that the Spurs medical staff does not want to take the slightest risk with their player.

During the same conference, Popovich confirmed that no one saw Victor get injured during the game against Houston. They then discovered it:

Pop says Victor didn't say much during game so team didn't realize how hampered he was vs. Rockets.

"But you could look at the film after and see he wasn't moving very well. So he's taking care of it now. He'll probably miss these two games and hopefully be ready for Monday." https://t.co/jiMY6gji0d

— Andrew Lopez (@_Andrew_Lopez) March 8, 2024

Pop states that Victor didn’t say much during the game, so the team didn’t realize how embarrassed he was against the Rockets. “But we were able to watch the videos and see that he wasn’t moving very well. So he’s taking care of it now. He’ll probably miss both games and hopefully he’ll be ready on Monday.”