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Last Updated: March 26, 2024, 00:00 IST
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San Antonio Spurs rookie Victor Wembanyama will miss Monday’s recreation towards the Phoenix Suns due to a sprained left ankle.
SAN ANTONIO: San Antonio Spurs rookie Victor Wembanyama will miss Monday’s recreation towards the Phoenix Suns due to a sprained left ankle.
No timetable was given for Wembanyama’s return.
The 7-foot-3 middle from France was dominated out after taking part in San Antonio’s morning shootaround to check his ankle.
Wembanyama sustained the harm throughout Saturday’s 131-106 loss to Phoenix. He didn’t play within the fourth quarter with the Suns main by as many as 32 factors through the recreation.
Wembanyama had 13 factors, 5 rebounds, 4 assists and a blocked shot in 21 minutes towards Phoenix.
The No. 1 decide in final yr’s draft is averaging 20.7 factors, 10.4 rebounds, 3.5 assists, 3.4 blocks and 1.3 steals in 29 minutes per recreation.
San Antonio is in peril of ending with the worst report in franchise historical past regardless of Wembanyama being the main candidate for Rookie of the Year.
The Spurs (15-56) must win 5 of their final 11 video games to keep away from ending beneath the franchise-worst, 20-62 mark it set in 1997.
San Antonio enters the week after dropping three straight and eight in 10 video games.
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