Victor Wembanyama appears to have successfully Matrix-dodged a bullet.
An MRI on the San Antonio Spurs star Wembanyama came back clean, indicating that he avoided serious injury (Chris Haynes of NBA TV reported Tuesday). Wembanyama will now be listed as day-to-day moving forward.
The 22-year-old Wembanyama went down during Monday’s win over the Philadelphia 76ers. In the second quarter at Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, Texas, 76ers forward Paul George ran into Wembanyama on an attempted fast break by the Spurs.
Wembanyama immediately hit the deck in pain and was quickly ruled out for the remainder of the game due to a rib contusion. Here is the video.
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The 60-19 Spurs are currently 2.5 games back of the 62-16 Oklahoma City Thunder for the best record in the league. While they most likely will not be able to catch the Thunder (especially with Wembanyama now listed as doubtful for Wednesday’s game against the Portland Trail Blazers), the clean MRI is undoubtedly good news for the Spurs.
As it stands right now, Wembanyama only needs to make one more 20-minute appearance during a game in order to qualify for this season’s NBA awards. The 7-foot-4 center also recently laid out his argument for why he should win MVP over OKC’s Shai Gilgeous-Alexander.
