Andrew Lopez, ESPN
San Antonio Spurs rookie Victor Wembanyama will leave out his first profession NBA sport this night with proper hip tightness, the workforce introduced Friday afternoon.
The Spurs performed Thursday towards the Atlanta Hawks and traveled to fulfill the New Orleans Pelicans on Friday night time.
Wembanyama used to be indexed as questionable with the similar trauma ahead of the Hawks sport, however did play games.
He had 21 issues, 12 rebounds and 4 blocks because the Spurs scored a season top however misplaced 137-135.
Following the sport, Wembanyama stated the hip wasn’t bothering him all through the sport however added he felt he’d be “day-to-day” with the trauma.
Spurs teacher Gregg Popovich hinted Thursday night time that Wembanyama “may not play tomorrow” as they noticed how the hip reacted.
Wembanyama did residue stretches all through the portion of shootaround discoverable to the media Thursday morning as he ready to play games towards the Hawks.
In 18 video games, Wembanyama is averaging 19.3 issues and 9.7 rebounds, tops amongst all inexperienced persons, month additionally averaging a league-leading 2.7 blocks.
