{"id":622734,"date":"2026-04-22T03:30:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T03:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/622734\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T03:30:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T03:30:09","slug":"victor-wembanyama-leaves-court-with-concussion-as-san-antonio-spurs-lose-second-playoff-game-to-portland-trail-blazers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/622734\/","title":{"rendered":"Victor Wembanyama leaves court with concussion as San Antonio Spurs lose second playoff game to Portland Trail Blazers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Victor Wembanyama made an early exit from San Antonio\u2019s 103-106 playoff loss the Portland Trail Blazers on Wednesday AEST after suffering a head injury during the second quarter.<\/p>\n<p>French superstar Wembanyama was ruled out of the remainder of the game after stumbling and banging his head on the hardwood following a collision with Portland\u2019s Jrue Holiday.<\/p>\n<p>\ufeffWatch NBA with ESPN on Kayo Sports | Stream an average 9 LIVE Regular Season games per week plus the best of the NBA Playoffs.| New to Kayo? <a href=\"https:\/\/kayosports.com.au\/en-AU\/welcome?pg=default&amp;extcamp=fsaeditoriallinkbasketball-edt-fsp-lnk-awr-grc-basketball-kyo&amp;channel=fsa&amp;campaign=fsacontra&amp;voucher=\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Join now and get your first month for just $1.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img class=\"i-amphtml-fill-content i-amphtml-replaced-content\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/poster-fallback.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Wembanyama looked dazed as he lay on the floor before slowly getting to his feet and jogging off court to the locker room.<\/p>\n<p>The Spurs later confirmed Wembanyama had entered the concussion protocol and would play no further part in game two of the Western Conference playoff clash.<\/p>\n<p>He had scored five points, collected four rebounds, provided one assist and made one block in 11 minutes before the incident.<\/p>\n<p>The 22-year-old will now face a race against the clock to be passed fit to play in game three in Portland on Saturday Australian time.<\/p>\n<p>The NBA\u2019s concussion protocols enforce a mandatory 48-hour stand down period.<\/p>\n<p>A player must then prove they are symptom free by undertaking a series of tests, and then be given the all clear by the team doctor as well as the Director of the NBA Concussion Program, Dr. Jeff Kutcher.<\/p>\n<p>The injury occurred just a day after he was named the NBA\u2019s defensive player of the year.<\/p>\n<p>Victor Wembanyama #1 of the San Antonio Spurs holds his head after falling to the court.Source: AFP<\/p>\n<p>Wembanyama scored 35 points in San Antonio\u2019s game one victory over Portland &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com.au\/basketball\/nba\/nba-playoffs-2026-petty-dillon-brooks-act-as-oklahoma-city-thunder-dominate-phoenix-suns-boston-celtics-crush-philadelphia-76ers-highlights-score\/news-story\/a269ad6d07c6cce954e232f01dff6f13\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">beating Tim Duncan\u2019s franchise record for the most points on playoff debut<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The second seed Spurs certainly felt Wembanyama\u2019s absence as Portland overcame a one-point three-quarter time deficit to level up the series at 1-1.<\/p>\n<p>The Spurs had the chance to send the game to overtime in the final five seconds, but stellar defence from Australia\u2019s Matisse Thybulle helped ensure that Devin Vassell\u2019s three-point attempt from the corner missed.<\/p>\n<p>Thybulle played ten minutes off the bench and despite not scoring a point, contributed an assist, a rebound and a block.<\/p>\n<p>Scoot Henderson starred for the Trailblazers with 31 points, while Holiday came up one assist shy of a double-double with 16 points and nine assists as well as five rebounds.<\/p>\n<p>Toumani Camara was only two rebounds short of a double-double, having also scored ten points.<\/p>\n<p>Robert Williams III was also pivotal off the bench with 11 points and nine rebounds.<\/p>\n<p>For the Spurs, Stephon Castle (18 points and eight rebounds), De\u2019Aaron Fox (17 points) and Vassell (16 points and 12 rebounds) tried their best to fill the Wembenyama-sized hole in the second half. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Victor Wembanyama made an early exit from San Antonio\u2019s 103-106 playoff loss the Portland Trail Blazers on Wednesday&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":622735,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[557],"tags":[64,63,590,85],"class_list":["post-622734","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/622734","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=622734"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/622734\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/622735"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=622734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=622734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=622734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}