{"id":262995,"date":"2026-04-23T17:03:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T17:03:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/262995\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T17:03:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T17:03:08","slug":"victor-wembanyama-will-travel-with-the-spurs-to-portland-but-his-game-3-status-remains-uncertain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/262995\/","title":{"rendered":"Victor Wembanyama will travel with the Spurs to Portland but his Game 3 status remains uncertain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SAN ANTONIO (AP) \u2014 Victor Wembanyama will travel with the San Antonio Spurs to Portland for games this weekend while continuing to complete the steps mandated by the league&#8217;s concussion protocol.<\/p>\n<p>Spurs coach Mitch Johnson stopped short Thursday of saying Wembanyama will play in Game 3. Wembanyama is \u201cprogressing,\u201d Johnson said, but his status against the Trail Blazers remains uncertain.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe looks good,\u201d Johnson said, noting that the Spurs hadn&#8217;t even started discussions on when Wembanyama can play again.<\/p>\n<p>Wembanyama \u2014 the league&#8217;s first-ever unanimous Defensive Player of the Year and one of three finalists for the Most Valuable Player award \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NBAonNBC\/status\/2046758413573521573\" data-link=\"native\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow\">suffered a concussion<\/a> in the Spurs&#8217; Game 2 loss to Portland on Tuesday night, leaving the game in the second quarter.<\/p>\n<p>Game 3 of the series \u2014 tied at a game apiece \u2014 is Friday in Portland, followed by Game 4 there on Sunday. The Spurs were scheduled to fly to Portland on Thursday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>There are very specific steps that players have to clear before being removed from the league&#8217;s concussion protocol. Players begin the return-to-play process with light exertion \u2014 such as riding a stationary bike, jogging, agility work and non-contact basketball drills \u2014 and each step is followed by another neurological examination.<\/p>\n<p>Wembanyama&#8217;s results will also be compared to his baseline neurological evaluation \u2014 which players undergo prior to each season \u2014 before doctors permit him to move forward in the return-to-play plan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt&#8217;s pretty straightforward,\u201d Johnson said. \u201cObviously, we hope he&#8217;ll be back at some point. But we&#8217;ll allow the protocol to play out. And again, there&#8217;s nothing more important than his health.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Any extended absence by Wembanyama would be a massive blow to San Antonio, which finished with the league\u2019s second-best record behind the versatile 7-foot-4 center from France. They were 12-6 in the regular season without Wembanyama.<\/p>\n<p>Wembanyama averaged 25 points, 11.5 rebounds, 3.1 assists and a league-best 3.1 blocks per game this season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe know that he&#8217;s chomping at the bit to get back on the court and be with his guys,\u201d Johnson said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN ANTONIO (AP) \u2014 Victor Wembanyama will travel with the San Antonio Spurs to Portland for games this&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":262996,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[15131,23681,202,11730,196,88116,42094,43368,942,82,84,83,98497,509],"class_list":{"0":"post-262995","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-antonio","8":"tag-mitch-johnson","9":"tag-package-100024-ap-online","10":"tag-package-100502-member-choice-sports-option","11":"tag-portland","12":"tag-product-30599-ap-sports-news-s-wire-only","13":"tag-product-32001-ap-online-basketball-news","14":"tag-product-32562-ap-online-other-sports-news","15":"tag-product-40808-ap-oregon-sports-only","16":"tag-product-40815-ap-texas-sports-only","17":"tag-san-antonio","18":"tag-san-antonio-headlines","19":"tag-san-antonio-news","20":"tag-spurs-victor-wembanyama-concussion","21":"tag-victor-wembanyama"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262995","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=262995"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262995\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/262996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=262995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=262995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=262995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}