Victor Wembanyama limps off in Spurs win over Knicks in New York

Victor Wembanyama near Wednesday night’s crippled successful New York with a scare, limping to the locker country aft his near genu buckled portion helium fought for a rebound successful the 4th quarter. San Antonio inactive held connected for a 134-132 triumph implicit the Knicks, but the infinitesimal enactment a hush implicit the arena.

What happened successful the 4th quarter

The wounded occurred with 10:32 remaining and the Spurs down 106-92. Wemby was battling nether the handbasket with Karl-Anthony Towns and Jordan Clarkson erstwhile helium went down and instantly grabbed astatine his near knee. Rookie defender Stephon Castle helped him up, and Wembanyama hobbled disconnected nether his ain power.

He appeared to archer Castle, “I'm fine,” and helium seemed to repetition that connection to the sellout assemblage of 18,062 arsenic helium headed to the locker room. Wemby aboriginal returned to the seat with 1:22 left, wearing squad warmups, but helium did not re-enter the game.

Wembanyama expects to play soon

Afterward, Wemby said helium suffered a hyperextension and that archetypal tests did not amusement further issues. More investigating was planned for Thursday.

"I was confident. I was this adjacent to coming backmost successful the game," Wembanyama said. "[They] had to clasp maine back. It was conscionable a hyperextension, truthful it should beryllium minimal. We've got to bash everything time inactive to cheque that everything's OK."

Wembanyama added, "I expect to beryllium backmost the adjacent game."

Spurs manager Mitch Johnson took immoderate encouragement from seeing him connected the seat late. "Have not been capable to speech to the aesculapian unit yet, but I deliberation I saw what everybody other saw," Johnson said. "Obviously, helium finished the crippled connected the seat with his teammates. So, I deliberation that made maine consciousness good."

Wembanyama finished with 31 points and 13 rebounds successful 24 minutes. He antecedently missed 12 games earlier this play with a near calf strain and entered Wednesday averaging 24.0 points, 11.7 rebounds and 3.0 blocks.