{"id":1903975,"date":"2026-04-26T18:42:40","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T15:42:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1903975"},"modified":"2026-04-26T18:42:40","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T15:42:40","slug":"victor-wembanyama-will-return-for-spurs-in-game-4-after-clearing-concussion-protocol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1903975","title":{"rendered":"Victor Wembanyama will return for Spurs in Game 4 after clearing concussion protocol"},"content":{"rendered":"
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PORTLAND, Ore. \u2014 Victor Wembanyama has been cleared to return from the NBA\u2019s concussion protocol and will play in Sunday\u2019s Game 4 of the San Antonio Spurs\u2019 first-round series against the Portland Trail Blazers, a team source told The Athletic<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Wembanyama suffered a concussion when he hit his face on the floor in the Spurs\u2019 Game 2 loss Tuesday, and he missed Friday\u2019s Game 3 while still going through the concussion protocol. The Spurs All-Star pushed to play in Game 3, league sources told The Athletic<\/em>, but was not cleared by the league. The Spurs pulled off a comeback win in the second half of Game 3 to take a 2-1 series lead without Wembanyama; Luke Kornet started in his place, and rookie Carter Bryant had a successful run as the backup big.<\/p>\n

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Wembanyama participated in the Spurs\u2019 shootaround before Game 3. During pregame warmups Friday, he was sprinting aggressively across the court and went through much of his normal warmup routine without his usual contact work.<\/p>\n

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The NBA\u2019s concussion protocol<\/a> stipulates that players cannot return to game action until at least 48 hours after the injury. They must complete a return-to-play protocol that includes not exhibiting any symptoms at rest and proceeding symptom-free through a series of activities ranging from \u201cstationary bike, to jogging, to agility work, to non-contact team drills.\u201d Upon completing those steps, the team\u2019s physician must consult with the director of the NBA\u2019s Concussion Program before making a final decision to clear the player to return.<\/p>\n

Wembanyama missed 18 games during the regular season with a variety of injuries. Including Games 2 and 3, the Spurs are 13-7 without their star in the lineup.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

PORTLAND, Ore. \u2014 Victor Wembanyama has been cleared to return from the NBA\u2019s concussion protocol and will play in Sunday\u2019s Game 4 of the San Antonio Spurs\u2019 first-round series against the Portland Trail Blazers, a team source told The Athletic. Wembanyama suffered a concussion when he hit his face on the floor in the Spurs\u2019 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[226,241],"class_list":["post-1903975","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-crawlmanager","tag-nytimes-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1903975","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1903975"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1903975\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1903975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1903975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1903975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}