{"id":493849,"date":"2026-04-22T08:41:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T06:41:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=493849"},"modified":"2026-04-22T08:41:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T06:41:16","slug":"victor-wembanyama-enters-concussion-protocol-after-fall-in-spurs-vs-blazers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/victor-wembanyama-enters-concussion-protocol-after-fall-in-spurs-vs-blazers\/","title":{"rendered":"Victor Wembanyama enters concussion protocol after fall in Spurs vs Blazers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"523\" data-end=\"894\">The <strong data-start=\"2675\" data-end=\"2696\">San Antonio Spurs<\/strong> are facing a major injury concern after <strong data-start=\"2737\" data-end=\"2758\">Victor Wembanyama<\/strong> suffered a <strong data-start=\"2770\" data-end=\"2784\">concussion<\/strong> during Game 2 of their first-round playoff series against the <strong data-start=\"2847\" data-end=\"2873\">Portland Trail Blazers<\/strong>. San Antonio lost 106-103, allowing Portland to even the series at 1-1.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Victor Wembanyama (concussion protocol) is OUT for the remainder of the game after hitting his head on the court. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qP8tAf6osN\">pic.twitter.com\/qP8tAf6osN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NBA on NBC and Peacock (@NBAonNBC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBAonNBC\/status\/2046758413573521573?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 22, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2985\" data-end=\"3383\">Wembanyama played only 12 minutes before being ruled out and placed into the <strong data-start=\"3062\" data-end=\"3089\">NBA concussion protocol<\/strong>. Spurs coach Mitch Johnson said the team would follow the proper medical steps. Under NBA guidelines, a player cannot return to full participation for 48 hours after the injury and may resume gradual activity after 24 hours only if symptoms do not worsen.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1435\" data-end=\"1889\">The play happened with 8:57 left in the second quarter, when Wembanyama drove to the basket with Jrue Holiday defending and landed chin-first on the floor. He later went to the locker room and did not return. Before exiting, he had 5 points and 4 rebounds. Game 3 is scheduled for Friday in Portland, where the Spurs hope to have more clarity on their franchise star.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1891\" data-end=\"1945\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The San Antonio Spurs star exited in the second quarter of Game 2 against the Portland Trail Blazers after a hard fall<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":146,"featured_media":493848,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_spbk_hide_featured":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[399],"tags":[],"rumors":[],"typology":[179,187],"posizionamento":[],"class_list":["post-493849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","typology-injury","typology-video"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-22-alle-08.38.46.png","digistream_id":0,"digistream":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/493849","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/146"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=493849"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/493849\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/493848"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=493849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=493849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=493849"},{"taxonomy":"rumors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rumors?post=493849"},{"taxonomy":"typology","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/typology?post=493849"},{"taxonomy":"posizionamento","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posizionamento?post=493849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}