Unusual injury for Victor Wembanyama: he collided with a ball boy and was excluded from San Antonio’s game against Dallas

The movements of Victor Wembanyama during the warm-up before the S. matchan Antonio Spurs in view of Dallas Mavericks They seemed controlled. However, an unusual injury suffered during the preparation of that duel prevented the Frenchman from playing that match, valid for a new day of the NBA regular season.

What happened? Wembanyama faced the scoreboard in the face of weak opposition from his marker. THE tray was relatively simple for the 19-year-old rookie. However, the conclusion of that action had the worst in store for him, at least for tonight in Mavericks territory.

The fact is that after scoring, the Frenchman continued his career, which was far from being very fast, and he met a ball boy by surprise who waited outside the confines of the field to contribute to the players’ tasks.

Wembanyama unintentionally stepped on a Dallas employee who reached them with balls and he twisted his right ankle. The discomfort, according to the images of that action, was felt immediately.

He did it almost from behind, he never saw it. The pin is 2.24 meters high he had fixed his eyes on the circle, to see how the ball crossed the net. It was all that context that ended up hurting him. AND leaving him out of the game.

After looking at the ball boy as if he was looking for explanations and then resting his eyes on the ground, He went to the locker room not without concern. It was a part of his body that prevented him, for example, from participating in San Antonio’s loss to the Milwaukee Bucks on Tuesday.

Wembanyama, who returned from a fall against the Chicago Bulls at United Center last Thursday but barely managed to add 22 minutes, applied a bandage to the affected area. However, he remained in pain and, according to local media, Gregg Popovich, his coach, decided that will not be part of the meetingso as not to compromise your physique.

But the bad news for Spurs doesn’t end there. Later, they suffered a terrific evening for Luka Doncic (39 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists) and lost 144-119. Manu Ginobili’s former team, which has won just one of its last 21 games, continues without finding a way back and remains sunk in the last position of the Western Conference, with just 4 wins in 27 appearances.