Spurs star Victor Wembanyama enters concussion protocol, ruled out of Game 2 after fall against Trail Blazers

San Antonio Spurs phenom Victor Wembanyama was ruled retired of Game 2 against the Portland Trail Blazers aft helium was placed successful concussion protocol.

Wembanyama was retired of sorts aft hitting the tribunal look archetypal successful the 2nd quarter. The NBA’s Defensive Player of the Year this play was fouled by Blazers defender Jrue Holiday, and Wembanyama was incapable to brace his fall, arsenic his jaw deed the hardwood and play stopped midway done the quarter.

After staying down connected the tribunal for immoderate time, Wembanyama sat up successful a seated presumption arsenic manager Mitch Johnson called timeout to cheque connected his large man.

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Victor Wembanyama of the San Antonio Spurs holds his caput aft falling to the tribunal during the archetypal fractional of Game Two of the Western Conference First Round NBA Playoffs against the Portland Trailblazers astatine Frost Bank Center successful San Antonio, Texas, connected April 21, 2026. (Ronald Cortes/Getty Images)

Despite seeming dazed astatine first, Wembanyama was capable to basal and ran into the passageway to get further valuation successful the locker room. However, the Spurs announced that helium wouldn’t instrumentality to the crippled owed to protocol.

The Spurs, who won Game 1 of the First Round series, are looking to further their vantage successful the best-of-seven matchup with the Blazers. But doing truthful without Wembanyama, who led the squad with 35 points successful the Game 1 victory, isn’t perfect for the Spurs.

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But it’s hard not to look up for the squad and instrumentality basal alike. Being successful concussion protocol means having to deed each checkpoints successful betterment earlier making a instrumentality to the court.

San Antonio is acceptable to play successful Portland for the archetypal clip successful this bid connected Friday night, with a 10:30 p.m. tip-off for Game 3. Luckily for Wembanyama and the Spurs, that gives him immoderate days to perchance cheque those boxes needed to play.

San Antonio Spurs guardant Victor Wembanyama reacts beside defender Dylan Harper aft falling to the crushed during the archetypal fractional of crippled 2 of the archetypal circular of the 2026 NBA playoffs against the Portland Trail Blazers astatine Frost Bank Center successful San Antonio, Texas, connected April 21, 2026. (Scott Wachter/Imagn Images)

This is the Spurs’ archetypal travel to the playoffs since 2019, and Wembanyama, an MVP finalist, played a ample relation successful helping the squad execute regular-season success, capable truthful to gain the No. 2 wide effect successful the Western Conference with a 62-20 record.

Wembanyama was besides conscionable named the league’s Defensive Player of the Year, marking the archetypal clip anyone has been a unanimous victor arsenic good arsenic being the youngest to ever triumph the prestigious award.

The 7-foot-4 Frenchman earned each 100 first-place votes, while Oklahoma City Thunder’s Chet Holmgren finished with 76 second-place votes. Detroit Pistons defender Ausar Thompson finished successful 3rd spot erstwhile the ballots were tallied.

Victor Wembanyama of the San Antonio Spurs holds his caput aft falling during the archetypal fractional of Game Two against the Portland Trailblazers successful the Western Conference First Round NBA Playoffs astatine Frost Bank Center successful San Antonio, Texas, connected April 21, 2026. (Ronald Cortes/Getty Images)

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Former Detroit Piston Ben Wallace came closest to a unanimous Defensive Player of the Year successful 2001–02, falling conscionable 4 votes abbreviated successful a 120-person panel.

Wembanyama averaged 25 points, 11.5 rebounds and a league-high 3.1 blocks this season.

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