- ABC News
- April 10, 2024
OKLAHOMA CITY -- The San Antonio Spurs will hold rookie Victor Wembanyama out of Wednesday night's game against the Oklahoma City Thunder because of right ankle injury management. The Spurs are playing on a back-to-back and are being cautious with Wembanyama, who has played in 70 games this season. Wembanyama expressed his desire to play but Spurs coach Gregg Popovich and the team made the call to rest him after traveling into Oklahoma City after a win in Memphis against the Grizzlies on Tuesday night. "We're going to talk it out," Popovich said after Tuesday's game. "It's a question because we've held him out a lot of the back-to-backs. Once when he had that foot thing and now down the stretch, I'm not sure it makes much sense to push it." Wembanyama rolled his right ankle three times in a span of 12 days in December and the team had him on a minutes restriction and held him out of back-to-backs for a month after that. He last missed a game on March 25...