Wembanyama cleared to return for Spurs in Portland after concussion

AFP

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San Antonio Spurs star Victor Wembanyama has cleared the NBA concussion protocol and was set to play in Sunday's playoff game in Portland, the Spurs said shortly before tip-off.

[p]The 22-year-old Frenchman was injured when his head slammed into the court as he took a hard fall in Tuesday's game two of the best-of-seven Western Conference series.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/wembanyama-victor/jFmM1MFl/"]Wembanyama[/a], the NBA Defensive Player of the Year and a finalist for Most Valuable Player, was ruled out of Friday's game three, which the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/san-antonio-spurs/IwmkErSH/"]Spurs[/a] won to take a 2-1 series lead.[/p][embed guid="19068105-697b-4408-accf-c994528c11f4" url="https://x.com/spurs/status/2048485043203682620" social-type="twitter" /][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/basketball/portland-trail-blazers-4Awl14c5/san-antonio-spurs-IwmkErSH/?mid=raVIJTlR"]Follow Sunday's game with Flashscore.[/a][/b][/p]

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