Overview
- Victor Wembanyama left with 10:32 remaining after his left knee appeared to hyperextend on a non-contact landing while battling for an offensive rebound.
- The Spurs ruled him out for the rest of the game, but he later returned to the bench without a noticeable limp and joined the postgame celebration.
- Initial exams were described as encouraging, with reports characterizing the injury as a slight hyperextension and Wembanyama saying he feels sore but confident.
- Wembanyama said he expects to play the next game subject to further tests on Thursday, after finishing with 31 points and 13 rebounds in 24 minutes.
- San Antonio overturned a double-digit deficit behind Julian Champagnie's career-high 36 points and franchise-record 11 threes, with De'Aaron Fox adding 26, to defeat New York 134-132.