Victor Wembanyama will play in Game 4 on Sunday against the Trail Blazers after clearing concussion protocol.
The all-world San Antonio Spur took a scary, knockout-like fall in Game 2 of the Western Conference first-round series against Portland, which took him out of the game and forced him to miss Game 3.
Now, five days after suffering the concussion, he has been cleared to take the floor as the Spurs maintain a 2-1 lead in the series.
San Antonio took Game 3, 120-108, behind the breakout performance of rookie guard and No. 2 overall pick Dylan Harper, who exploded for 27 points on 75 percent shooting and 10 rebounds off the bench.
Stephon Castle led the way for San Antonio with a game-high 33 points on 10-for-18 shooting, along with five assists.
Wembanyama led the Spurs to a Game 1, 111-98 victory at home against the Blazers, where he scored 35 points and drained 5 of 6 from deep in 33 minutes of play.
In Game 2, the Spurs fell apart down the stretch after initially holding a lead in Wemby’s absence, eventually losing 106-103.
Wembanyama, the No. 1 overall pick in the 2023 draft, earned the honor of the NBA’s Defensive Player of the Year for 2025-26, and was the first to win the award unanimously.
This past season, the French phenom averaged 25.0 points, 11.5 rebounds, 3.1 assists and a league-leading 3.1 blocks per game while leading San Antonio to a 62-20 record and the No. 2 seed out west behind only the Oklahoma City Thunder.