Wembanyama Injury: Spurs Star Reassures Fans – NBA News

Aurélie Sacchelli, Media365, published on Thursday January 1, 2026 at 9:36 a.m.

Victor Wembanyama was forced out during the final quarter of the San Antonio-New York game won by the Spurs. The French pivot suffered from a slight hyperextension of his left knee but did not seem too worried.

Spurs fans believed that the year 2025, which brought them so much promise for the future, was going to end in the worst possible way. During the match against New York, a rematch of the NBA Cup final, won 134-132 by the Texans on Wednesday in their home arena, Victor Wembanyama fell badly after grabbing a rebound, with 10’32 remaining to play and the Knicks led 96-102. The French giant limped back to the locker room and did not play again. But on his way out, he turned to fans saying “I’m fine, I’m fine.” He then returned to the bench.

Wembanyama wanted to resume the match

After the match, examinations revealed slight hyperextension of the left knee. There will be more this Thursday. “I feel good, just a little sore. I am very confidentsaid Wembanyama according to comments relayed by The Team. I was actually very close to wanting to return to the field. But they held me back (the Spurs medical staff). (…) When I think about how I do this hyperextension, I tell myself that I could be more careful with this type of action. And on the other hand, you have to have this responsibility to give everything for the team.” He had had a great game until then, with 31 points on 10 of 12 shots and 13 rebounds in 24 minutes.

It gets complicated for an individual trophy…

It now remains to be seen whether the soon-to-be 26-year-old will miss matches and if so, how many. Knowing that even if it is not his priority, “Wemby” will only be able to miss a maximum of five matches until April 12 if he wants to claim an individual trophy, such as that of best defender for example, because he must have played at least 65 regular season matches. “I don’t mind this rule. And yes, of course, even if it’s not the first thing I think of, it’s in my head,” admitted the player. To start the year, the Spurs, 2nd in the Western Conference, vplayed two back-to-back matches: Friday and Saturday in Indiana and against Portland, and Tuesday and Wednesday in Memphis and against the Lakers.