He collided with a ball boy and was left out of San Antonio’s game against Dallas

The movements of Victor Wembanyama during the warm-up before the match of San Antonio Spurs ante Dallas Mavericks They seemed controlled. However, an unusual injury suffered during the preparation for that duel prevented the Frenchman from playing that match, valid for a new day of the NBA regular season.

What happened? Wembanyama faced the board in the face of weak opposition from his marker. The tray was relatively simple for the 19-year-old rookie. However, the closing of that action held the worst in store for him, at least for tonight in Mavericks territory.

The thing is that after scoring, the Frenchman continued his career, which was far from being very fast, and he met a ball boy by surprise who was waiting outside the boundaries of the field to contribute to the players’ task.

The animal unintentionally stepped on Dallas employee that he reached them with the balls and he twisted his right ankle. The discomfort, according to the images of that action, was felt immediately.

He did it almost from behind, he never saw it. The 2.24 meter high pivot had fixed his eyes on the hoop, to see how the ball crossed the net. It was all that context that ended up harming him. AND leaving him out of play.

After looking at the ball boy as if searching for explanations and then resting his eyes on the ground, He went to the locker room not without concern. It was a part of the body that left him, for example, without a chance to participate in San Antonio’s loss on Tuesday against the Milwaukee Bucks.

Wembanyama, who returned in the fall against the Chicago Bulls at the United Center last Thursday, but was barely able to add 22 minutes, applied a bandage to the affected area. However, he was left in pain and, according to local media, Gregg Popovich, his coach, decided that will not be part of the meetingso as not to compromise your physique.

But the bad news didn’t end there for the Spurs. Later, they suffered a formidable night for Luka Doncic (39 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists) and lost 144-119. Manu Ginobili’s former team, which barely won one of its last 23 games, continues without finding a way back to the season and remains sunk in the last position of the Western Conference, with just 4 wins in 28 appearances.