{"id":709306,"date":"2026-04-13T00:13:19","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T00:13:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/709306\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T00:13:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T00:13:19","slug":"spurs-announce-victor-wembanyama-decision-on-sunday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/709306\/","title":{"rendered":"Spurs Announce Victor Wembanyama Decision on Sunday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/tag\/victor-wembanyama\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Victor Wembanyama<\/a> needed to play at least 20 minutes in the <a href=\"https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/nba\/san-antonio-spurs\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">San Antonio Spurs<\/a>\u2019 final two regular-season games in order to qualify for the <a href=\"https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/nba\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NBA<\/a>\u2019s end-of-season awards.<\/p>\n<p>He did just that on Friday, logging 27 minutes in San Antonio\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/game\/dal-vs-sas-0022501180\/box-score\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">139-120 blowout win<\/a> against the <a href=\"https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/nba\/dallas-mavericks\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dallas Mavericks<\/a>. Wembanyama looked great, going off for 40 points, 13 rebounds, five assists, a steal, two blocks and two triples in his limited time on the floor.<\/p>\n<p>The Spurs are back in action on Sunday in the final day of the regular season. They face off against the <a href=\"https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/nba\/denver-nuggets\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Denver Nuggets<\/a> in a home game at Frost Bank Center.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/nba-san-antonio-spurs-at-golden-state-warriors.jpg\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"width: 100%;\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSan Antonio Spurs center Victor Wembanyama stands on the court during a break in the action against the Golden State Warriors at the Chase Center. Cary Edmondson-Imagn Images\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Wembanyama headed into the contest with a <a href=\"https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/nba\/san-antonio-spurs\/spurs-announce-victor-wembanyama-injury-update-nuggets-game\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">questionable tag due to <\/a>a rib injury. This same issue forced him to sit out on Wednesday against the <a href=\"https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/nba\/portland-trail-blazers\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Portland Trail Blazers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Spurs made an announcement ahead of tip-off against Denver, and it isn\u2019t good news for Wembanyama. San Antonio has announced that the two-time All-Star <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JMcDonald_SAEN\/status\/2043453852259697059\" rel=\"nofollow\">will not play<\/a> against the Nuggets due to left ribcage soreness. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The silver lining here is that the injury does not sound serious. The Spurs are already locked for the No. 2 seed in the Western Conference, and the result of Sunday\u2019s game will have no impact on their seeding heading into the NBA playoffs. It appears that Wembanyama\u2019s absence against the Nuggets is nothing more than a night off for the 7-foot-4 big man.<\/p>\n<p>The Spurs\u2019 playoff schedule has not been announced, and their opponent has yet to be determined. The No. 7 seed will be the winner of the play-in game between the seventh and eighth seeds, which, as of writing, are the <a href=\"https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/nba\/phoenix-suns\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Phoenix Suns<\/a> and the Portland Trail Blazers.<\/p>\n<p>The NBA playoffs will officially start on Saturday. \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Victor Wembanyama needed to play at least 20 minutes in the San Antonio Spurs\u2019 final two regular-season games&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":709307,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3797],"tags":[7,6,969,474,4075,4074,534],"class_list":{"0":"post-709306","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-antonio-spurs","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-nba","10":"tag-san-antonio","11":"tag-san-antonio-spurs","12":"tag-sanantonio","13":"tag-sanantoniospurs","14":"tag-spurs"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116394511490746142","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/709306","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=709306"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/709306\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/709307"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=709306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=709306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=709306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}