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Victor Wembanyama suffers scary head injury in San Antonio Spurs playoff game

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Victor Wembanyama made an early exit from San Antonio's playoff clash with the Portland Trail Blazers on Tuesday after suffering a head injury during the second quarter.

[p]French superstar [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/wembanyama-victor/jFmM1MFl/"]Wembanyama[/a] was ruled out of [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/basketball/portland-trail-blazers-4Awl14c5/san-antonio-spurs-IwmkErSH/?mid=ruuPcnS7"]the remainder of the game[/a] after stumbling and banging his head on the hardwood following a collision with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/portland-trail-blazers/4Awl14c5/"]Portland[/a]'s Jrue Holiday.[/p][p]Wembanyama looked dazed as he lay on the floor before slowly getting to his feet and jogging off court to the locker room.[/p][p]The [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/san-antonio-spurs/IwmkErSH/"]Spurs[/a] later confirmed Wembanyama had entered the concussion protocol and would play no further part in game two of the Western Conference playoff clash.[/p][embed guid="c03fd536-e672-4a17-a62c-1e69d0818689" url="https://x.com/TheHoopCentral/status/2046755548327272861?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]The injury to the 22-year-old occurred just a day after he was named the NBA's defensive player of the year.[/p][p]Wembanyama scored 35 points in San Antonio's game one victory over Portland on Sunday.[/p]

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