{"id":3636,"date":"2026-04-27T13:57:33","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T13:57:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/?p=3636"},"modified":"2026-04-27T13:57:33","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T13:57:33","slug":"festival-of-counterattacks-pique-against-the-nba-and-a-great-comeback-for-the-spurs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/?p=3636","title":{"rendered":"Festival of counterattacks, pique against the NBA and a great comeback for the Spurs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div layout=\"desktop\">\n<p>He&#8217;s back! Absent from the third game of the series against Portland due to a concussion caused during the second game, Victor Wembanyama was on the floor in Oregon on Sunday evening.<\/p>\n<p>And the best defender of the season did not do things by halves, especially in the second half, being decisive on both sides of the field to allow the San Antonio Spurs to leave with the victory (114-93) and to be one step away from qualifying.<\/p>\n<h2>The action of the night<\/h2>\n<p>Victor Wembanyama produced a festival of counterattacks, but one action caught our attention a little more. This alley-oop between Stephon Castle and the (future) best player in the world at the start of the third quarter, while the Spurs were well behind. The start of the comeback for the Texan franchise<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-placeholder u-placeholder-twitter\" data-vendor=\"xtwitter-3cVkYrxq\">\n<div class=\"p-xxl@xs border-color-grey-200 radius-l@xs cmp-placeholder u-hidden\">\n<p class=\"mb-m@xs text-l@xs\">By clicking on<span class=\"ml-xxs@xs font-weight-bold@xs\">\u201cI accept\u201d<\/span>you accept the deposit of cookies by external services and will thus have access to the content of our partners.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-xl@xs text-s@xs\">More information on the Cookie management policy page<\/p>\n<p><button class=\"mx-auto@xs flex@xs items-center@xs justify-center@xs gap-xxs@xs c-btn c-btn--primary cmp-button\">I accept<\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Wemby&#8217;s stat sheet<\/h2>\n<p>To give Portland some hope, Wemby started the game quietly, before shifting gears and finished with 27 points, 11 rebounds, 3 assists, 4 steals and 7 blocks. Trailing 58-41 at the break, the Spurs offered a superb second part of the match (73-35) in order to come back at the end of the third quarter, then take off.<\/p>\n<p>The former Boulogne-Levallois Metropolitans player notably scored three dunks to start the fourth quarter, each time served by his ally Stephon Castle (16 points, 8 assists), elected rookie of the year a year ago.<\/p>\n<h2>The evening\u2019s statement<\/h2>\n<p>After missing Game 3 due to a concussion, Victor Wembanyama was not kind to the protocol established by the NBA, which requires the player to rest for 48 hours, before a gradual return to physical activity and daily neurological tests. To return to the field, he must receive the medical green light from his team and the approval of the director of the NBA&#8217;s concussion program.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll the doctors, especially those at Spurs, have been great. But the management of the situation was very disappointing (\u2026) by the NBA. I was never really afraid. I think everything has always been under control, he explained in a press conference about his injury. A concussion like this, without going into details, was quite bizarre. But I was taken good care of. I tried to get back on the pitch quickly. \u00bb<\/p>\n<h2>Update on the series<\/h2>\n<p>Winner of Portland, San Antonio managed to make the break in the series and now leads 3-1. One last small victory and the Spurs will qualify for the conference semi-finals. See you on Tuesday, at home at the Frost Bank Center in Texas, which should be hot, for the qualifier.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>He&#8217;s back! Absent from the third game of the series against Portland due to a concussion caused during the second game, Victor Wembanyama was on the floor in Oregon on Sunday evening. 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