The star center logged 34 minutes in his second game since returning from a two-game absence due to lower back pain.
Victor Wembanyama had several reasons to be happy after the Spurs ' 118-116 win over Portland on Friday night, including that his back survived 34 minutes of action, the most he's played since Dec. 3. 'Man, I'm so glad about how it feels now because I got hit at one point and it hurt, but nowhere near as much as it used to,' Wembanyama said.
wasn't obviously a hit, but you just have to be mindful.' With Castle, Collins, Johnson and Jones out, the Spurs had only 11 active players in Portland. Paul's ejection second in eight days for Spurs Chris Paul getting tossed late in the first period after picking up two technical fouls for complaining about the officiating marked the second time in three games a Spur has been ejected from a game. Colljns was ejected early in the second quarter against Sacramento Dec. 6.
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