If the Spurs are able to take a 3-1 lead on the Timberwolves, they\u2019ll need to do so without Victor Wembanyama for the rest of Game 4.<\/p>\n
Wembanyama, the San Antonio superstar, was ejected with 8:39 left in the second quarter after elbowing Naz Reid while fighting for possession and being assessed a Flagrant 2 in Minnesota on Sunday.<\/p>\n
When Wembanyama initially made contact, Reid fell to the ground, and after the referees reviewed the play, the 7-foot-4 center was sent down the tunnel and to the locker room.<\/p>\n
It marked a seismic shift in a critical juncture of the series, with the Spurs staring down a chance to take a commanding series lead over the No. 6-seed Timberwolves before play shifts back to San Antonio but now needing to adapt on the fly without their best player for the final 32-plus minutes.<\/p>\n
Victor Wembanyama elbows Naz Reid during the Spurs\u2019 May 10 game. Imagn Images<\/p>\n
Victor Wembanyama (1) reacts after he was ejected for a flagrant foul during the first half of Game 4 of a NBA basketball second-round playoff series against the Minnesota Timberwolves. AP<\/p>\n
Reid made both of his free throws, and Luke Kornet replaced Wembanyama \u2014 who finished with just four points on 2-for-5 shooting across 12 minutes \u2014 on the court.<\/p>\n
Victor Wembanyama was ejected May 10. Screengrab via X<\/p>\n
Victor Wembanyama threw an elbow at Naz Reid during the Spurs\u2019 May 10 game. Screengrab via X<\/p>\n
Victor Wembanyama was called for a Flagrant 2 during the Spurs\u2019 May 10 game against the Timberwolves. Screengrab via X<\/p>\n
The Timberwolves led the Spurs by two points at the time of the ejection, and midway through the second quarter, they\u2019d built a 44-38 advantage \u2014 led by 11 points from Anthony Edwards and 10 points from Julius Randle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If the Spurs are able to take a 3-1 lead on the Timberwolves, they\u2019ll need to do so…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":787823,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[3131,1260,3579,304733,3138,62,67,132,68,4714],"class_list":{"0":"post-787822","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-minnesota-timberwolves","9":"tag-nba","10":"tag-nba-playoffs","11":"tag-nba-playoffs-2026","12":"tag-san-antonio-spurs","13":"tag-sports","14":"tag-united-states","15":"tag-unitedstates","16":"tag-us","17":"tag-victor-wembanyama"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116553603275267901","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/787822","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=787822"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/787822\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/787823"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=787822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=787822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=787822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}