LAS VEGAS (AP) — Victor Wembanyama is finally ready to play again. It just so happens that his return coincides with his San Antonio Spurs being in the NBA Cup semifinals against the defending league champion Oklahoma City Thunder.

Wembanyama will be on a minutes restriction Saturday night when he and the Spurs take on the Thunder in the Cup semifinals. It'll be Wembanyama's first game back after he missed 12 contests with a strained left calf; the Spurs went 9-3 in those games, including a Cup quarterfinal win in Los Angeles against the Lakers earlier this week.

He wanted to come back earlier. And he also acknowledges that wouldn't have been wise.

“When you’re part of a team like this, now we're starting to be even more successful, we’re starting to win," Wembanyama said. “Every sing

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