Okay, so I wanted to know about Wembanyama tonight. You know, the really tall guy playing for the Spurs. Heard a lot about him, figured I’d catch the game if he was playing.
First thing, I just grabbed my phone. Like, middle of doing something else, remembered the game was supposed to be on. My usual routine? Just punch it into Google.
So I typed it right in: is victor wembanyama playing tonight. Hit search. Got a bunch of stuff back, naturally. Some news headlines, looked like sports sites mostly.
One of the top links looked promising, maybe from ESPN or Bleacher Report, something like that. Clicked on it. It talked about his last game, mentioned something about maybe a minor knock he took. But, and this is the annoying part, the article was from yesterday morning. Not exactly helpful for tonight’s game, right?
Back to the search results. Scrolled down a bit more. Saw the official NBA injury report link. Okay, that sounds more reliable. Clicked that one. It loaded up this big list, had to find the Spurs game. Found it. And there was his name… listed as ‘Questionable’. Ugh. ‘Questionable’. What does that even mean? Playin’ or not playin’?
So, ‘Questionable’ wasn’t cutting it
Felt a bit stuck. ‘Questionable’ could go either way. So, I thought, where do they post the real news, like, right before the game? Twitter, usually. Or X, whatever they call it now.
Opened up the app. Searched for the official San Antonio Spurs account. Found their page. Scrolled through their recent posts. Lots of hype stuff, pictures from practice. Then, bingo. About an hour before the game was supposed to start, they usually post the starting lineup. I checked the time, still a bit early for that.
I also looked up a couple of those Spurs beat writers, you know, the reporters who follow the team everywhere. Sometimes they tweet out info faster. Found one guy, he tweeted something like “Wemby went through warmups, looked okay. Still officially questionable though.” Still not a definite yes!
- Checked Google again – same old news.
- Refreshed the Spurs Twitter feed – nothing new yet.
- Looked at the betting lines – sometimes that gives a clue, but not really my thing.
It’s kinda funny how much effort you gotta put in sometimes just to find out one simple thing. Back in the day, you just waited ’til the game started, I guess. Or read the newspaper the next morning!
Anyway, decided I’d just check back right before the tip-off. Poured myself a drink, put the TV on the channel the game was supposed to be on. About 15 minutes before start time, I checked the Spurs Twitter feed one last time. And there it was! Starting Lineup post. Scanned the names… yup, Wembanyama was listed. He was playing.
So, yeah. Took a bit of poking around different places. Start with a wide search, narrow it down, check the official sources, maybe check the reporters, and sometimes you just gotta wait until right before the action starts. That was my little quest for the evening. Now, time to see if the kid’s got game tonight.
