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Victor Wembanyama Hit in the Face With a Pass During Olympic Semifinal

Wemby got hit in the face with a basketball at the Olympics.

Stephen Douglas

Victor Wembanyama gets hit in the face with a pass at the Paris Olympics.
Victor Wembanyama gets hit in the face with a pass at the Paris Olympics. /
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Olympics host France took on Germany in the men's basketball semifinals on Thursday. The winner advances to the gold medal game against either Serbia or the United States. It would be an incredible moment for France to play at home against either Nikola Jokic or Team USA.

What's not an incredible moment? Victor Wembanyama getting hit in the face with a pass. And that's exactly what happened when Mathias Lessort drove to the basket and threw the ball to Wemby when he was met by a defender. The French big man was clearly not prepared.

And that is a great reminder that these guys are human. Victor Wembanyama is a 7-foot-4 freak of nature who was put on this planet to play basketball. And even he is sometimes caught unprepared for the most basic things.

Wembanyama had seven points, five rebounds and one assist during the first half.

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STEPHEN DOUGLAS

Stephen Douglas is a Senior Writer on the Breaking & Trending News Team at Sports Illustrated. He has been in journalism and media since 2008, and now casts a wide net with coverage across all sports. Stephen spent more than a decade with The Big Lead and has previously written for Uproxx and The Sporting News. He has three children, two degrees and one now unverified Twitter account.

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