SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Stephon Castle had 17 points, 13 assists and 10 rebounds and the San Antonio Spurs held on to beat the Philadelphia 76ers 115-102 on Monday night after Victor Wembanyama left in the first half due to a left rib contusion.
Wembanyama's status for the final week of the regular season is unknown.
San Antonio (60-19) is is 2 1/2 games behind Western Conference-leading Oklahoma City (62-16) and assured of finishing no worse than second in the conference.
Philadelphia lost its second straight as it battles to stay out of the play-in tournament. The 76ers (43-36) are a half-game behind the Toronto Raptors (43-35) for sixth place in the Eastern Conference.
Philadelphia center Joel Embiid had 34 points and 12 rebounds, and Paul George added 16 points.
Wembanyama did not play in the second half after taking an elbow from George near midcourt. Wembanyama was sprinting up-court when George attempted to deflect a pass, but instead struck the 22-year-old in the side at the 1:11 mark of the second quarter. Wembanyama remained on the court for about a minute before being subbed.
Wembanyama returned to play five more minutes before asking San Antonio coach Mitch Johnson to take him out of the game with 44 seconds left in the first half. He did not return.
San Antonio opened a four-game homestand to close its regular season before hosting the first two games of the opening round of the playoffs.
Wembanyama had 17 points, five rebounds and three blocks in 15:40. It constitutes an official game per the NBA guidelines, which allow two exceptions of 15 to 19:59 minutes to count toward the league-required minimum of 65 games played for award eligibility. Wembanyama has said he wants to win the league's MVP award this season.
Wembanyama had played 63 games this season, including the NBA Cup Final.
Luke Kornet, who started the second half in place of Wembanyama, had 10 points and three rebounds.
It was Castle's fifth triple-double.
76ers: At Houston on Thursday.
Spurs: Host Portland on Wednesday.
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Philadelphia 76ers guard V.J. Edgecombe (77) goes to the basket against San Antonio Spurs center Luke Kornet, left, during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Monday, April 6, 2026, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Darren Abate)
San Antonio Spurs center Victor Wembanyama (1) celebrates a basket with teammates Luke Kornet and Keldon Johnson, right, during the first half of their NBA basketball game against the Philadelphia 76ers, Monday, April 6, 2026, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Darren Abate)
Philadelphia 76ers guard Tyrese Maxey (0) goes to the basket against San Antonio Spurs players Keldon Johnson (3) and Devin Vassell during the second half of an NBA basketball game, Monday, April 6, 2026, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Darren Abate)
TORONTO (AP) — Dalton Rushing hit two solo home runs for his first career multihomer game and the Los Angeles Dodgers went deep five times to rout the Toronto Blue Jays 14-2 on Monday night in a rematch of the 2025 World Series.
Teoscar Hernández and Freddie Freeman each hit a two-run homer, and Shohei Ohtani added a solo shot.
Los Angeles beat the Blue Jays in last year's Fall Classic for its second consecutive championship, winning Game 7 at Toronto in 11 innings.
After scoring 31 runs in a three-game sweep at Washington, the Dodgers piled up 17 hits against the slumping Blue Jays. Rushing went 4 for 4 and also scored after he was hit by a pitch.
Rushing connected on Tommy Nance’s first pitch of the seventh, then went deep again off Spencer Miles in the eighth.
Hernández went 2 for 5 with a walk and drove in four runs, while Freeman was 2 for 4 with a walk and three RBIs. Kyle Tucker had a hit, walked and scored three times, and drove in a run with a sacrifice fly. Andy Pages had two hits, including a two-run double.
Blue Jays catcher Tyler Heineman came on to pitch the ninth and retired the side in order, Toronto’s only 1-2-3 inning of the game.
The Blue Jays lost their fifth straight and saw right-hander and three-time Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer (1-1) leave after two innings. The 41-year-old allowed two runs and two hits, walked one and struck out a pair.
Hernández homered off Scherzer in the first. Freeman drilled a 438-foot shot off Josh Fleming in the third.
Ohtani homered off Joe Mantiply in the sixth, his third in four games.
Making his first start of the season, Dodgers left-hander Justin Wrobleski (1-0) allowed one run and two hits in five innings.
World Series MVP Yoshinobu Yamamoto (1-1, 3.00 ERA) is scheduled to start Tuesday against Blue Jays RHP Kevin Gausman (0-0, 0.75).
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Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Max Scherzer works against the Los Angeles Dodgers during first-inning baseball game action in Toronto on Monday, April 6, 2026. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP)
Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Justin Wrobleski pumps his fist after a fly ball hit by Toronto Blue Jays' Vladimir Guerrero Jr. was caught during first-inning baseball game action in Toronto, Monday, April 6, 2026. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP)
Los Angeles Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani (17) congratulates teammate Freddie Freeman (5) who comes in to score on his two-run home run against the Toronto Blue Jays during third-inning baseball game action in Toronto, Monday, April 6, 2026. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP)
Los Angeles Dodgers' Teoscar Hernández celebrates after scoring on a two-run home run against the Toronto Blue Jays during first-inning baseball game action in Toronto, Monday, April 6, 2026. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP)
Los Angeles Dodgers' Dalton Rushing (68) celebrates afte his second home run of the night with teammate Hyeseong Kim (6) during eighth-inning baseball game action against the Toronto Blue Jays in Toronto, Monday, April 6, 2026. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP)
