Wembanyama was listed as questionable for the Rockets game on Tuesday with left shoulder soreness but was cleared to play. During the game, however, he tweaked his right ankle and was also favoring his right hip.

He left the bench area with 3:24 left in the second quarter to get retaped and played his normal minutes allotment in the second half. He did not attempt a shot after halftime, however, and didn't look the same defensively.

"He didn't say a whole lot, so we didn't realize that he was hampered by that really at the time," Popovich said. "When you looked at the film after, you could see that he wasn't moving very well. So he's taking care of it now."

Thursday was the seventh game the rookie has missed. If he doesn't play against the Warriors on Saturday, it will be the first time all season he misses consecutive games.