The San Antonio Spurs may have been the road team in the first game in Paris against the Indiana Pacers, who entered the game red-hot, but Victor Wembanyama 's homecoming was a massive success for the Silver and Black.

The Indiana Pacers are in Paris to take on the San Antonio Spurs and their French-born superstar Victor Wembanyama on Thursday. The Pacers arrived Monday morning and will be there through Saturday's game and don't have another game in the U.S. until Wednesday at home against the Pistons.

Popovich will be back on the Spurs’ sideline. Popovich’s absence is a glaring one in Paris this week for the pair of NBA matchups between the Pacers and Spurs on Thursday and Saturday; he’s back home,