New Orleans Pelicans star Zion Williamson disappeared in his final two large video games towards the Lakers. He was very seen within the first half of the play-in recreation.
Within the Pelicans’ loss to the Lakers Sunday, Williamson had simply 12 factors. Whereas he grabbed eight rebounds and dished eight assists, he wasn’t an element within the blowout loss. Of their in-season match semifinal, he had 13 factors and two rebounds in a 44-point loss.
Williamson asserted himself early within the battle for the No. 7 seed within the Western Convention. He dunked on a move from Brandon Ingram early, then went round LeBron James and Anthony Davis to get one other bucket.
On the finish of the second quarter, Williamson went the size of the courtroom to beat the halftime buzzer.
This all occurred in the identical recreation TNT’s Reggie Miller made the outlandish declare that the 6-foot-6 Williamson was solely “6-foot-3, 6-foot-4.”
He additionally confirmed off his much-improved protection with a giant block on LeBron. Sadly, he missed on the opposite finish, and a cherry-picking James acquired a dunk anyway.
That’s the issue with taking part in James and the Lakers. Williamson went for 20 factors within the first half and New Orleans nonetheless trailed by double digits. With the Lakers keying on the younger star, it’s Zion’s teammates who want to indicate up within the second half.
