NBA Today | Zion Williamson is now ready to lead the Pelicans on a deep playoff run – B. Windhorst

NBA Today | Zion Williamson is now ready to lead the Pelicans on a deep playoff run – B. Windhorst

Rockets they were in DC Jaylen stole the show he put up 42 and 10 to help Houston win their sixth straight they only travel dubs by 2 and a half games the final play in spot will they NAB it I’m not sure if they’ll NAB it but they’re

Giving a lot of people back home in the 281 713 something to talk about Jaylen green has been Sensational I mean we all know the life events I can be your motivation he’s playing out there motivated and he’s just giving us consistency that I think a lot of people

Questioned down in the age but now we’re like this is someone that can be the star for the next years to come he thre baby codes speaking of winning streaks you said we don’t talk about the magic enough Austin so this is for you they won their fourth straight thanks to

Getting 41 a 41p point first half lead this is against the Hornets you said they need more respect why are they dangerous in a playoff series they play hard every single game coach Mosley has reached out to these young players and got them to buy in to the team Mo Wagner

Comes off the bench talking his trash handling it Cole Anthony plays with high energy you got a closer in Paulo fron Wagner is no joke either they play hard they listen to the coach they’re bought in they are a dangerous team early in that first round now to Brooklyn the

Pelicans they won their third straight game punctuated Oh by this alley from Zion it was Williamson’s fifth straight game with 25 or more points on 60% shooting passing himself for the longest streak in franchise history that’s always a flex when you pass yourself for setting a record they’re now only a half

Game out from the clippers for fourth in the west so Kendrick Perkins it’s time now for big man ball and bym bet yes when Zion is playing like this we absolutely do what have you seen from him as of late well first of all I don’t know if it’s OIC keto diet green

Smoothie damn it I don’t even care the man has lost 25 lbs and he looks phenomenal now look here’s the numbers the max ball height last night on this dunk 11 ft you take his takeoff 7.7 ft the verticality was 31.9 in and guess what Malika the ball speed through the

Rim the force the anger 24 miles right take a look at it right here here we go Zion Williamson skinny Zion or medium whatever you want to call it getting out transition guess what we got to compare to because we saw this dunk and just go constantly remind us for the

Rest of the year we thought this dunk was with was with force it wasn’t topping Zion 24 milph through the basket he’s playing with great Passion right now over the last five games he’s averaging a little under 30 points per game Guess What 23 of those points are

In the paint so we can talk about his eating habits but he’s eating the thing that we want him to eat and that’s the paint and he’s doing it on both ends look at this block shot right here this is the point Zion that we’ve been looking for check this out drawing

Multiple defenders in transition finding his guy Murphy in the corner for the Trey Ball then we look at Zion this is what makes him so versatile because his ability to put it on the floor maneuver through the defense they have four Defenders look at the finish at the

Basket and watch the flex this is what we’ve been wanting this is why the Pelicans are my sleeping in the west solely because of this young man and what he’s been doing this year by the way those was 29.6 points a game over the last five that is the most in a five

Game stretch for Zion this season so it is great time for Zion to rounding into we got it for you don’t worry Kendrick ESPN bed is the official sports book of ESPN new users they get $100 there is in Bon bet for making any sports you can check out perks big man

Parlay exclusively in the ESPN BET app you want to ride with her or any of the other big men but Brian I want to start with you here because the Pelicans they were in the postseason two years ago but it was without Zion Williamson he he was

Injured in this one what are your expectations for him in his first playoff run so we’ve never seen Duke Zion in the NBA this is Duke Zion if you forgot because it’s been 5 years this guy made some plays at Duke that were absolutely jaw-dropping at both ends of

The Court this is what has been happening here so I expect that he can be the Duke Zion again which meant he’s the best player on the floor in a high stakes game I believe he can be that if he continues to be this way and he stays

Healthy he’s never had the opportunity to show us what he can do when he’s this conditioned and when he’s in the postseason when you see him doing that and playing with that kind of confidence you honestly believe anything’s possible especially because they’re only a game back of the clipp

For the four seed they can do it especially if the Clippers don’t get their act together yeah I’m in complete agreeance uh this is what we want this is what we’ve been waiting for for Zion to play at this level to have that spring to have that pop in his in his

Jumping ability I haven’t seen him move like that since duke or really early on even his early on years he was a little bit heavy and he’s had issues with injury and you know amongst other things this is the first time it looks like he’s playing clear-headed drama free

Basketball he looks light uh give him credit we we’ve all Poke jokes and said stuff about his weight but gotten in the lab and and shed weight and now he’s in shape playing his best basketball that we have and listen if he’s playing like this there’s no reason that the Pelicans

Can’t go to the playoffs and call him by the way just became a father too oh see that’s dad superpowers right perk you were doing them dirty talking about we know he’s been but it’s okay you did him a little dirty but we we know it was a

Reverse compliment because Zion is from right now with the Pelicans you said you want some of that yeah I mean might as well at this point goad doing him dirty uh he’s from the Dirty South and he’s been doing his opponent’s dirty in the best ways Poss just his ability to it’s

The versatility for me like they can the reason why the Pelicans will be so potent is because they have length on the perimeter they play hard but most importantly Zion can play in different ways I’ve seen games where he’s Point Zion where he brings the ball up you see

A pass right there I’ve seen games where they said hey go get on the Block and it doesn’t matter that you have a six 10 guy behind you or a seven-footer you can still attract double teams and you can still pass that is the Duke that Brian’s talking about it wasn’t just his

Sensational plays it was like oh wow this is a guy that can throw lobs in transition this is a guy that can throw dunks down like he is that unique hybrid and that’s going to give people problems because they say oh we’ll Scout him this way but in the playoffs he’s like okay

Switch it up out just go inside they’re seven and one in March it’s largely because of Zion Williamson we should point out that he’s played in 57 games this season after only playing in 29 combined combined over the last two years I think that they will take

Overtake the clippers for fourth I would not be surprised at all with the way that they have been playing if we see that shift happen here in the next couple of games they’ve been top 10 and all offense they’ve been top 10 in defense all season long that is a recipe

For a team to at least make some noise in the playoffs it’s going to be interesting to see they my sleepers to come out of the Western Conference come out of the Western Conference slow down perk they’re my sleepers sleepers we’re allowed to have sleepers yeah big game

In the NBA tonight Celtics hosting the Bucks one and two in the East the teams split the previous two meetings Boston squeaking by November at home the Celts got smoke by 33 at Milwaukee in January tough for the bucks this time out with Giannis sitting out with a hamstring

Injury NBA reporter Brian Windhurst now with us Brian past two years we’ve seen the Celtics have great regular seasons and then fall short of expectations in the postseason what are people in the league Circle saying about what makes Boston vulnerable well the Celtics have so much going for them Jay they’ve got

Terrific depth they can play big they can play small they shoot the three better than anybody in volume and percentage but against the super lead teams in the league and I’m talking about Milwaukee Minnesota Oklahoma City and Denver and the Clippers they’re two and five this year just two and five

Against that group of teams they’ve lost some of those games at home the last time they played the Bucks and yes Giannis played in that game he was not going to play tonight last time they played the Bucks the Bucks won by 30 they also have had some struggles in

Clutch time this year particularly Jason Tatum so for a team that’s probably going to win 63 to 65 games May clinch the number one over all seed in the Eastern Conference and the overall seed within the next few days um they are a little bit short on that part of their

Resume and those that for that reason teams like the Bucks still feel like they have a real chance in a series with the Celtics yeah uh Boston right now tops in the East let’s set the East to side for a second and head over to the west where it is pretty crowded Brian

Between six and 11 the Warriors sit in 10th and the Rockets who have won six in a row are just two and a half games back so how how worried should the Warriors be about not making the play in Jay we have shown those part of the standings a

Lot on our network over the last month or two we have never included number 11 and that’s because until this week with the Rockets have never been so close but the Warriors struggles losing four their last six and the Rockets winning six in a row have brought that into Focus it’s

A surprising turn because the Rockets lost alaran shenon who’s arguably been their best player but meanwhile Jaylen green is playing some of the best basketball of his career as the warrior are struggling now I’m going to point something out two weeks from tomorrow okay Jay uh 15 days the Warriors play at

Houston between now and then they have six Road games if they are playing for the number 10 seat at that point the Warriors are going to be in trouble we’ll see if the rocks can keep this up and if the Warriors can turn this around because they have been a better Road

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NBA Today | Zion Williamson is now ready to lead the Pelicans on a deep playoff run – Brian Windhorst