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Zion Williamson’s 27 PTS not enough for Pelicans to beat Lakers



Zion Williamson records 27 PTS, 5 REB & 7 AST on 11-21 FG as the New Orleans Pelicans fall on the road, 120-117, to the Los Angeles Lakers.

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42 Comments

  1. Love new zion he doesn't do flashy dunks and just takes it to the rack and gets layups and what's nesceccsry

  2. Zion just warming up yall hes gonna wreck the nba even better than shawn kemp back in the days. Zion only reason i came back to watch the nba. My gen got blessed to watch all the greats starting with MJ so when mike retired we where left with exceptional players. Cmon look nba hyped up Kawaii leonard like a MJ at one point it was sad to see that because naw the other guys are good but nothing like MJ.

    Curry to me is just another better version of Steve Nash but until now NBA got something reeel special and the man loves the game hopefully he not into politics like some of the other players are.

  3. WHAT!!!
    Zion and A.D. on the court at the same time!!
    This is like seeing Big foot and the Loch Ness monster at the same time!!!

  4. If he was so good why didn't the Pelicans win? I'm just about to collect my win on the Lakers. Go Lakers!!! Too easy!!!

  5. If he wasn't in foul trouble he would have dominated the end of the game both offensively and defensively.

  6. Was Ingram playing it would been a better game I finally missed a game didn't have my fire stick life of a trucker

  7. I’m just wondering how long people are going to continue holding their breathe for this guy to be good. 27 points in a losing effort against the worst team in the league garners him a thumbnail highlight? Lmao 😂 the man has no tendons in his knees. Steve Francis at best… more likely DeJuan Blair 🥹😅.

  8. He’s just getting started, he’ll out up 32 a game when he gets more and more into the flow of things.

  9. Most of zion's high school opponents gave better defense than Lebron. Dude is flat out lazy lol

  10. Zion is in great shape now. Someone posted he'd be even better if he lost 30 pounds. I disagree. Given his body-type he would lose power & explosiveness if he lost another 30 pounds. That would be like an elite 100m sprinter losing weight to look like a marathon runner He would be lighter but he won't be faster nor jump as high because much of the weight loss would be muscle.

    If you research basketball analytics and variables that impact player performance, "mass" if it is in the form of muscle & explosiveness is more impactful than height & length in the paint The caveat is that you have to have a certain baseline level of height meaning this would NOT apply to a 5’6” guy in the NBA.

    Example:

    Charles Barkley (6'6" in shoes) averaged more rebounds per game over the course of his career than the following (heights are in shoes):

    1. Kareem- 7'2", 2. Artis Gilmore- 7'2", 3. Dikembe Mutombo 4. Shaq- 7'1, 5. Rudy Gobert- 7'1", 6. David Robinson- 7'1", 7. Joel Embiid- 7'0", 8.Patrick Ewing, 9. Hakeem Olajuwon- 6'11" 10. Kevin Garnett- 6'11", 11. Tim Duncan- 6'11", 12. Nikola Jokic- 6'11"

  11. You gotta press Zion. Playing drop coverage seems intuitive because we all know he won’t shoot it. But giving him a running start to the basket is disastrous defense.

  12. I'm telling you now Zion is a bust like Simmon, most of his shots are an inch from bouncing off, lose a little hop and he's trash

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