Dating back to his storied one-year Duke basketball career, bad luck in the injury department often befalls Zion Williamson at the most inopportune times.
After injuries forced Zion Williamson to miss the New Orleans Pelicans' first round exit in the 2022 NBA Playoffs and Play-In Tournament loss last year, the Duke basketball product made a statement in his first postseason appearance of any kind on Tuesday night.Facing the visiting Los Angeles Lakers in the Play-In Tournament for the Western Conference's No. 7 seed, the Pelicans' 23-year-old sensation and former No.
And without Williamson's forceful drives and dominant touch down the stretch, the Pelicans fell, 110-106, thereby punching the playoff ticket of LeBron James and the Lakers.As for New Orleans' other former Duke basketball one-and-done and fellow centerpiece forward, the 26-year-old Brandon Ingram was on the floor for only his second outing since returning from a knee injury that had kept him out of commission for almost three weeks.
Neither of Los Angeles' NBA Blue Devils logged any minutes in New Orleans. Cam Reddish is out with a right ankle sprain, and Harry Giles, on a two-way contract, is not currently active for the postseason. The Pelicans, now having to secure the No. 8 seed or see their season end, host the Sacramento Kings at 9:30 p.m. ET Friday. There's no telling yet if injury woes will sideline Zion Williamson (left leg soreness,Matt Giles is the editor and publisher of FanNation's Blue Devil Country and All Tar Heels, covering the Duke Blue Devils and UNC Tar Heels on SI.com.
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