Without Zion Williamson, the New Orleans Pelicans are slowly losing their steam against Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and the Oklahoma CityThunder. As a result, NBA legend Charles Barkley blasts the Pels with a funny take that makes too much sense.
Saturday afternoon sets the stage for Game 3 as the Pelicans enter as a slight underdog. Still missing Zion Williamson, New Orleans needs something special as they try to work towards evening up the series, but OKC seemed much more focused in Game 2, so that could be a difficult undertaking.
Zion Williamson is currently dealing with a hamstring injury he sustained during the play-in tournament.
The New Orleans Pelicans earned their way into the 2024 NBA Playoffs through the NBA Play-In Tournament. It is tough enough finding success in the postseason as the No.
New Orleans Pelicans star Zion Williamson has been out of action since leaving the team’s Play-In loss to the Los Angeles Lakers early due to a hamstring injury.
Sounding more than just optimistic, New Orleans Pelicans forward Zion Williamson said Tuesday that it is "realistic" he can return from a left hamstring injury and join his team in the playoffs.
Williamson played a career-high 70 games for the Pelicans during the regular season and was poised to make his playoff debut this year.
Williamson added that he has to “pass certain tests” in order to ramp up his basketball activity.
The New Orleans Pelicans are attempting to march forward in the NBA playoffs without Zion Williamson, and they gave it a fairly good go in their Game 1 road loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder.
Without a doubt, Zion Williamson is the best player on the New Orleans Pelicans’ lineup this season. But if The Ringers’ Bill Simmons had his way, Trey Murphy III will be chosen for Team USA and not his All-Star teammate.
It hasn’t been the best two-week stretch for the New Orleans Pelicans. They once were in position to finish the season with the fifth seed in the Western Conference, but a horrid string of games ended up having them finish with the eight-seed.
In a crucial NBA play-in tournament elimination game, the New Orleans Pelicans, led by Brandon Ingram‘s 24 points and Jonas Valanciunas‘s double-double, triumphed over the Sacramento Kings 105-98 on Friday night.
The injury report for the NBA playoffs reads like an All-Star game lineup before the first game even tips off.
It has been 30 years since a team lost all six of their games against a team in a single season without facing that said team in the playoffs. But the
For our final Look of the Day of the week, we're eyeing up an injury-based player prop for the Western Conference play-in matchup.
Tonight, both Miami and New Orleans are without two pivotal pieces in Jimmy Butler and Zion Williamson. While their absence is a bummer for tonight's product, it does guide our prop betting decision-making.
Just as Zion Williamson was displaying his skills at a supreme level on the big stage, the injury bug bit him again. The New Orleans Pelicans will be without Williamson on Friday night as they try to land the final Western Conference playoff berth when they host the Sacramento Kings in the loser-goes-home play-in game.
If the Pelicans are to defeat the Kings in their do-or-die play-in game on Friday, they'll have to do so without Zion Williamson.
New Orleans Pelicans star Zion Williamson will miss Friday's play-in tournament elimination game against the Sacramento Kings with a left hamstring injury, ESPN reported Wednesday.
Zion Williamson, the dynamic forward for the New Orleans Pelicans, will not participate in the upcoming play-in tournament elimination game against the Sacramento Kings due to a left hamstring injury, as confirmed by ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski.
The Pelicans will have to win without their star, something they've gotten accustomed to doing.
Star forward Zion Williamson will be unavailable for the Pelicans when they host the Kings on Friday in the Western Conference’s final play-in game.
It will be an uphill climb for the New Orleans Pelicans to get to the NBA playoffs. That was already the case after losing to the Los Angeles Lakers in the opening play-in game.
New Orleans Pelicans’ forward Zion Williamson suffered a hamstring injury in Tuesday’s 110-106 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers in an NBA play-in game, per Shams Chaania of The Athletic.
During a pivotal moment in Tuesday’s play-in tournament game against the Los Angeles Lakers, Zion Williamson‘s outstanding effort was abruptly halted due to an injury, leaving the New Orleans Pelicans in a tough spot as they faced a narrow 110-106 defeat.
Williamson made a tying basket with 3:19 remaining with a drive into the lane. However, he felt pain in his leg immediately after scoring and had to be removed after that play. He went to the bench briefly, then slammed a towel onto the floor while retreating to the locker room.
After scoring his 40th point in Tuesday's game, the Pelicans standout went to the locker room.
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