On October 5, Beijing time, the NBA preseason ushered in a focus battle, Zion Williamson officially announced his return from injury and led the Pelicans to face the Bulls.
The Bulls are also a team with super big three, and this game Zion made his debut after losing weight, his performance can be said to be very hot, in the first quarter of the game, Zion Williamson staged his signature action against the sky. Zion's first goal after his comeback was when CJ McCollum failed to score a layup, and he completed a flying dunk against the defense of opponents Vucevic and DeRozan, which was really domineering and murderous.
The opposite defense was fully in place, but Zion rushed from the crowd and slammed the ball in. And then Zion played 4 minutes in the first quarter, staged his most wonderful move, he singled his opponent's Patrick Williams on his back, lightning turned around and passed the opponent with only one action, cutting into the basket along the bottom line to complete the double dunk.
The start of this first step and the physical feeling should be better than before he was injured, because Zion Williamson had lost weight after all. He used to be a fat man of 300 pounds, but now he has lost a lot of weight, and it is said that he currently weighs only 285 pounds, which is more than a dozen pounds lighter than before.
It is obvious that Zion Williamson's slimming effect is also obvious, he signed a new contract with the team this summer for 5 years and 193 million, this contract can reach a maximum of 231 million, then Xi'an must have some slimming terms to sign this contract, otherwise he would not be so active in trying to lose weight, and weight loss is only good for his career.
And in fact, although the weight loss is successful, Zion's style of playing is still very exciting, after 517 days of comeback, he can still send a step past the opponent's flying heavy buckle plus the aerial buckle. Not only that, he even sent a dragon counterattack in the game to chase the big blood cap, but unfortunately this action was eventually blown by the referee to interfere with the ball, or a little puzzled, otherwise Zion Williamson's ball is definitely another top ten highlight of this year's pre-season.
In the end, due to the Pelicans' tight protection measures against Zion Williamson, he did not play again, and Zion fixed his halftime statistics on the last 10 minutes and 41 seconds, 4 shots and 3 shots to slash 9 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist, the performance was still very perfect, 10 minutes with 9 points and 2 rebounds, and basically no mistaken attack.
After the second half, Zion once again completed two wonderful basket ends, the whole game of 15 minutes and 19 seconds he easily shot 4 of 6, 5 of 5 free throws 13 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 steal, it is gratifying that his chances of holding the ball have become more than before, playing so well, the free throw has actually been greatly improved, no wonder Zion is considered to be talented at the same time James, which is visible invincible.