The New Orleans Pelicans, who failed to beat the Lakers at home yesterday to advance to the playoffs, basically ended all their seasons ahead of schedule! Although they still have a chance to compete with the Sacramento Kings for the last Western Conference playoff ticket, the opportunity left for the Pelicans is almost gone! It's not that they look down on the Pelicans, but they really don't have the strength to wrestle with the Kings. The reason is not to care about one, they have completely lost their star Zion Williamson this season!
In the last three minutes of yesterday's game with the Lakers, Zion Williamson, who led the team to set off a counterattack climax and approached the score, was accidentally injured during a strong attack! For this sudden injury, Zion was so angry that he directly smashed the towel, and then he went straight back to the locker room and did not return to the game.
The Pelicans, without a leader, could only watch at home as the Lakers led by James Mei took away the precious Western Conference playoff tickets! What made New Orleans fans even worse was whether Zion Williamson's injury was serious or not, and if he could return healthy, they could still hope to advance to the playoffs in that round of the playoffs. But if Zion is sidelined with an injury, the Pelicans will be out for the season!
However, the New Orleans Pelicans, who lost yesterday and "lost" again, still failed to get God's mercy in the end! They will eventually lose their backbone Zion Williamson completely this season.
According to ESPN Register, Zion Williamson's injury is so serious that we may have watched his final game of the season. He basically missed at least one full series. According to the results of the MRI, Zion Williamson was diagnosed with a strained hamstring muscle in his left leg, and he will be examined again in about two weeks.
Subsequently, the New Orleans Pelicans officially announced the confirmation of Zion's injury: Zion Williamson suffered a left hamstring strain and was re-evaluated in about two weeks. This means that Zion Williamson has said goodbye to this season completely!
Even if the Pelicans are lucky enough to make the playoffs, Zion is unlikely to make the first round, and they are even less likely to be the Black Eight Thunder. What's more, the Pelicans will most likely be eliminated by the Kings ahead of schedule! Therefore, playing the Kings in the second round of the playoffs will be the Pelicans' last game of the season, and without Zion Williamson, they will have almost no chance to even fight to the death!
Zion Williamson played a total of 70 regular season games for the Pelicans this season, a career-high averaging 22.9 points, 5.8 rebounds, 5.0 assists and 1.1 steals per game while shooting 57.0% from the field, 33.3% from three-point range and 70.2% from the free throw line.
Zion Williamson, who ushered in a small explosion in his career, is the magic weapon for the Pelicans to hit the playoffs! But now even Zion Williamson has collapsed due to injury, and the Pelicans have naturally lost their core competitiveness. It is no exaggeration to say that after Zion's injury, the Kings can almost celebrate advancing to the playoffs in advance! Because the last ticket to the Western Conference playoffs is already in their pocket! The next game against the Pelicans is at most a formality. A group of pelicans without a leader is not enough for the king to fight at all!