Three years ago the United States was paralyzed to watch the games of Duke University. There he played a boy with the body of a titan who swept away everything he found in his path and whom many saw as the new future total dominator of the NBA. That boy, Zion Williamson has started his fourth season in the league. Time flies. And it can be said that at the moment he has not done much. The first year he did not debut until the 45th game and only played 24. The second, his best year so far long, he participated in 61 games, all starting, with averages of 27 points, 7.2 rebounds, 3.7 assists and an impressive 62.2% shooting from two. That was the ideal image that we had made of him and that was blown up last season, his third year in the NBA, in which he was left blank due to a foot injury. A problem that awakened all the ghosts that have accompanied him throughout his short career: that impossible body as a strong point on the track, but also as an Achilles heel due to the overexertion to which he submits his physique.
That was about to end very badly. Lack of communication between the player and the franchise, ignorance of the real state of the player, a contract to be renewed in between… No one knew what to expect from the former child prodigy anymore. As always, time and the ball have put everything in its place and Zion Williamson, this time it seems so, is once again the decisive, unbalancing and unapproachable player that we all assumed. Tonight, against the San Antonio Spurshas shown its best face. 32 points, 11 rebounds and 14/18 shooting, has been absolutely unstoppable for his rivals. “He’s been a monster from start to finish,” said his trainer, Willie Green. Along with Jonas Valanciunas, they have dominated the paint at will, something that should be the norm in Pelicans games. although surely The best and most surprising thing about Zion is that he is starting to show some defensive skills., something that until now was not exactly his forte. Already in the previous victory against the Warriors, in which he stayed at 9 points, he did a remarkable defensive job. “Defensively, I’m starting to find my moves and feel the game. I was happy with how I played the last game defensively”, the player recalled about that match.
the pelicanswho presented themselves during the season as one of the most attractive teams and with the greatest capacity for growth, and who have not always shown it so far this year, they are third from the West. It didn’t take long for them to get rid of their opponent tonight, who entered the game unsuccessfully and needed nine shots to score their first basket on the line. By then the score was already 6-21 in favor of the visitors. In the second quarter they repeated the play scoring only 4 points in the first four and a half minutes. With the game sentenced, the less usual played, among them Willy Hernangómez, who scored 3 points in 5 minutes. the pelicans they left Keldon Johnson, the Spurs’ leading scorer during the season, to 5 points. The guard has signed the three worst annotations of him in the last three games. the texan teamwho started the season surprisingly well, Utah Jazz style, is in free fall. They have lost six games in a row, nine of the last ten, and are only trailed in their conference by some disastrous Rockets most days and some Lakers who try to react but only half succeed. It is seen that in San Antonio they never stopped thinking about Victor Wembanyamaeven if for a moment they fooled us all.