When Zion Williamson bites the dust like following stepping on Usman Garuba’s foot in his last game once morest the Rockets, the entire Pelicans franchise is holding its breath.
Injured in the right foot, the former resident of Duke has missed the last three games of New Orleans. However, his absence should not drag on since the person concerned said that his foot was going ” much better “ following Saturday’s practice.
“From now on, I can say that I will definitely play on Monday”, he added. “I don’t see why I wouldn’t at this point. I had enough rest time. The pain seems to be gone at this point.”
His injury concerned the same foot that cost him a white season in 2021-2022. So there was some apprehension while waiting for the results of the first examinations. “It was a time when I was kind of scared, like, ‘Man, I don’t want to go through that once more. I just did it “. But the scans were positive apart from the bruise”continued Zion Williamson.
Willie Green for his part confirmed the possibility of a return on Monday for Zion Williamson, who took part in the entire session on Saturday.
“He participated in all our exercises, in all our work, he also worked in the weight room. We will have a little more focused training tomorrow and we will be ready for Monday’s match. We are excited to see him return.”
Especially since it will be Golden State, the defending champion, who will be in town.
| Zion Williamson | Percentage | Bounces | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saison | Team | MJ | Min | Shots | 3pts | LF | Off | Def | Until | Pd | Fte | Int | Bp | Ct | Pts |
| 2019-20 | NOP | 24 | 28 | 58.3 | 42.9 | 64.0 | 2.7 | 3.6 | 6.3 | 2.1 | 1.8 | 0.7 | 2.5 | 0.4 | 22.5 |
| 2020-21 | NOP | 61 | 33 | 61.1 | 29.4 | 69.8 | 2.7 | 4.5 | 7.2 | 3.7 | 2.2 | 0.9 | 2.7 | 0.6 | 27.0 |
| 2022-23 | NOP | 11 | 32 | 56.6 | 50.0 | 71.6 | 2.1 | 4.3 | 6.4 | 3.9 | 2.7 | 1.1 | 2.7 | 0.3 | 23.6 |
| Total | 96 | 32 | 60.0 | 35.2 | 68.7 | 2.7 | 4.2 | 6.9 | 3.3 | 2.2 | 0.9 | 2.7 | 0.5 | 25.5 | |
