Zion Williamson enters Friday’s game at Indiana just nine points from scoring 1,000 in his brief pro career. If he does so against the Pacers, the forward would be the first NBA player since Blake Griffin a decade ago to tally that many points in just 44 career games.
However, Williamson has made it clear that whether that statistic is part of his Friday postgame conversation will be entirely dependent on one thing: the final score in Bankers Life Fieldhouse.
“If we win the game, it will mean a lot,” Williamson said Wednesday after a 22-point triumph over Phoenix, before seemingly grinning behind his facemask and adding, “if we don’t, don’t even ask me about it, to be honest.