Zion Williamson dazzled in a relatively modest amount of minutes for a second straight game Friday, but the team result also remained the same for New Orleans. Similar to their home game vs. the Spurs two days earlier, the Pelicans played from behind much of the night against the Nuggets and couldn’t quite dig out of a deficit that grew to 15 points in the third quarter.
Williamson was an efficient 7/9 from the field and packed 15 points into his 21 minutes, providing a series of athletic highlights, but he was limited to playing the opening few minutes of each quarter.