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Pelicans set to give Wembanyama chance to conquer another star for first time

Victor Wembanyama has taken down many stars already in his young career. Giannis Antetokounmpo, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, and even the great Nikola Jokic, but he's never beaten Zion Williamson. Part of that is due to the former Blue Devil's lack of availability in the first half of last season and the French phenom's absence in the back half. But not entirely.

They've played twice, and the Pelicans won both contests. Zion wasn't great in one of them, only dropping 15 points, but that's all they needed from him that night as they spanked the Spurs 146-110. Wemby only put in 17 points of his own, but he was still a rookie and it was barely two months into the season, so nobody holds that against him.