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Zion sure woke up. As you may have heard he made his NBA debut and despite a slow start and minutes restriction, the number one pick dropped 17 straight for the Pels in just over a three minute stretch in the fourth going on to score 22 points in just 18 minutes--the most points in under 20 minutes in a player’s debut in the shot clock era.
To be honest I don’t find this surprising. Zion Williamson was a known commodity. He’s a physical freak with a motor to compete. He even flashed the one thing people said he was missing to be complete, range from three as he hit four or two more than Ben Simmons’ career total.