Pelicans’ Zion Williamson out with hamstring injury

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New Orleans Pelicans ahead Zion Williamson has been dominated out of Friday’s play-in match elimination recreation towards the Sacramento Kings with a left hamstring pressure, the workforce introduced Wednesday.

The Pelicans stated an MRI on Wednesday confirmed the damage and Williamson will likely be reevaluated in roughly two weeks.

He had 40 factors and 11 rebounds — the primary 40-10 recreation of his skilled profession — earlier than exiting a tied recreation with 3:13 remaining in Tuesday’s play-in loss to the Los Angeles Lakers.

Williamson performed in a career-high 70 video games this season and was enjoying in his first non-regular-season recreation of his profession. He missed the Pelicans’ two play-in video games in 2022 due to damage in addition to their playoff sequence. He additionally sat out the workforce’s play-in recreation final season due to an damage.

The Pelicans had been 7-5 in video games with out Williamson this season.

ESPN’s Andrew Lopez contributed to this report.