No player in the NBA can throw it down quite like Zion Williamson, and the New Orleans Pelicans star used the end of a game on Friday to provide a demonstration.
The dunk capped off a 35-point game for Williamson, who was 13-of-17 from the field with seven rebounds, four assists and a steal. Not a single one of his baskets came outside the paint.
Of course, not everyone loved Williamson's display of dunking prowess. You can even hear a member of the Pelicans' broadcast say"No, no, no" as Williamson prepares to take flight. You could make an argument that yamming on a defeated team for no other reason than to show off is bad form, but let's be real. The people in the Smoothie King Center paid good money to see, among other things, Zion Williamson dunk a basketball. They got to see him dunk a basketball even better than usual.
Yes, those two extra points won't help the Pelicans in the long run outside of their media team's highlight reels, but they were the exclamation point on a big win for one of the NBA's most intriguing teams this season. And now they're in first place, with Williamson averaging 24.5 points and 7.2 rebounds per game.
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