New Orleans celebrates the return of Zion Williamson by beating the Bulls

This preseason is clearly placed under the sign of the return to the NBA. This night, it was Zion Williamson who found the floors of the Great League, still displaying what had been his strength before his injury.

Power but also low post foot speed, aggressive offensive rebound, especially on his own failures…

In 15 short minutes, the first choice of the 2019 Draft has compiled 13 points and 4 rebounds. And thanks to the contribution of his bench (Devonte ‘Graham, Jaxson Hayes, Willy Hernangomez …), New Orleans had taken off.

At halftime, the visitors thus pointed to +17 (70-53) despite the many free throws recovered by DeMar DeRozan. But the Bulls will make the effort to pick up and, with a fourth quarter traditionally devoted to substitutes in preseason, they will even have the opportunity to carry out the heist…

We also note the good contribution of rookie Dalen Terry (11 points, 7 rebounds), whose communicative energy did good in Chicago, but the Pelicans will be able to count on their own rookie, Dyson Daniels, to leave with the victory (129-125). The Australian tried a lot (15 points at 5/15) but he managed some important actions at the end of the match, to allow his team to celebrate the return to play of Zion Williamson with victory at the end.

Chicago / 125 Shots Bounces
Players Min Shots 3pts LF O D T Pd Fte Int Bp Ct +/- Pts Eval
P. Williams 17 2/7 1/2 0/0 2 3 5 1 1 0 2 0 +7 5 4
D. DeRozan 23 5/9 0/1 11/12 0 0 0 3 2 2 3 1 +5 21 19
N. Vucevic 23 6/9 2/4 1/2 1 9 10 3 3 3 1 4 +4 15 30
Z. LaVine 17 3/6 2/4 2/2 0 0 0 3 2 0 4 0 -9 10 6
A. Dosunmu 23 3/5 2/3 2/2 0 2 2 3 2 0 2 0 -2 10 11
M. Hill 10 4/7 1/4 1/2 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 +1 10 9
K. Antetokounmpo 7 1/1 0/0 0/0 0 1 1 1 2 0 3 0 +3 2 1
J. Green 21 5/7 1/2 7/7 2 3 5 0 3 0 1 0 -12 18 20
D. Jones Jr. 10 0/3 0/1 2/2 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 +1 2 0
A. Drummond 18 2/6 0/0 0/0 3 4 7 3 3 1 3 1 -11 4 9
T. Bradley 7 1/1 0/0 2/2 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 +3 4 7
G. Dragic 13 1/4 0/1 0/0 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 0 -13 2 -2
C. White 3 0/2 0/1 0/0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -5 0 -2
A. Caruso 17 4/7 0/2 1/1 0 3 3 1 5 0 0 0 0 9 10
C. Jones 14 1/7 0/1 0/1 0 1 1 4 1 1 1 0 +8 2 0
D. Terry 18 5/7 0/1 1/1 2 5 7 2 3 2 3 0 0 11 17
43/88 9/27 30/34 11 34 45 27 30 10 26 7 125 139
New Orleans / 129 Shots Bounces
Players Min Shots 3pts LF O D T Pd Fte Int Bp Ct +/- Pts Eval
Z. Williamson 15 4/6 0/0 5/5 2 2 4 1 0 1 1 0 -1 13 16
H. Jones 12 3/5 2/3 0/0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 +5 8 8
N. Marshall 19 2/6 1/4 0/2 0 1 1 3 6 0 2 1 -17 5 2
J. Valanciunas 13 3/6 0/1 3/4 0 3 3 0 1 0 1 0 -8 9 7
C. McCollum 15 2/4 1/2 1/4 1 3 4 3 0 1 4 0 -1 6 5
L. Nance Jr. 11 3/4 2/2 1/1 1 0 1 3 2 2 4 0 +18 9 10
Z. Cheatham 5 0/1 0/0 0/0 1 2 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1
G. Temple 19 0/3 0/2 0/0 0 2 2 1 3 0 0 0 +1 0 0
W. Hernangomez 19 6/10 1/2 2/4 2 3 5 0 4 2 1 3 -6 15 18
J. Hayes 26 7/8 0/1 0/0 2 4 6 3 3 1 0 1 +7 14 24
D. Graham 21 5/11 3/8 8/8 1 1 2 5 1 1 1 0 +13 21 22
J.Alvarado 22 3/6 0/3 0/0 0 4 4 6 2 2 3 0 +10 6 12
J. Petty Jr. 6 0/3 0/2 0/0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0 -1
D. Plowden 7 1/2 0/1 0/0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 -3 2 3
D. Seabron 6 2/3 0/0 2/2 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 -2 6 6
D. Daniels 23 5/15 1/6 4/6 3 2 5 1 2 3 3 2 +6 15 11
46/93 11/37 26/36 15 29 44 29 27 13 22 8 129 144

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