NEW ORLEANS — Zion Williamson was apprehensive in the first half of his first regular-season game with the Pelicans. It was Wednesday night at Smoothie King Center, and no one could blame Williamson for being tentative against the San Antonio Spurs. “I told him I wanted him to be a little more aggressive and to enjoy the moment,” Gentry recalled. Williamson heeded that message in the fourth quarter, when he engineered a ridiculous stretch of basketball pyrotechnics. He scored on seven straight possessions, cluttering the box score with 17 points in just 3 minutes 8 seconds.

Source: New York Times January 23, 2020 12:36 UTC