If the New Orleans Pelicans want to make the playoffs, they will have to do it without their best player, Zion Williamson.
On Wednesday, the Pelicans announced that Williamson has been diagnosed with a left hamstring strain. An MRI taken this morning confirmed the injury.
Williamson will be re-examined in approximately two weeks.
Last season, Williamson missed the final 45 games for the Pelicans with a hamstring strain, so there is no guarantee, if the Pelicans make it to the playoffs, that he will be healthy enough to play again this season.
The two-time All-Star was dominant in the team’s 110-106 loss to the Lakers in New Orleans on Tuesday night. Williamson, who left late in the fourth quarter and did not return, had a game-high 40 points and 11 rebounds. The Pelicans may have defeated the Lakers if he had not gotten hurt.
You have to feel for Williamson. He had an opportunity to compete in the playoffs for the first time in his career, and that opportunity could be lost.
Hopefully, Williamson’s teammates can pick him up on Friday night when the eight-seeded Pelicans host the ninth-seeded Sacramento Kings. The winner will battle the Oklahoma City Thunder in the first round of the playoffs.
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