{"id":153917,"date":"2022-12-10T17:03:41","date_gmt":"2022-12-10T17:03:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/zion-williamsons-showboat-dunk-at-end-of-pelicans-win-angers-suns-new-orleans-pelicans\/"},"modified":"2022-12-10T17:03:41","modified_gmt":"2022-12-10T17:03:41","slug":"zion-williamsons-showboat-dunk-at-end-of-pelicans-win-angers-suns-new-orleans-pelicans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/zion-williamsons-showboat-dunk-at-end-of-pelicans-win-angers-suns-new-orleans-pelicans\/","title":{"rendered":"Zion Williamson’s showboat dunk at end of Pelicans’ win angers Suns | New Orleans Pelicans"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Zion Williamson apologized for his 360-degree, one-handed slam dunk that angered the Phoenix Suns at the end of a game the New Orleans Pelicans had all but won.<\/p>\n

Still, the crowd-pleasing play symbolized Williamson’s potential to rise above the disappointments of previous seasons and live up to the extraordinary hype that followed him into the NBA.<\/p>\n

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The dunk contest-style jam capped a season-high 35-point performance for Williamson, and the Pelicans beat the Suns 128-117 on Friday night in a matchup of the top two teams in the Western Conference.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThat was a little out of character for me,\u201d Williamson said of the game-ending dunk, after which players and coaches from both teams swarmed around one another angrily as officials frantically stepped in to separate them.<\/p>\n

\u201cI got carried away a little bit. I admit that,\u201d Williamson said. \u201cBut I was in that locker room when my brothers were down because the Suns sent us home [from the playoffs] last year That’s a tough moment to be a part of. So, in that moment she got carried away. I admit that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Williamson missed all of last season \u2013 his third in the NBA \u2013 with a foot injury and came into this campaign having missed more games in his career than he’d played. Lately he’s been brilliant, averaging 29.5 points during a six-game Pelicans winning streak \u2013 all while New Orleans star forward Brandon Ingram has been out with a foot injury.<\/p>\n

CJ McCollum had 18 points for the Pelicans, who have won six straight and 11 of 13, and afterward questioned the Suns’ reaction to Williamson’s dunk.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey got to get back on defense if they don’t want us to dunk the ball,\u201d McCollum said.<\/p>\n

But Phoenix guard Cameron Payne explained why the Suns reacted angrily.<\/p>\n

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