Zion Williamson incited a postgame scuffle after a 360 windmill dunk within the closing seconds of New Orleans’ 128-117 win over the Phoenix Suns.
The Pelicans celebrity dropped a season-high 35 factors within the recreation and apologized for the inflammatory act postgame.
Within the second he had no regrets, throwing down a thunderous dunk in what could possibly be perceived in some corners as unsporting.
Following the dunk and the 1.9 seconds coming off the clock, coaches and gamers from each groups angrily got here collectively close to mid-court as officers frantically stepped in to separate them.
New Orleans Pelicans star Zion Williamson brought on anger after dunking within the ultimate seconds
‘That was somewhat out of character for me,’ Williamson mentioned of the game-ending dunk.
‘I bought carried away somewhat bit. I admit that. However I used to be in that locker room when my brothers have been down as a result of the Suns despatched us dwelling (from the playoffs) final 12 months.
‘That is a tricky second to be part of. So, in that second bought carried away. I admit that.’
Williamson missed all of final season, together with the Pelicans season-ending 4-2 Western Convention first-round playoff loss to the Suns.
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Phoenix guard Cameron Payne defined why the Suns reacted so furiously.
‘There was simply no sportsmanship and we don´t actually like that,’ Payne mentioned. ‘We do the precise factor. I felt like they need to´ve performed the precise factor they usually didn´t. We didn´t take it properly.’
Although New Orleans’ CJ McCollum, who dropped 18 factors, naturally felt totally different concerning the skirmish.
‘They bought to get again on protection in the event that they don´t need us to dunk the ball,’ McCollum mentioned postgame.
