Only one other rookie, Golden State's James Wiseman, scored more points in their NBA debut than Williams.
Rookie Patrick Williams looked poised in his first regular season NBA game, dropping 16 points. He'll continue to get adjusted to playing at the professional level as he will likely start again on Saturday night vs. Indiana.
The Bulls are facing numerous questions coming into Saturday's Game 2 of their 2020-21 NBA season. Most notably rebounding (and shooting and passing) from the gruesome 124-104 loss to the Atlanta Hawks that was much worse than that.
There's the unsteadiness with Wendell Carter Jr.