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NBA debut of Zion Williamson includes emphatic dunk, loud roar, knee-to-knee injury and one earthquake — which postponed Pelicans-Knicks matchup and put in doubt the rest of summer league tournament

Zion Williamson’s first summer league action, an affair between the New Orleans Pelicans and the New York Knicks, had literally a little bit of everything.

Although he began the contest in eerily quiet fashion and settled for a few outside jumpers, Zion ratcheted up the fun factor quite a few levels after the first timeout. Following the break of play, fans witnessed a couple of impressive and powerful finishes inside the paint, a sky-walking block — though it didn’t count, a strip-steal-massive-dunk-super roar over poor Kevin Knox...

...an injury

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