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Zion Williamson's disappearance caps sloppy start to NBA's bubble experiment

It looked a lot like basketball, but it was far from a finished product.

The NBA’s season-reopening game between the New Orleans Pelicans and Utah Jazz on Thursday reflected the Disney bubble experiment as a whole: It is way too early to make any determination about whether this is all worth it. The league has planned about as well as it possibly could for hosting 22 teams in a coronavirus hotspot, but even the best-laid plan is not immune to the rust of four months in isolation during a global pandemic.

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The opener’s main attraction, Pelicans rookie Zion Williamson — the most hyped No.