{"id":631633,"date":"2026-03-01T04:50:52","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T04:50:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/631633\/"},"modified":"2026-03-01T04:50:52","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T04:50:52","slug":"zion-williamson-injury-latest-update-as-pelicans-star-exits-vs-jazz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/631633\/","title":{"rendered":"Zion Williamson Injury: Latest update as Pelicans star exits vs. Jazz"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Williamson sustained an ankle injury and did not return on Pels-Jazz matchup.<\/p>\n<p>New Orleans Pelicans star Zion Williamson suffered from a right ankle injury and <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PelicansNBA\/status\/2027950901667733848?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow\">will not return<\/a> to the team&#8217;s Saturday showcase against the Utah Jazz.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tNew Orleans Pelicans \/ Schedule<\/p>\n<p>Williamson reportedly tweaked his ankle and left with 9:33 left in the second quarter.<\/p>\n<p>He finished the night with four points, two assists and one rebound across 11 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Williamson is enjoying the healthiest stretch of his career as he played his 35th consecutive game.<\/p>\n<p>As such, this latest injury development is an awful one for New Orleans fans, putting the star forward&#8217;s active streak at risk as they will play the Los Angeles Clippers immediately on Sunday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>With Williamson out for the rest of the game, Karlo Matkovic and Derik Queen are set to draw more minutes for the Pels.<\/p>\n<p>New Orleans leads with a huge margin over Utah to start the second half, 65-40.<\/p>\n<p>                                                    <a href=\"https:\/\/basketnews.com\/plus?utm_source=basketnews_com&amp;utm_medium=bn_plus&amp;utm_id=UA-259273-31&amp;utm_campaign=banners_free_content_for_not_members_bottom_4\" class=\"banners_paid_content_info_block_white banners-paid-content-info-block-white\" data-google-interstitial=\"false\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>                                                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"bn-plus-img img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/bn-plus.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                                            Like what we are doing? Support us by becoming BN+ member.<\/p>\n<p>                                                            <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                                If you like our content, please <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=basketnews.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a> and add us as your preferred source. It helps us a lot, and we are committed to delivering you the very latest basketball news.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Williamson sustained an ankle injury and did not return on Pels-Jazz matchup. New Orleans Pelicans star Zion Williamson&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":631634,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3785],"tags":[7,423,6,422,427,3972],"class_list":{"0":"post-631633","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-utah-jazz","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-jazz","10":"tag-nba","11":"tag-utah","12":"tag-utah-jazz","13":"tag-utahjazz"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116152123155872597","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/631633","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=631633"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/631633\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/631634"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=631633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=631633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=631633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}