Zion Williamson's Electrifying Debut Sends a Jolt Through the NBA

For Zion Williamson, the mere act of meeting expectations can be transcendent.

When you combine the most predraft buzz in a decade, add a thoroughly dominant preseason and then throw in a half-season of restless anticipation, it produces unreasonable quantities of hype.

But during a four-minute flurry in the fourth quarter of the New Orleans Pelicans' 121-117 loss to the San Antonio Spurs on Wednesday, Williamson lived up to all of it.

Those months Williamson spent rehabbing showed in the early going. He initially appeared hesitant, looking to pass as soon as he touched the ball and struggling to find a rhythm. The excuses were obvious: In addition to that long layoff, he was trying to settle himself into the action while shuttling on and off the floor in short bursts, typically for around four minutes at a time.

The game was on the 22nd and he scored 22 points...
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 it was his "debut"

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on a day with 23 numerology..1+22=23..Also a day with 43 numerology..1+22+20=43

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They played "San Antonio" on 1/22
before reeling off an incomprehensible 17 points in just over three 

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minutes. He drilled four three-pointers during that span, the last of which put New Orleans briefly ahead in a game it mostly spent trailing by double digits.
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1-22-2020=23,43,63,9,27...
from his last birthday to this game was 6 months 17 days..617