据ESPN的阿德里安·沃伊纳罗夫斯基透露，新奥尔良鹈鹕队前锋锡安·威廉姆森将在对阵洛杉矶快船队的几分钟内得到“增量增长”。
沃吉在ESPN“倒计时”节目中说：“威廉姆森的上场时间将接近20分钟，而不是30分钟一场，他也将结束四分之一节，而不是开始。”
-Mirjam Swanson（@MirjamSwanson）2020年8月1日
在周四对阵犹他爵士的比赛中，鹈鹕队主教练阿尔文·根特里在第四节还剩7分19秒时淘汰了威廉姆森。威廉姆森再也没有回到比赛中，这让一些人感到惊讶，因为这是一场相对接近爵士的比赛。再者，那场比赛真的很重要，因为鹈鹕目前在西部联盟的季后赛竞争很激烈。
鹈鹕在西部季后赛的第八号种子上落后孟菲斯灰熊3.5场比赛，由于他们本赛季只剩下7场比赛，所以每场比赛都至关重要。
尽管如此，在锡安威廉姆森被罚下场后，鹈鹕队在第四节以17:8领先。他们最终只输给爵士队2分。威廉姆森在15分钟内以8投6中得到13分，但没有记录到篮板、抢断或盖帽。据雅虎体育（Yahoo Sports）的克里斯•海恩斯（chrishaynes）称，据报道，威廉姆森对自己对爵士的分钟限制感到“愤怒”。
原标题：
Pelicans’ Zion Williamson’s new minutes restricted, revealed
原文：
New Orleans Pelicans forward Zion Williamson will have an “incremental increase” in minutes against the Los Angeles Clippers, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski.
Williamson will be playing closer to 20 minutes than 30 minutes a game and he’ll also be ending quarters, instead of starting them, Woj said on ESPNâs âCountdown.”
— Mirjam Swanson (@MirjamSwanson) August 1, 2020
In Thursday’s matchup against the Utah Jazz, Pelicans head coach Alvin Gentry took out Williamson with 7:19 left in the fourth quarter. Williamson never returned to the game, which surprised some people as it was a relatively close game against the Jazz. Furthermore, that game really mattered since the Pelicans are currently in a tight playoff race in the Western Conference.
The Pelicans are 3.5 games behind the Memphis Grizzlies for the eighth seed in the Western Conference playoff race. Since they only have seven games left of the season, every game is extremely crucial.
Nevertheless, after Zion Williamson was subbed out of the game, the Pelicans were outscored 17-8 in the fourth quarter. They ended up losing against the Jazz by only two points. Williamson finished with 13 points on 6-of-8 shooting in 15 minutes but didn’t record a rebound, a steal or a block. According to Chris Haynes of Yahoo Sports, Williamson was reportedly “pissed” about his minute restrictions against the Jazz.
