Zion Williamson and the New Orleans Pelicans will be playing against the Houston Rockets tonight. As many NBA fans might be aware, Williamson was drafted with the first pick of the 2019 NBA Draft. Although he entered the league as a generational talented and hyped-up prospect, injuries, and inability to maintain his conditioning have hampered the start of his NBA career.
In all fairness, Zion has been a lot more consistent this season for the Pelicans. Having him healthy on the court has undoubtedly translated to success for the first half of the 2023-2024 NBA season. At the moment, the Pelicans hold a record of 17 wins and 12 losses. Their opponents for tonight will be Dillon Brooks and the Houston Rockets, a team that has also started the season quite decently with 14 wins and 12 losses.
As the New Orleans Pelicans and Houston Rockets get ready to face off, one might want to know more about the injury reports, expected rosters, and predictions for this game.
Zion Williamson is questionable for the New Orleans Pelicans vs Houston Rockets game tonight
Since Zion Williamson might have already established a reputation for himself as an injury-prone player, his missing this game against the Rockets might give New Orleans Pelicans fans cause to worry. After all, Zion might be the second-best player on his team next to Brandon Ingram.
New Orleans Pelicans injury report
- Zion Williamson (questionable)
- Larry Nance Jr. (out)
- Matt Ryan (out)
- Cody Zeller (questionable)
New Orleans Pelicans expected starting lineup
- CJ McCollum
- Herb Jones
- Brandon Ingram
- Trey Murphy III
- Jonas Valančiūnas
Houston Rockets injury report
- Victor Oladipo (out)
- Tari Eason (questionable)
- Reggie Bullock (questionable)
Houston Rockets expected starting lineup
- Fred VanVleet
- Jalen Green
- Jabari Smith Jr.
- Dillon Brooks
- Alperen Sengun
As fans can tell from the reports, there are a few players on both sides who will be compromised for this match. Nonetheless, here are the predictions for the Pelicans-Rockets game.
The Pelicans are slightly favored over the Rockets tonight
Given that there isn’t too much of a gap between these teams record-wise, this is expected to be quite a close game. However, the Pelicans are expected to win since the Rockets will be playing a back-to-back game with them after having just defeated the Dallas Mavericks.