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No team in the NBA is hotter than the New Orleans Pelicans right now, and Zion Williamson is the explosive engine propelling them forward.
The Pelicans defeated the Brooklyn Nets 104-91 on Tuesday to notch a seventh win in their past eight games, with Williamson posting a team-high 28 points on 11-of-16 shooting plus seven rebounds and four assists.
Two of those points came on what would have been a dunk of the year frontrunner had Anthony Edwards not thrown the curve one day prior. Nonetheless, it bears saying: this was one incredible alley-oop.
Pelicans wing Naji Marshall got things started by picking Cam Thomas' pocket in the fourth quarter, leading to a 2-on-1 fast break with Williamson behind him. Marshall threw back a ball that very few NBA players would have a hope of bringing in. Fortunately, Williamson is one of them.
You can see the result in the video above. You can see where Williamson caught the ball in the screengrab below.
"It was crazy. Me and [Marshall] had just talked about it," Williamson said after the game. "He said 'Hey man, when you go to the paint you need to start dunking.' So when he got the steal I said 'Oh he's throwing it.' He threw a good pass, I went and got it."
That performance is the latest in a massive streak for Williamson, which has put the Pelicans on another level. In his last seven games, the 23-year-old is averaging 26.7 points, 8.4 rebounds and 4.6 assists per game with 64.0% shooting.
More importantly, the Pelicans have moved from 3.5 games back to just a half-game back from the Los Angeles Clippers for fourth place in the Western Conference, which carries home-court advantage for the first round of the NBA playoffs. With 14 games remaining and the third-place Minnesota Timberwolves missing Karl-Anthony Towns, it's not inconceivable New Orleans could climb even further.
Daniel Weinman was crowned winner of the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event on Monday, taking home a record breaking $12.1 million in winnings. Weinman had to outlast the other 10,043 entrants to take home the prize and get his hands on his share of live poker’s largest ever prize pool – a staggering $93,399,900. As well as taking home the prize money, 35-year-old Weinman also got his hands on the WSOP Main Event bracelet. The huge bracelet contains 500 grams of 10-karat yellow gold, as well as 2,352 various precious gemstones.
Daniel Weinman won the World Series of Poker's main event world championship on Monday in Las Vegas, earning $12.1 million along the way. Playing in the tournament for a 16th year, Weinman was tops in a deep pool of 10,043 players vying for $93.39 million. His victory came after just 164 hands at the final table. "I was honestly on the fence about even coming back and playing this tournament," the 35-year-old Atlanta native told reporters afterward. Weinman's final table featured Jan-Peter Jachtmann, who landed in fourth place and took home $3 million, as well as Toby Lewis, who finished seventh and secured $1.42 million. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the main event's entry pool far outpaced the previous record of 8,773 set in 2006. "I've always kind of felt that poker was kind of going in a dying direction, but to see the numbers at the World Series this year has been incredible," Weinman said. "And to win this main event, it doesn't feel real. I mean, [there's] so much luck in a poker tournament. I thought I played very well." Steven Jones finished second, securing $6.5 million. And Adam Walton settled for third and a $4 million prize.
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