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Zion, Jones questionable vs. Suns on Friday

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Thursday, 27 October 2022 16:50

METAIRIE, La. -- New Orleans Pelicans coach Willie Green says Zion Williamson and Herb Jones will be questionable for Friday's game against the Phoenix Suns, but Brandon Ingram will not be on the upcoming three-game road trip because of his concussion.

Green said Williamson and Jones each went through portions of practice on Thursday but that Ingram will miss at least the next three games. Williamson (right posterior hip/lower back contusion) and Jones (right knee hyperextension) missed Tuesday's win against the Dallas Mavericks.

"I'm feeling better. That was a hard fall. I've taken a lot of falls, but damn," Williamson said Thursday afternoon. "But I'm feeling a lot better each day. Just got some ones in with [Pelicans assistant coach Corey Brewer]. Feel great. Just me and the team will talk about further progression."

Williamson said he saw the replay of his fall from Sunday's game against the Utah Jazz and said Jazz guard Jordan Clarkson made a "good defensive play" on the ball, but that he just lost his balance and took the hard fall.

"At first I was just like, damn, that kind of hurt," Williamson said. "But I stood up and I was like, 'All right, I'm gonna be straight.' But then I tried to make a quick move and I was like, 'Nah, I need to go chill.'"

Without Williamson, Ingram or Jones, the Pelicans held off the Mavericks in a 113-111 victory. With two days off before Friday's game against the Suns, there was hope that the extra day could provide Williamson and Jones with much-needed rest.

Like Williamson, Jones also looked back at his injury from Sunday's game and felt "thankful" that it wasn't much worse. Jones finished the Jazz game after the injury and didn't come out of the game until he fouled out late in overtime.

"I was going to worry about that after the game," Jones said. "I didn't want to come out of the game and leave my brothers out there. If I was able to get up, walk around, move. I did a couple trips up and down. I was just trying to see if I could move around. I was good then, but I knew it would get stiff once the game was over."

Jones said his plan was to go shoot when the team arrives in Phoenix later Thursday and then go through shootaround on Friday morning to determine whether he can play against the Suns.

As for Ingram, the Pelicans will be without the forward for at least the next six days. The team plays the LA Clippers on Sunday and the Los Angeles Lakers on Wednesday with both games at Crypto.com Arena.

"He's just at the beginning phases of [concussion protocol] and trying to work through it," Green said. "But he's not well enough to come into practice and things like that at the moment. He's still getting better but just not well enough to practice and travel."

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