Zion Williamson enters NBA health and safety protocols, won’t play LA Clippers

Zion Williamson will miss Wednesday night’s game against the LA Clippers under league health and safety protocols, the New Orleans Pelicans announced Wednesday afternoon.

The Pelicans traveled to Los Angeles on Tuesday after being supposed to start a seven-game, 13-day road trip to Dallas on Monday. However, this game has been postponed due to positive cases of COVID-19 and contract tracing with the Mavericks.

It was not clear if Williamson will miss more than Wednesday night’s game.

New Orleans haven’t added any other players to their injury report. The Pelicans were already set to be without Lonzo Ball (bilateral knee tendinopathy), while Eric Bledsoe was seen as questionable (right eye irritation) and JJ Redick as likely (right hamstring tightness).

Williamson is averaging 21.9 points on 55.7% shots and 8.1 rebounds in nine games this season. This is the first game he will miss this season.