The Pelicans beat the Suns on Thursday, but played this game without Zion Williamson and CJ McCollum, who rested after recovering from injuries earlier this season.

The Pelicans were without Zion Williamson (rest) and CJ McCollum (rest/ankle) in the second leg of this back-to-back set, so Hawkins embraced the opportunity and co-led the team in scoring alongside Yves Missi,

New Orleans Pelicans superstar Zion Williamson records his first career triple double in their win against the Phoenix Suns.

The Phoenix Suns and New Orleans Pelicans will battle each other for the second night of a back-to-back tonight, and some notable names are set to miss action in the desert. The Pelicans are ruling out Zion Williamson (return to conditioning),

Zion Williamson scored 27 points, matched his career high of 11 assists and collected 10 rebounds for his first career triple-double while leading the New Orleans Pelicans to a solid 124-116 road victory over the struggling Phoenix Suns in the NBA.

Trey Murphy III scored 24 points, Zion Williamson added 18 and the New Orleans Pelicans completed a two-game home game sweep of the San Antonio Spurs, 109-103.

Driving that is improved play from Zion Williamson, who recorded the first triple-double of his career Thursday night in a win against struggling Phoenix — 27 points, 11 assists and 10 rebounds. Zion Williamson's FIRST-career triple-double led the Pelicans to their 3rd straight W! 😤 27 PTS 😤 10 REB 😤 11 AST 😤 2 BLK pic.twitter.com/ZE3ahRzegu

Zion Williamson had his first career triple-double with 27 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists and the New Orleans Pelicans beat the Phoenix Suns 124-116 on Thursday night for their