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NEW ORLEANS, LA - JANUARY 7: Zion Williamson #1 of the New Orleans Pelicans celebrates during the game against the Minnesota Timberwolves on January 7, 2025 at the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans, Louisiana. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this Photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2025 NBAE  Layne Murdoch Jr./NBAE via Getty Images/AFP (Photo by Layne Murdoch Jr. / NBAE / Getty Images / Getty Images via AFP)

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<div><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1743499685921AFP__20250108__2192319329__v1__Preview__MinnesotaTimberwolvesVNewOrleansPelicans.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="Zion Williamson #1 of the New Orleans Pelicans celebrates during the game against the Minnesota Timberwolves on January 7, 2025 at the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans, Louisiana. Layne Murdoch Jr., NBAE via Getty Images/AFP "/>Zion Williamson #1 of the New Orleans Pelicans celebrates during the game against the Minnesota Timberwolves on January 7, 2025 at the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans, Louisiana. Layne Murdoch Jr., NBAE via Getty Images/AFP </div>LOS ANGELES -- The New Orleans Pelicans, out of NBA playoff contention, are shutting down Zion Williamson and CJ McCollum for the rest of the regular season, the team said on Monday.Williamson has been nursing a low back bone bruise he suffered in a fall during a game on March 19 while McCollum has been sidelined by a right foot bone bruise from a loss to Detroit on March 23.It marked another season in which injuries contributed to a disappointing season for New Orleans, starting with the broken hand suffered by newly acquired star guard Dejounte Murray in the season-opener.Murray suffered a torn Achilles tendon later in the season and 24-year-old big man Williamson missed time with a hamstring strain.Williamson made a strong return from that injury, finishing the season averaging 24.6 points, 7.2 rebounds and 5.3 assists per game -- but he only played 30 games.The former number one overall draft pick was hoping for better after playing in a career-high 70 games in the 2023-24 season.But with seven games left in the regular season the Pelicans are next to last in the Western Conference.<div>© Agence France-Presse</div>

The New Orleans Pelicans, out of NBA playoff contention, are shutting down Zion Williamson and CJ McCollum for the rest of the regular season, the team said on Monday.

The New Orleans Pelicans, out of NBA playoff contention, are shutting down Zion Williamson and CJ McCollum for the rest of the regular season, the team said on Monday.

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Pelicans' Williamson, McCollum out for remainder of NBA season

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