Zion Williamson debut
No. 1 overall pick from Duke, Zion Williamson missed the first half of the NBA season due to injury. When he debuted in January, he proved worth the wait. The New Orleans Pelican scored 17 straight points in the fourth quarter. Along the way, Williamson joined a select group of players that scored more points than they accumulated minutes on the floor (minimum 15 minutes played) in their NBA debuts. With 22 points in just 18 minutes on the floor, Williamson joined Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf (then known as Chris Jackson) — who scored 26 points in 25 minutes back in 1990 with the Denver Nuggets, as well as Willie Burton (1990), Julius Erving (1976) and Johnny Neumann (1976).