Zion Williamson gave his New Orleans Pelicans teammates a taste of what they have been missing the last two weeks. Trey Murphy III, along with rookies Jeremiah Fears and Derik Queen, showed Williamson what the team is capable of going forward.

It wasn’t pretty for the Pelicans, and for long stretches, it certainly wasn’t graceful. But when you’re sitting at the bottom of the standings trying to relearn how to win, style points don’t matter nearly as much as the final score.

As the Chicago Bulls officially snapped their seven-game skid on Friday night, Nikola Vucevic was not on the floor. The big man spent a mere 22 minutes on the

Injury-plagued forward Zion Williamson was listed as available to play and expected to return to the New Orleans Pelicans’ lineup against the Chicago Bulls in a game-time decision Sunday night.Williamson,

Nikola Vučević doesn’t always wear his frustration well. The center knows it. He’s a bit of a hothead. When he gets mad — at the referees, at teammates, at himself — he’s known to rip a towel in half or aim a middle finger at the bench.

The talented 21-year-old forward has played more of the power forward role throughout his first two years in the NBA.

The Bulls point to their clutch numbers — seven of their 14 losses occurred with a margin of five or fewer points in the final five minutes — as evidence of their ability to rectify their current position. White feels the Bulls often lose their grip for a minute or a quarter at a time but rarely allow themselves to be bodied out of a game.

LaKeith Stanfield is set to portray Dennis Rodman in 48 Hours in Vegas, a film revisiting the Bulls legend’s wild NBA Finals trip.