?Tell His Fata** To Get in Shape?: Fans ?Furious? at Zion Williamson After Heartbreaker From Jabari Smith Jr?s Rockets Irks Emotions

Despite being one of the weakest teams this season, the Houston Rockets have been performing surprisingly well in the past few games. After defeating stronger teams such as the Boston Celtics and the Los Angeles Lakers, the Rockets secured their third straight win on Friday night at the Toyota Center. Rockets fans rejoiced as Jabari Smith Jr. led his team to victory against the Zion Williamson-less New Orleans Pelicans with his game-winning three-point shot. This prompted fans to subject Williamson to harsh criticism after they lost their second consecutive game.

It is no secret that the Houston Rockets are not really in their best shape, having lost 52 games out of the 70 played to date. Currently, at the No. 14 seed in the Western Conference rankings, the Rockets have less to no chance of making it to the 2023 playoffs.

Zion Williamson furious due to the loss against Rockets

With just a couple of seconds remaining on the clock, the Houston Rockets were trailing the New Orleans Pelicans by one point until Jabari Smith Jr. secured victory with his last-second three-pointer. The 19-year-old NBA forward dropped 11 points and eight rebounds in their first of two straight games against the Pelicans. Whereas, Jalen Green led the team by scoring 25 points, seven rebounds, and six assists.

Shortly after the game, Kelly Iko of The Athletic?dropped a tweet on Zion Williamson’s reaction following the disappointing loss. According to Iko, the 22-year-old Pelicans forward, who sat out the game due to an injury, was seemingly in a bad mood as he was seen ‘storming down the tunnel and shaking his head’.

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Williamson’s reaction only further infuriated NBA fans, who held him responsible for the Pelicans’ second straight loss.

NBA Twitter lashes out at Williamson

Zion Williamson’s last appearance on the court was on January 2 during the game against the Philadelphia 76ers. The 2x NBA All-Star has been sidelined since then due to a hamstring injury. Following the Pelicans’ loss on Friday night, Twitterati did not hold back from subjecting Williamson to harsh criticism.

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One user took a dig at Williamson’s physique and wrote, “Tell his fat*ss to get in shape then.” Whereas, another fan criticized the Pelicans star for missing the majority of the games. His comment read, “What is Zion upset about? He is barely a part of this team with how many games he misses every year.”?Below are a few more comments.

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Based on the comments dropped by NBA fans, they were seemingly furious as Williamson for his inconsistency at the Pelicans games. Last year, Williamson missed the entire season due to a foot injury and has missed 33 games to date because of his latest injury.

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Williamson was re-evaluated on March 8 and the reports revealed that the Duke University alumna’s injury is still healing. While there is no official date for Williamson’s comeback yet, he is set to be evaluated again after two weeks.