New Orleans Pelicans’ star Zion Williamson out at least three weeks after strained hamstring

The New Orleans Pelicans announced that superstar forward Zion Williamson has been diagnosed with a right hamstring injury after an MRI and will be re-evaluated in three weeks.

Williamson was injured late in the third quarter during Monday night’s loss to the Philadelphia 76ers.

After recovering a rebound from a Joel Embiid miss, Williamson drove the ball up the court. As soon as he crossed the half court line, he seemed to feel something in his right hamstring, before dribbling to the corner and passing the ball to his teammate Dyson Daniels.

Zion Willamson will miss at least three weeks with a strained right hamstring after an MRI

On the next possession, Pelicans center Jonas Valanciunas fouled Tyrese Maxey so Willamson could withdraw from the game with 24 seconds remaining in the quarter.

During practice Tuesday, Pelicans coach Willie Green said the only update he had on Willamson’s condition was that he would miss the team’s game Wednesday against the Houston Rockets.

Williamson has averaged 26.0 points, 7.0 rebounds, 4.6 assists and 1.1 steals per game this season.

Willamson recently scored a career-high against the Timberwolves to close out December

During the month he averaged 29.8 points, having one of the best months of his young career.

The 22-year-old had one of the best months of his young career in December, averaging 29.8 points per game and scoring a career-high 43 points against the Timberwolves on December 28.

Fellow forward Brandon Ingram has also come close to returning from the toe contusion he suffered in November, though he has yet to complete a full practice.

Ingram is also listed as out for Wednesday’s game against the Rockets. Before getting injured he had averaged 20.8 points, 5.1 rebounds and 4.7 assists per game.

Forward Brandon Ingram has been out since Nov. 25 with a contusion on his big toe.