It may only have been preseason, but Zion Williamson gives Pelicans fans something to be excited for him and Murphy III.

We're going to talk a little bit about that.

Plus, the Sons get a preseason victory over the Los Angeles Lakers, and they played their starting pretty heavy minutes.

We'll talk about all that, plus the rocket search for a fifth starter and more on today's Locked on NBA game night. When that final buzzer rings, you know it's time for a fifth starter and more on today's Locked-on NBA Game Night.

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Member of the Lockdown Podcast Network, where it's your team every single day and every game, every night, even during the preseason. My name is Hayes. I'm one of the hosts of Locked-on Bulls. We've got a number of things to get into today. Basketball's back, y'all. Basketball is back, and that's kind of the most important thing right now, is that we're getting actual basketball games to talk about. And one of

those games went down at six o'clock in the morning, depending on the time zone that you're in,

on Friday when the Pelicans took on Melbourne. And this was a game where, of course, everybody was

kind of waiting and seeing what the new look Zion was. Now, this is not against NBA competition.

So there's that part of it.

Take that part with a grain of salt.

But for what it's worth, Zion in this game, in 16 minutes, went five of eight from the field for 15 points, five assists, two rebounds, two steals.

He did have two turnovers in the game, but he finishes with a plus minus of plus 10.

And the thing in this game is just seeing what Zion looks like after the weight loss, right?

After slimming down and Slim Zion really looked good, right? He maintained a lot of the kind of

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