Zion Williamson returned tonight against Syracuse in his first game in nearly a month after he suffered a bizarre injury when his Nike sneakers exploded on the court.
.@ZionW32 wearing the Nike Kyrie 4 PE tonight in his return. pic.twitter.com/CDrvJxkmcC
— B/R Kicks (@brkicks) March 15, 2019
Zion looked like his explosive self during the game by dunking all over the Syracuse Orangemen.
https://twitter.com/_MarcusD3_/status/1106368664616488960
Early in the game, many Internet users noticed that Syracuse’s Frank Howard appeared to try to trip Zion after the Duke superstar ran up the court after a dunk.
Dude tried to trip Zion? pic.twitter.com/m1qCCl9ivB
— Gifdsports (@gifdsports) March 15, 2019
Syracuse's Frank Howard appeared to attempt to trip Zion Williamson early in the first half. pic.twitter.com/aNUUebKMXH
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) March 15, 2019
The Internet was not happy with Howard and are calling for him to be suspended.
Frank Howard should be ejected. No place in the game for this. Refs will be addressing this come second half. Dirty and obvious. #Duke #ACCTournament pic.twitter.com/M2XVaDjAcp
— The Blue Devil (@TheBlueDevil8) March 15, 2019
Yeesh, terrible look for Frank Howard. https://t.co/sVaB7zainu
— Luke DeCock (@LukeDeCock) March 15, 2019
This is sick, knowing the kid came back from injury… Frank Howard is a bum. Need that same energy you gave to Grayson @espn https://t.co/W9SLVGzTtb
— Zion O. (@DukeNBA) March 15, 2019
I’m no Duke fan but how the hell has Frank Howard not been ejected from the game and banned for the rest of the college year? Just because the refs missed a DELIBERATE PREMEDITATED ATTEMPT TO INJURE A PLAYER JUST BACK FROM INJURY in real time doesn’t mean they can’t act NOW https://t.co/FAQzJx8Yql
— Keith Olbermann⌚️ (@KeithOlbermann) March 15, 2019
Even ESPN’s Jay Williams went off on Howard during halftime and compared him to Grayson Allen.
Here’s a clip of @RealJayWilliams from tonight about Frank Howard tripping Zion & @RealJayWilliams in 2017 about Grayson Allen tripping players.
(H/T @SteveVoot) pic.twitter.com/hn0lOlIqqf
— Freezing Cold Takes (@OldTakesExposed) March 15, 2019