Zion Williamson proved he’s human after all.
Williamson, who had 16 points and 17 rebounds in the Blue Devils’ 80-55 blowout win over the Boston College Eagles on Tuesday night in Durham, N.C., missed a wide-open breakaway dunk. stunning ESPN analyst Dick Vitale.
It looked like it was showtime when Williamson stole a pass near midcourt with about nine minutes left and had a breakaway. But when the ball slipped off his wet hands, he sent his reverse dunk hard off the iron — his first miss on a breakaway all season. Despite the miss, he still got raucous cheers from the Cameron Crazies.
“The ref would tell me, ‘Z, tuck your jersey in,’ and I’d be like, ‘Mr. Ref, my jersey’s wet. I sweat a lot,'” Williamson said. “I wasn’t mad at the ref. I was mad at myself for trying to go too fast.”
Vitale couldn’t believe the expected No. 1 pick in the NBA draft missed it.
“Oh, here we go. Oh! Oh, he tried to get too fancy. He tried to get too fancy,” a stunned Vitale said. “He can’t believe it. Look at him, he can’t believe he missed it. He bricked it. He’s human, He’s human.
“I think he got a little too nonchalant,” Vitale added. “He go a little too nonchalant.”
— with AP