These struggles for New Orleans have been due to injuries, as Zion Williamson, Dejounte Murray, Herb Jones, CJ McCollum, and other key contributors have all been missing time. Ahead of this game against Los Angeles,

Those injury problems got exponentially worse on Saturday when the Pelicans announced that Williamson will be out indefinitely due to a hamstring strain. On Monday, an official timetable of around four-to-six weeks was reported by ESPN's Shams Charania on NBA Today.

The New Orleans Pelicans say Zion Williamson has been diagnosed with a left hamstring strain that will sideline him indefinitely.