Zion out for remainder of summer league with bruised knee

New Orleans Pelicans rookie Zion Williamson will miss the remainder of summer league play with a bruised left knee suffered in his debut Friday, the team announced Saturday.

The injury occurred in the first half of the Pelicans' clash against the New York Knicks and Williamson was held out for the remainder of the game for precautionary reasons.

"Zion will move forward from this incident without issue," executive vice president of basketball operations David Griffin said in a statement. "However, in an abundance of caution, we have made the determination that he will not appear in game action for the remainder of the NBA summer league.

"He will continue to take part in training and conditioning with our performance team."

Williamson finished with 11 points on 4-of-9 shooting in nine minutes of action.