Watch Zion Williamson Tear Through Shoe, Suffer Apparent Leg Injury vs. UNC

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Not even shoes can contain Zion Williamson.

The Duke Blue Devils freshman gave fans at Cameron Indoor Stadium a scare during the opening minute of Wednesday’s game against the North Carolina Tar Heels when he went down with an apparent leg injury after his left shoe ripped as he planted with the ball.

Even Los Angeles Lakers All-Star LeBron James weighed in on the setback:

He headed toward the bench under his own power, which was a relief for Duke fans counting on him to parlay his immense talent into a national championship run. The likely No. 1 pick in the upcoming 2019 NBA draft then went back to the locker room for further examination.

ESPN’s Maria Taylor said during the broadcast Williamson was testing the injury after his father came back to the locker room:

Jeff Goodman of Stadium noted assistant coach “Nolan Smith just came back to the bench from the locker room and shook his head when asked question from assistant Jon Scheyer. Just a guess—but don’t think we’ll be seeing Zion again tonight.”