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Andy Nesbitt

Zion Williamson returned and immediately threw down jaw-dropping dunks

Zion Williamson is back.

And in a big way.

The Duke freshman returned to action in Thursday night’s ACC quarterfinal game against Syracuse. Williamson, of course, had missed the last five games with a knee injury that he suffered against North Carolina last month when his Nike shoe absolutely blew up.

Many thought he might not want to return to college hoops at all, thinking he should save himself for the NBA. But Zion didn’t want to hear any of that. He’s back now and it didn’t take him long to get back to his dunking ways.

He started off by doing this two minutes into the game:

And then this:

And also this, before almost getting tripped:

His first-half numbers weren’t that bad, either:

Yup, Zion is back. And college basketball is a lot better for it.

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