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Puma basketball deletes ill-advised tweet after Zion Williamson’s injury

Wednesday wasn’t a great day for Nike as Duke star Zion Williamson was injured after his shoe broke apart during a game against rival North Carolina.

Things weren’t so great for Puma, either.

That’s because the Puma basketball Twitter account tried to take advantage of the unfortunate situation by writing: “Wouldn’t have happened in the Pumas.”

Not good.

Puma deleted that tweet, but naturally the screenshot will never disappear:

Puma took some heat on Twitter from those who saw that tweet:

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