Star Memphis Grizzlies guard Ja Morant will miss Saturday’s Game 4 against the Oklahoma City Thunder, per ESPN’s Shams Charania. His absence comes as a result of a hip injury suffered during Memphis’ Game 3 loss on Thursday night.
Later on Friday, the Grizzlies officially listed Morant as “doubtful” to play in Saturday’s game, citing a hip contusion.
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Per Charania, Morant had already been playing through a “significant” ankle sprain in order to clinch the Grizzlies’ postseason berth. Morant rolled his ankle during Memphis’ play-in matchup against the Golden State Warriors last week, but continued to play despite the injury. The Grizzlies secured the No. 8 seed in the playoffs after defeating the Dallas Mavericks in the play-in tournament.
Morant went down hard in the second quarter of Thursday’s game after a collision with Thunder guard Luguentz Dort, landing on his hip and missing the rest of the matchup. The incident was reviewed as a possible flagrant foul, but remained a common foul.
Morant, visibly in pain, stayed in the game long enough to shoot two free throws, missing both. Afterward, he headed straight to the locker room and did not return to the game, with the Grizzlies later ruling him out with a hip injury. Morant was later spotted on crutches in the tunnel.
It’s bad news for Memphis, who is in danger of getting swept by Oklahoma City on Saturday — and are likely to struggle without Morant. The Grizzlies blew a 29-point lead in Thursday night’s loss, and are now down 3-0 in the first-round series against the Thunder.
Star Memphis Grizzlies guard Ja Morant will miss Saturday’s Game 4 against the Oklahoma City Thunder, per ESPN’s Shams Charania. His absence comes as a result of a hip injury suffered during Memphis’ Game 3 loss on Thursday night.
Per Charania, Morant had already been playing through a “significant” ankle sprain in order to clinch the Grizzlies’ postseason berth. Morant rolled his ankle during Memphis’ play-in matchup against the Golden State Warriors last week, but continued to play despite the injury. The Grizzlies secured the No. 8 seed in the playoffs after defeating the Dallas Mavericks in the play-in tournament.
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Morant went down hard in the second quarter of Thursday’s game after a collision with Thunder guard Luguentz Dort, landing on his hip and missing the rest of the matchup. The incident was reviewed as a possible flagrant foul, but remained a common foul.
Morant, visibly in pain, stayed in the game long enough to shoot two free throws, missing both. Afterward, he headed straight to the locker room and did not return to the game, with the Grizzlies later ruling him out with a hip injury. Morant was later spotted on crutches in the tunnel.
It’s bad news for Memphis, who is in danger of getting swept by Oklahoma City on Saturday — and are likely to struggle without Morant. After Thursday night’s loss in which they blew a 29-point lead, the Grizzlies are down 3-0 in the first-round series against the Thunder.
