MEMPHIS — Grizzlies celebrity Ja Morant shouted in sadness as he ran off the court docket keeping his proper hand halfway during the fourth quarter of Sunday’s Recreation 1 towards the Los Angeles Lakers and didn’t go back.
Memphis trailed via 4 when Morant exited and went directly to lose 128-112, with the Lakers extreme the sport on a 23-11 run next Memphis misplaced its founding level cover.
Morant was once taking part in with that hand wrapped on account of an trauma suffered right through the general day of the common season. He harm the hand once more when it slammed onto the court docket with 5:48 excess within the fourth quarter as he fell next charging into Lakers fat guy Anthony Davis. Morant tried to assault the basket and end over Davis however was once known as for an offensive foul.
Upcoming staying at the garden for a number of seconds, Morant were given to his toes and right away ran day the Grizzlies’ bench into the warehouse room. Morant was once dressed in a extra intensive dark wrap on his proper hand when he returned to the Grizzlies’ bench however he didn’t take a look at again into the sport.
Morant was once now not indexed at the Grizzlies’ trauma file getting into the sport. Educator Taylor Jenkins stated pregame that Morant would haven’t any barriers because of the sore hand.
Memphis will host the Lakers for Recreation 2 on Wednesday night time.
