Yes, Morant took off his right ankle sprain to score 22 points and add nine assists, and the Memphis Grizzlies beat the Dallas Mavericks 120-106 on Friday night to advance to the NBA playoffs.
Memphis secured the eighth seed of the West Conference and will open against Oklahoma City sown in a series of the best seven that begins on Sunday on the local field of Thunder.
Morant did more than just play. Heyver an exciting start that included a Slam or a dump or a dump That had his teammate Desmond Bane shouting “Showtime!” On him in celebration while Morant raised his eyes so much they were level with the edge.
Morant was injured on Tuesday night in Golden State in the first game game of the Grizzlies and it was questionable to play on Friday.
“I couldn’t feel it … so I was there,” Morant said with a smile.
Years Jackson Jr. led Memphis with 24 points, and Bane had 22.
Anthony Davis led Dallas with 40 points and nine rebounds. Klay Thompson had 18 points.
Davis limited in the fourth quarter with what seemed to be a right lesion in the calf. Letly returned, but the game did not finish.
Memphis saw an advantage of 25 pints in the first half melting in the third quarter when the mavericks created a voltage of 27-12 part-time voltage. That brought the deficit of the mavericks to a single digits in the middle of the third.
The Grizzlies extended the advantage to 96-80 in the last quarter and Dallas never threatened the rest of the road.
The Mavericks closed the first half with eight straight points to cut it at 66-49.
Davis was 22 in the middle, while Morant had 16 points for Memphis.
Dallas, who beat Sacramento 120-106 on Wednesday night to win a place against the Grizzlies, did not seem to have the same spark to start the game, never leading against Memphis.
Davis did his part to hit Dallas’s offensive attack, but Memphis responded with a balanced score.
Zach Edey had 15 points and 11 rebounds for Memphis, and Scotty Pips Jr. scored 13 points.
Associated Press reports.
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