Ja Morant out ‘week-to-week’ with back injury
Rookie point guard Ja Morant will be out "week-to-week" after aggravating a back injury suffered earlier in the week.
Rookie point guard Ja Morant will be out "week-to-week" after aggravating a back injury suffered earlier in the week.
The Grizzlies lost their sixth straight game as Mike Conley and the visiting Utah Jazz left FedExForum with a 103-94 victory.
The Grizzlies built an early fourth-quarter lead, but couldn't hold it against a talented, veteran Los Angeles Clippers team, who won their seventh straight game, while the Grizzlies lost their fifth in a row.
Jared Jackson scored 28 and Ja Morant chipped in 19. But the Pacers established a huge lead early on, leaving the Grizzlies playing catch-up until the end in Indianapolis.
The Grizzlies tweaked their rotation this weekend and now look toward a busy week with marquee home games on both sides of Thanksgiving.
The Grizzlies’ better-than-expected early season record was built on close wins and late Ja Morant heroics. They got one of the two on Saturday night as the NBA-leading Los Angeles Lakers survived their visit to FedExForum with a 109-108 win.
Grizzlies rookie Ja Morant was only 4 years old when LeBron James made his NBA debut. But he's not overwhelmed by playing against him and the Lakers, or the prospect of seeing a lot of purple and gold in the stands Saturday night at FedExForum.
The young Memphis Grizzlies were good enough to beat a strong Utah Jazz team and bad enough to be run off the court by the depleted Golden State Warriors. But kids will be kids.
Why has Jaren Jackson Jr. gotten off to such a rough start to his second season? Readers want to know, and the Grizzlies Mailbag looks at some potential answers.
The Golden State Warriors ended their seven-game losing streak by dominating the Memphis Grizzlies in the second quarter on the way to a 114-95 victory.
After a 3-1 week, the Grizzlies are on pace to better pre-season expectations. Are there reasons to believe? Plus: Brandon Clarke's shot-making, Ja Morant's big moments, the in-coming Lakers and more.
The Grizzlies' three-game win streak was snapped in decisive fashion as the visiting Denver Nuggets made the young Grizzlies look green again.
From success to hope, sports fans in Memphis have a lot to enjoy right now even with the uncertainty of the James Wiseman situation.
Fans gave former Grizzlies point guard Mike Conley a warm reception Friday night in his return to Memphis, but he and the Utah Jazz left without the win.
Ja Morant scored 25 points in his national television debut as the Grizzlies won their third straight game over Mike Conley and the Utah Jazz.
Mike Conley returned to FedExForum Friday night. Ja Morant showed him his old team is in good hands.
Only months after being traded, franchise leading scorer Mike Conley returns to FedExForum, where he'll face his point guard inheritor, Ja Morant, for the first time. It's a meeting of Grizzlies past, present and future.
The lead went back and forth, but the Grizzlies beat the Hornets 119-117. It was a team effort, but credit rookie point guard Ja Morant with the buzzer shot, to go with his first double-double.
At 3-7, the Grizzlies have played to expectations after 10 games, but the real meaning this season is in the details. By that measure, the rebuilding team is off to a promising start.
The Grizzlies grabbed their first road win of the season, 113-109, at San Antonio as Jaren Jackson Jr. scored 24 points and Jonas Valanciunas put up a double-double with 18 points and 12 rebounds.
Ja Morant's controversial night off was the Grizzlies storyline of the weekend; his meeting with Mike Conley a featured attraction on the horizon. Grizz Week wraps up last week and sets up this one.
After a 138-122 loss to the Dallas Mavericks as rookie point guard Ja Morant was rested, Memphis coach Taylor Jenkins and players agree the team's defense is far behind its offense.
Ja Morant will miss his first NBA game as the Grizzlies decide to rest their rookie star the first back-to-back game of the season.
Road woes continued for the Grizzlies, who suffered their worst loss of the season in Orlando.
Jaren Jackson Jr.'s stuttering development, Brandon Clarke's fast start, Ja Morant's minutes and a Tony Allen/Shane Battier comp are among the subjects on Grizzlies' fans' minds in this week's Mailbag.