Morant’s late heroics propel Grizzlies past Wolves in nailbiter
Memphis Grizzlies guard Ja Morant (12) looks to pass the ball past the defense of Minnesota Timberwolves center Rudy Gobert (27) in the first quarter of an NBA basketball game Saturday, Jan. 11, 2025, in Minneapolis. (Bruce Kluckhohn/AP)
MINNEAPOLIS — Ja Morant was shooting 3-17 from the floor with more fouls than assists and was spending the middle of the fourth quarter sitting on the bench, padding draped over his recently injured right shoulder.
Then it was the late fourth quarter, under three minutes to play, and maybe some were starting to wonder whether Morant would come back to finish this game.
His head coach harbored no such doubts.
“Oh, he was coming back in,” said Taylor Jenkins soon after his team’s 127-125 road win against the Minnesota Timberwolves, which pushed the team’s record to 25-14. “We know he’s built for those moments.”
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Chris Herrington
Chris Herrington has covered the Memphis Grizzlies, in one way or another, since the franchise’s second season in Memphis, while also writing about music, movies, food and civic life. As far as he knows, he’s the only member of the Professional Basketball Writers Association who is also a member of a film critics group and has also voted in national music critic polls for Rolling Stone and the Village Voice (RIP). He and his wife have two kids and, for reasons that sometimes elude him, three dogs.
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