Frustrated Ja Morant Confirms Major Offseason Plans as Multiple Grizzlies Stars Make Demand Clear to Front Office

Do you think the Memphis Grizzlies would’ve saved face if they didn’t endure what they did against OKC? That was definitely one of the most one-sided playoff series in a while. The Grizz made history for all the wrong reasons. But amidst a week of many lows- came one moment of repetition. Any guesses as to what that was? Yep- it was Ja Morant’s injury. It came at the worst time for Memphis, but their fate was written on a wall much before.

The Grizzlies had a 27-point lead in Game 3. It didn’t seem likely that they would lose that. But when Morant was undercut by Thunder forward Lu Dort on his way up for a dunk, it seemed like multiple vulnerabilities of Toumas Iisalo’s team were exposed. One of them being their dependency on Ja Magic Man, considering that the Thunder’s 29-point comeback is the second-largest in NBA playoff history in the play-by-play era (since 1997), and the 26-point halftime comeback is the largest ever in NBA playoff history.