In the absence of Ja Morant, the Memphis Grizzlies will usher in a three-match march in Dallas on Monday night aiming for a third straight win.
Morant is expected to miss his fifth game in a row due to an off-field incident at a Colorado strip club on March 3. Whether he will return to the game is yet to be announced. identified, but authorities announced five days later that Morant would not face criminal charges thereafter. appeared the star guard firing a shotgun in an Instagram live video.
With Morant out, Memphis won a harrowing 112-108 at home against the Mavericks on Saturday night after 25 points from Desmond Bane and a career-high 24 points for rookie David Roddy coming on from the bench. .
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Roddy scored 17 points in the fourth quarter and helped the Grizzlies overcome the Mavericks’ 83-77 lead into the final bracket of the game. He took seven out of eight shots, including three-quarters from the three-pointer line, as Memphis cleared an 11-point gap in the fourth inning for his 40th win of the season.Roddy “We really need the energy from that third quarter. “I took a few shots and caught the beat. Whenever there was an opportunity, I took it.”
It was the first of two three-day games for the Grizzlies and the Mavericks, who played without Luka Doncic in Saturday’s loss due to a left thigh strain. The newly acquired Kyrie Irving also did not play due to a pain in his right leg.
“We played hard and we gave ourselves a chance to win without our top two dogs,” said Mavericks Jaden Hardy, who has 22 points.
Doncic excelled in the third quarter of last Wednesday’s 113-106 road loss to the New Orleans Pelicans after scoring 15 points and making eight assists. Magnetic resonance imaging of Doncic’s left thigh showed no damage and he was listed as problematic going into Monday’s game against Memphis.
Irving was scratched 90 minutes before the game against the Grizzlies after playing 41 minutes with the Pelicans. He led Dallas to a top 27 in the game against New Orleans and is expected to return in the rematch against Memphis.
“Right now I’m in doubt,” Irving told ESPN after Saturday’s shootout. “I’m going to do everything I can in the next few hours to get ready for the show.”
Tyus Jones is starting at point guard for Memphis in Morant’s absence. He averages 10.1 points and 4.8 assists per game. Bane (21.3 ppg, 4.2 apg) and Jaren Jackson Jr. (17.0 ppg, 6.6 rebounds, 3.2 blocks per game) is being more dependent on attack without Morant.
Dillon Brooks has averaged 34 minutes in his last two games for the Grizzlies, but his offensive power needs to increase following an eight-point performance in Saturday’s win over Dallas.
Tim Hardaway Jr. had 23 points and six rebounds in Saturday’s loss to Memphis. Josh Green added a brace (21 points, 10 rebounds) and Christian Wood scored 14 points from the bench.
If Doncic and Irving fail to play, Hardy, Hardaway and Green will once again shoulder the burden of attacking delay for the Mavericks.
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