Ja Morant says he played last four Memphis Grizzlies games with a broken thumb
Following a 35-point performance in a season-ending loss to the Portland Trail Blazers on Saturday, Memphis Grizzlies rookie point guard Ja Morant revealed he played the final four games with a broken right thumb.
"Since the Raptors game (on August 9), I was out there playing with a fractured thumb," Morant told reporters after the loss, which gave the eighth-seeded Blazers the Western Conference's final playoff spot and sent the ninth-seeded Grizzlies home for the season.
He averaged 18.3 points, 11 assists and seven rebounds per game over the final three seeding games, then set a career high with his 35 points on Saturday. He also had eight assists and four rebounds against Portland, although he also set a career high with eight turnovers.
The favourite to win แบล็คแจ็ค of the Year, Morant finished the regular season averaging 17.8 points, 7.3 assists and 3.9 rebounds per game.
The Grizzlies, who held a three-and-a-half -game lead over the Blazers entering the season restart, finished 2-7 in the NBA bubble near Orlando, with injuries a significant factor.
Beyond Morant's thumb, Memphis lost second-year big man Jaren Jackson Jr to a torn meniscus in his knee after just three games in the bubble. Justise Winslow never made his debut after being acquired from Miami, sustaining a hip injury in practice in July that ended his season.
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