No further punishment for Ja Morant, Buddy Hield over gun gestures

“We hit a point where we know what we have to do,” the Grizzlies moved Santi Aldama forward. “There’s no moral victory in this. The schedule is tough, but we have to focus on ourselves. When they set out for Miami on Wednesday, the Grizzlies were one of four teams separated by just one game in the middle of a Western Conference playoff picture. The Warriors, Grizzlies, Timberwolves and Clippers are gathering between the fifth and eighth in the rankings, and the jockeys could shift each night into the final two weeks of the season. As it stands, two of these four teams will be locked in the fifth and sixth seeds that guarantee a first-round playoff series. The other two must qualify through play-in tournaments to get a chance to make it to the playoffs. “We definitely felt the weight of these last few,” said Grizzlies star guard Ja Morant, acknowledging the mental and physical burden the team carried over three games in a four-day stretch. “We have to win. We turn the script over, go outside and take a different mentality on the road.” -via GrindCityMedia.com / April 3, 2025