{"id":523835,"date":"2026-01-08T01:55:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T01:55:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/523835\/"},"modified":"2026-01-08T01:55:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T01:55:12","slug":"grizzlies-reveal-ja-morants-playing-status-vs-dillon-brooks-suns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/523835\/","title":{"rendered":"Grizzlies reveal Ja Morant&#8217;s playing status vs Dillon Brooks, Suns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialappeal.com\/sports\/grizzlies\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Memphis Grizzlies;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Memphis Grizzlies<\/a> star <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/articles\/ja-morant-injury-latest-status-182856170.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Ja Morant;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ja Morant<\/a> is out due to a right calf contusion against the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/phoenix-suns\/21\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Phoenix Suns;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Phoenix Suns<\/a> on Jan. 7 (7 p.m., FanDuel Sports Network) because of a right calf contusion.<\/p>\n<p>Morant was listed as questionable on the initial injury report. Later, Grizzlies coach Tuomas Iisalo said that he would be a gametime decision.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>This will be Morant&#8217;s third consecutive missed game due to the injury. He first appeared hobbled during a Jan. 2 game against the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/los-angeles-lakers\/13\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Los Angeles Lakers;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Los Angeles Lakers<\/a>, but he finished the matchup with 16 points and 11 assists.<\/p>\n<p>This isn&#8217;t the first time Morant has dealt with a calf injury. He suffered a Grade 1 right calf strain in a Nov. 15 matchup against the Cleveland Cavaliers. He missed 10 games and returned on Dec. 12.<\/p>\n<p>Morant has now missed 19 games this season. In 18 appearances, he&#8217;s averaging 19 points and 7.6 assists.<\/p>\n<p>Damichael Cole is the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/memphis-grizzlies\/29\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Memphis Grizzlies;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Memphis Grizzlies<\/a> beat writer for The Commercial Appeal. Contact Damichael at damichael.cole@commercialappeal.com. Follow Damichael on X, formerly known as Twitter, @DamichaelC.<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Memphis Commercial Appeal: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialappeal.com\/story\/sports\/nba\/grizzlies\/2026\/01\/07\/ja-morant-injury-update-memphis-grizzlies-suns\/88073108007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Ja Morant injury update: Grizzlies star out vs Dillon Brooks, Suns;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Ja Morant injury update: Grizzlies star out vs Dillon Brooks, Suns<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Memphis Grizzlies star Ja Morant is out due to a right calf contusion against the Phoenix Suns on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":523836,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3795],"tags":[7,17419,1716,193,7107,294,26931,178,150,293,177,4070,6,472,1139],"class_list":{"0":"post-523835","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-memphis-grizzlies","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-calf-contusion","10":"tag-calf-injury","11":"tag-cleveland-cavaliers","12":"tag-fanduel-sports-network","13":"tag-grizzlies","14":"tag-initial-injury","15":"tag-ja-morant","16":"tag-los-angeles-lakers","17":"tag-memphis","18":"tag-memphis-grizzlies","19":"tag-memphisgrizzlies","20":"tag-nba","21":"tag-phoenix-suns","22":"tag-tuomas-iisalo"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/115856993717427916","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/523835","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=523835"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/523835\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/523836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=523835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=523835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=523835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}