{"id":526144,"date":"2026-01-09T01:20:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T01:20:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/526144\/"},"modified":"2026-01-09T01:20:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T01:20:14","slug":"ja-morant-injury-update-memphis-grizzlies-star-wont-play-thunder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/526144\/","title":{"rendered":"Ja Morant injury update: Memphis Grizzlies star won&#8217;t play Thunder"},"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> will miss a Jan. 9 game against the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/oklahoma-city-thunder\/25\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Oklahoma City Thunder;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Oklahoma City Thunder<\/a> due to a right calf contusion.<\/p>\n<p>Morant will miss his fourth consecutive game since he appeared bothered during a Jan. 2 loss to 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>. Morant was listed as questionable before the previous three games. He was considered a gametime decision by coach Tuomas Iisalo before a Jan. 7 loss to 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>.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/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>This will be Morant&#8217;s 20th missed game 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\/08\/ja-morant-injury-update-memphis-grizzlies-thunder-basketball\/88091494007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Ja Morant injury update: Memphis Grizzlies star out vs Thunder;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Ja Morant injury update: Memphis Grizzlies star out vs Thunder<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Memphis Grizzlies star Ja Morant will miss a Jan. 9 game against the Oklahoma City Thunder due to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":526145,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3795],"tags":[7,17419,1716,193,12444,294,178,150,293,177,4070,6,179,472],"class_list":["post-526144","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-memphis-grizzlies","tag-basketball","tag-calf-contusion","tag-calf-injury","tag-cleveland-cavaliers","tag-consecutive-game","tag-grizzlies","tag-ja-morant","tag-los-angeles-lakers","tag-memphis","tag-memphis-grizzlies","tag-memphisgrizzlies","tag-nba","tag-oklahoma-city-thunder","tag-phoenix-suns"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/115862518213066437","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/526144","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=526144"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/526144\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/526145"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=526144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=526144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=526144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}