{"id":649028,"date":"2026-03-09T14:35:17","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T14:35:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/649028\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T14:35:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T14:35:17","slug":"brooklyn-resting-michael-porter-jr-during-tank-matchup-with-grizzlies-following-surprise-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/649028\/","title":{"rendered":"Brooklyn resting Michael Porter Jr. during tank matchup with Grizzlies following surprise win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/nba\/players\/9eac088d\/michael-porter-jr\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Michael Porter Jr<\/a>. is getting the night off during a critical tank matchup <a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/nba\/detroit-pistons\/pistons-news-jb-bickerstaff-disrespectful-turning-point-nets\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">following the Brooklyn Nets&#8217; upset win over the Detroit Pistons<\/a>. Porter was ruled out for Monday&#8217;s matchup with the <a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/nba\/memphis-grizzlies\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Memphis Grizzlies<\/a> for rest.<\/p>\n<p>The rest night comes after the Nets lost ground in <a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/nba\/nba-stories\/nba-rumors-league-seeking-tanking-remedies-epic-tank-2026-draft-underway\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a tightly-contested tank race<\/a> following Saturday&#8217;s 23-point second-half comeback against the Pistons. Porter posted a game-high 30 points with 13 rebounds during the stunning victory. He played 39 minutes, his most in regulation of any game this season.<\/p>\n<p>The win, which snapped a 10-game losing streak, dropped the Nets into a tie with the Washington Wizards for third place in the draft lottery standings. They&#8217;re 1.5 games behind the Indiana Pacers for second and two behind the Sacramento Kings for first.<\/p>\n<p>Will Nets pick up their second straight win on Monday vs. depleted Grizzlies?<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3648907\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Nets-Michael-Porter-Jr.jpg\" alt=\"Brooklyn Nets forward Michael Porter Jr. (17) reacts after making a shot against the Toronto Raptors during the first half at Barclays Center.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"574\"  \/>John Jones-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p>Even with Porter and Egor Demin sidelined, the Nets will have a decent chance to pick up their second straight win on Monday. The Grizzlies&#8217; eight highest-paid players <a href=\"https:\/\/ak-static.cms.nba.com\/referee\/injury\/Injury-Report_2026-03-09_09_30AM.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">are on the injury report<\/a>, alongside others.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/nba\/memphis-grizzlies\/grizzlies-news-ja-morant-dealing-discomfort-amid-elbow-injury\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Memphis will be without Ja Morant<\/a>, Zach Edey, Santi Aldama, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, Brandon Clarke and Taj Gibson on Monday. Meanwhile, Cedric Coward, Ty Jerome, Scottie Pippen Jr. and Taylor Hendricks are doubtful.<\/p>\n<p>If all of the above names are ruled out, the Grizzlies will have only eight available players vs. the Nets: Walter Clayton Jr., Cam Spencer, G.G. Jackson, Jaylen Wells, Olivier-Maxence Prosper, Javon Small, Rayan Rupert and Jahmai Mashack. All of those players are on a rookie contract, a minimum or a two-way deal. There is no center among the group.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, both of Brooklyn&#8217;s centers, Nic Claxton and Day&#8217;Ron Sharpe, are available.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Michael Porter Jr. is getting the night off during a critical tank matchup following the Brooklyn Nets&#8217; upset&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":620207,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3795],"tags":[7,247,294,293,177,4070,562,6,2144],"class_list":{"0":"post-649028","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-memphis-grizzlies","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-brooklyn-nets","10":"tag-grizzlies","11":"tag-memphis","12":"tag-memphis-grizzlies","13":"tag-memphisgrizzlies","14":"tag-michael-porter-jr","15":"tag-nba","16":"tag-reporting"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116199721002640980","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/649028","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=649028"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/649028\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/620207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=649028"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=649028"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=649028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}