Memphis Star JA MORANT’s playmaker was allowed to play in the Friday gaming games of the Grizzlies against the Dallas Mavericks about 30 minutes before the planned tip-off.
Morant walked his right ankle Tuesday in the loss of road 121-116 of Memphis against the Golden State Warriors in San Francisco.
Morant would have undergone an MRI exam Thursday and received several injections of pain killers in recent days.
“I know he does everything possible to be able to play,” said the acting coach of Grizzlies, Tuomas Iisalo before the Friday match.
Before Morant is cleared, the coach of the Mavericks, Jason Kidd, said: “We are ready to see JA. He is a player. He is a difficult person. … We believe he will go.”
Morant was injured when he landed at the foot of Buddy Hield by Golden State with 4:25 to do in the third trimester.
MORANT, 25, returned later to the match and ended up scoring 22 points.
One All-Star twice, Morers have collected an average of 23.2 points, 7.3 assists and 4.1 rebounds in 50 regular season games this season.
The winner of the Friday competition will be the seeded n ° 8 of the Western Conference and will face the Thunder of Oklahoma City in the first round in the first round of the playoffs.
– field level media