LOS ANGELES — A Memphis Grizzlies season marred by several controversies involving the face of the franchise finished much earlier than expected and in embarrassing fashion Friday night, when they were eliminated in a first-round series that ended with a 125-85 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers in Game 6.
After the most lopsided postseason loss in franchise history, All-Star point guard Ja Morant took accountability for the Western Conference No.
2-seeded Grizzlies' disappointing season, acknowledging that his off-court issues negatively impacted the team. «I've just got to be better with my decision-making,» said Morant, who finished with 10 points on 3-of-16 shooting in the blowout defeat. «That's pretty much it.
Off-the-court issues affected us as an organization pretty much. Just [need] more discipline.» Morant, 23, served an eight-game suspension due to conduct detrimental to the league in March after he displayed a handgun during an early-morning Instagram Live session from a Denver-area strip club.