Ja Morant

2022 - 12 - 18

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Ja Morant ejected during Thunder game, dials up fans (wreg.com)

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Ja Morant's interaction with courtside fans continued long after he was ejected from the Memphis Grizzlies' game against the Oklahoma ...

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Ja Morant got most bizarre ejection of NBA season over incident ... (Larry Brown Sports)

The Memphis Grizzlies star Morant was tossed in the second quarter by referee Ray Acosta. Morant's offense? Talking to a fan sitting courtside. Morant ...

Without Morant in the second half, Memphis mounted a mini-comeback but still lost 115-109. Both Morant and the fan looked equally dumbfounded by the ejection. Another surreal moment ensued after Morant had made his way back into the locker room.

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Ja Morant FaceTimes With Fans Who Got Him Ejected (OutKick)

Memphis Grizzlies' star point guard Ja Morant was ejected Saturday night for chatting with some fans sitting courtside.

“I got my first tech for saying I got hit in my f*cking face,” Morant told reporters after the game. With 1:22 left in the fourth quarter against the Minnesota Timberwolves, Morant received a technical foul and was tossed from the game. “I don’t know. “And then I get another tech for talking with a fan for him (Acosta) being in my conversation again. They came to watch us play,” Ja said. [star point guard](https://www.outkick.com/?s=ja+morant) was ejected Saturday night for chatting with some fans sitting courtside.

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Why did Memphis Grizzlies star Ja Morant get ejected from the game ... (AS English)

Memphis Grizzlies star point guard Ja Morant was ejected from their game against the Oklahoma City Thunder, and it was not immediately clear why.

A viral video showed that after he was sent to the locker room, Morant spoke to the courtside fans through his father’s cell phone. The first technical was called after the player’s apparent frustration that a foul wasn’t called as he was trying to receive a pass. The 23-year-old was surprised by the call, and his teammates protested it, insisting that Morant had not been speaking to a referee at the time but rather to a fan who was sitting courtside.

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