The Grizzlies play the Rockets both Wednesday and Friday and need wins as they are in a fight for the two seed with the red-hot Sacramento Kings.

The Rockets and their porous defense are an excellent soft landing spot for Morant to return, put up some numbers, but not have to play heavy minutes. “I’m told he could return to the lineup as soon as Wednesday at home against the Rockets” with the latest on Ja Morant’s return from his 8-game suspension #RunItBack #BigMemphis /YNflRSG3qV In good news for Grizzlies fans, Morant could return as soon as Wednesday against the Rockets, reports Shams Charania of The Athletic. Not that the league will do anything about it.ĭespite his eight-game suspension being up, Ja Morant will not be on the court Monday night when the Grizzlies host the Mavericks (Luka Dončić and Kyrie Irving are questionable for the Mavericks as of this writing, although Dončić has been hopeful he could play). We want the emotion, we want the players to have their hearts on their sleeves. Not demonstrably, not yelling or trying to show anyone up, he was just frustrated with the call. NBA referees deserve more respect than they get, they are the best in the world (if you don’t think so, watch some college or FIBA ball for a while).īut check that ego at the door - it’s an emotional game, a call went against Barnes’ team in a critical moment and he vented. It is hard to be an NBA referee, to go out and do your best nightly - and by the NBA metrics Foster is one of the best, it’s why he gets a lot of playoffs/Finals assignments - and to constantly hear you suck. “He was ejected on one technical foul because he used verbiage that which directly questioned the integrity of the crew.” I was just like talking to myself.” /DVtjELMUu4Īfter the game, Scott Foster told a pool reporter: Nuggets: “I was just saying something to myself and then I guess he took offense to it. Scott Foster made the call after Barnes protested a late foul call 😬Īdd the technical free throw to the two for the foul - the Nuggets made all three - and it was suddenly a four-point game not just one possession, and the Nuggets went on to get the win.Īfter the game, Barnes said he was talking to himself, with one of those things being, “y’all are cheating, bro.” Scottie Barnes was just ejected in a 1 point game with under 30 seconds remaining…

Scottie Barnes, standing next to Poeltl basically under the basket, says something to himself, and Foster - up at the free throw line - spins around and ejects Barnes. With 28.3 seconds left and the Raptors down one, Jakob Poeltl was whistled for a tight-call foul (there was contact, but it’s not a call always made late in games). Scottie Barnes was the victim of one of the latter on Monday night. Then there are quick-trigger ejections late in close games that help decide the outcome.

There are quick-trigger ejections - Scott Foster is legendary for them.

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