Puts up 38 points in return Morant (thigh) accumulated 38 points (14-25 FG, 3-5 3Pt, 7-9 FT), five rebounds, four assists and one block in 32 minutes during Wednesday's 135-129 victory over the Spurs. Impact Morant returned from a two-game absence and looked dominant, carrying the Grizzlies to victory in a game that turned out to be more competitive than expected against one of the NBA's also-rans. Though Morant has now scored at least 30 points in four of his last five appearances, he hasn't quite taken a notable leap forward from 2022-23 thanks to a two-and-a-half-percentage-point dip in his field-goal percentage from 2021-22. He's at least offset that dip in field-goal percentage to some degree with a full-point bump in his assists per game, from 6.7 last season to a career-high 7.9 per game so far in 2022-23.
JANUARY 12, 2023 ā¢ ROTOWIRE