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the visitors ruled out their star guard, Ja Morant.
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The National Basketball Players Association called the 25-game suspension "excessive".
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On the same day Grizzlies star Ja Morant was warned by the NBA against using finger-gun gestures, he broke out the same celebration against the Heat.
Morant made the gesture twice during a win over Miami despite the league warning him about it after his previous game.
The NBA sent a warning to Ja Morant but is not expected to penalize the Memphis Grizzlies star further for what appeared to be a gun-related gesture.
The NBA fined Memphis Grizzlies star Ja Morant $75,000 after he again made a gun gesture with his fingers in his team’s 110-108 victory over the Miami Heat on Thursday, despite receiving a warning from the NBA for performing the same celebration earlier this week.
Ja Morant may as well be digging his own basketball grave, a former NBA great said. The Grizzlies star doesn’t seem to care if he gets punished for his gun-related celebrations on the court, and the guard already received a $75,000 fine from the NBA for using the gun gesture this week, even after receiving a warning.
Guard Ja Morant of the Memphis Grizzlies was fined $75,000 by the NBA for gun gestures this week. The league said he ignored its warnings.
NBA superstar Ja Morant called game on Thursday night. With the Memphis Grizzlies and Miami Heat tied at 108-108 in the closing seconds at the Kaseya Center, Morant hit a fade-away stepback that clanked along the fim before going through the bucket and giving Memphis the win.
There are questions about whether or not Ja Morant did a "shotgun" gesture at the Golden State Warriors bench Tuesday night.