{"id":473439,"date":"2023-12-19T11:06:40","date_gmt":"2023-12-19T15:06:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/?post_type=news&#038;p=473439"},"modified":"2023-12-19T09:50:19","modified_gmt":"2023-12-19T13:50:19","slug":"ja-morant-set-to-return-vs-pelicans-after-25-game-suspension","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/ja-morant-set-to-return-vs-pelicans-after-25-game-suspension\/","title":{"rendered":"Ja Morant set to return vs Pelicans after 25-game suspension"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The upcoming Tuesday clash between the Memphis Grizzlies and the New Orleans Pelicans might seem like just another regular game on the busy NBA schedule.<\/p>\n<p>However, for Memphis, this game holds special significance. The much-anticipated return of star player Ja Morant is set to take place, and the Grizzlies are optimistic that this matchup will mark the beginning of a focused push towards the playoffs.<\/p>\n<p>Memphis has faced significant challenges in Morant&#8217;s absence. The star player received a 25-game suspension last year for holding a gun during a livestream video, deemed detrimental to the league by the NBA, resulting in the announced punishment. The Grizzlies, currently standing at 6-19, suffered their fifth consecutive loss with a 116-97 defeat against the Oklahoma City Thunder on Monday. Despite forward Jaren Jackson Jr. averaging 35.7 points in his three previous games, he was limited to 11 points in the loss.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">BREAKING: Ja Morant is expected to return from suspension tomorrow vs. the Pelicans, per <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShamsCharania?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@ShamsCharania<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>12 BACK. \ud83d\udd25 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qFDooY0amN\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/qFDooY0amN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Legion Hoops (@LegionHoops) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LegionHoops\/status\/1736956095850217560?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">December 19, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Morant, who was allowed to practice with the team during his suspension, seems poised to make an immediate impact.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m proud of him, what he&#8217;s been able to do,&#8221; commented injured Memphis guard Derrick Rose. &#8220;The work he&#8217;s put in and his mindset have been straight. He&#8217;s been the first one in here, he&#8217;s been staying late. He&#8217;s been helping younger guys, being a leader and a positive voice throughout this (process).&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The upcoming Tuesday clash between the Memphis Grizzlies and the New Orleans Pelicans might seem like just another regular game on the busy [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":137,"featured_media":473472,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"tags":[17281,16884],"news_category":[16706],"gn_keywords":[17950,17838],"acf":{"announce":"\"I'm proud of him, what he's been able to do,\" commented injured Memphis guard Derrick Rose","video":[]},"rank_math_focus_keyword":"","rank_math_description":"","rank_math_title":"","rank_math_robots":"","rank_math_canonical_url":"","rank_math_facebook_title":"","rank_math_facebook_description":"","rank_math_facebook_image":"","rank_math_twitter_title":"","rank_math_twitter_description":"","rank_math_twitter_image":"","rank_math_snippet_shortcode":"","rank_math_primary_category":"","rankmath_seo":{"focus_keyword":"","description":"","title":"","canonical_url":"","robots":"","facebook":{"title":"","description":"","image":""},"twitter":{"title":"","description":"","image":""}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/473439"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/137"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=473439"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/473439\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":473473,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/473439\/revisions\/473473"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/473472"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=473439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=473439"},{"taxonomy":"news_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_category?post=473439"},{"taxonomy":"gn_keywords","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gn_keywords?post=473439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}