Magic Morant Sparks Grizzlies Over Warriors, Celtics Rout Bucks
Ja Morant erupted for 47 points as the Memphis Grizzlies outmuscled the Golden State Warriors to level their Western Conference NBA playoff series with a bruising 106-101 victory on Tuesday.
Morant's career-high playoff points total dragged Memphis over the line to square the best-of-seven semi-final series at 1-1 after a nail-biting duel at the FedEx Forum in Tennessee.
But a physical encounter was shrouded in controversy, with the Grizzlies' Dillon Brooks ejected after only three minutes for flattening the Warriors' Gary Payton II as he drove for a basket.
Payton played no further part in the contest and Warriors coach Steve Kerr later confirmed he had suffered a fractured elbow.
The Warriors' Draymond Green, ejected in game one on Sunday, was also on the receiving end o...