Huge Reports As Ja Morant had a lot to say about the Lakers after Grizzlies win

Ja Morant returned to the court against the Lakers on Wednesday and had plenty of trash talk after helping the Grizzlies to a win.

In recent years, the rivalry between the Lakers and Grizzlies has been marked by injuries to both teams and Dillon Brooks’ antics, though Brooks is no longer in the mix.

During the 2023 playoffs, the Lakers eliminated a banged-up Grizzlies squad in the first round, making their dominance clear.

When the two teams faced off last season in the group stage of the In-Season Tournament, Memphis was missing key players like Ja Morant, Steven Adams, and Brandon Clarke, and Marcus Smart left the game after just nine minutes.

On Wednesday, Morant finally returned to face the Lakers for only the second time since the 2023 playoffs, a stretch of 19 months. This time, the Lakers were without both Anthony Davis and Rui Hachimura.

Fueled by this advantage, the Grizzlies dealt the Lakers their fourth loss in five road games, with Morant contributing 20 points in the victory. Throughout the game, Morant and LeBron James engaged in a bit of back-and-forth, but the Grizzlies struggled to contain LeBron’s offensive prowess.

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After the game, the intensity continued with Morant. During his postgame press conference, he made his feelings about the Lakers very clear.

For those who missed the clip, Morant mentioned the last time the Lakers visited Memphis, highlighting some trash talk that occurred. That game is best remembered for an incredible play and dunk by LeBron that secured the victory.

Then, after the postgame presser, Ja took to Twitter to further talk some trash to the Lakers.

That’s a lot of chatter!

If you win the game, you earn the right to talk—those are the rules. The Lakers didn’t hold back when they defeated a struggling Grizzlies team over the past season and a half, so Memphis has every right to respond after last night’s win.

It’s clear that this rivalry isn’t going to fade anytime soon. In fact, the two teams will face off again exactly one week from Wednesday in Los Angeles.

However, Memphis may not be at full strength again, as Desmond Bane’s injury is expected to keep him out for weeks rather than days. Anthony Davis’s injury situation is also uncertain.

But that hasn’t stopped either side from engaging in trash talk over the last two years, and it shouldn’t. This rivalry has certainly added excitement to what were typically uneventful games against the Grizzlies over that period.