Trail Blazers' Ja Morant ruled out of loss to Grizzlies with hamstring injury

Morant's 'revenge game' against his former team ended early due to injury, before Memphis got the win to move to 5-0 on the season Ja Morant's first meeting with his former team as a Portland Trail Blazer came to an early end, after the guard exited the game with a left hamstring injury. Halfway through the fourth quarter of Thursday's game against the Memphis Grizzlies, Morant appeared to grab at his left hamstring after a few back-and-forth plays. He went to the bench shortly afterward and had his leg checked out on the sideline. The 27-year-old point guard was officially ruled out by the team later in the quarter. The severity of the injury is unclear. Morant was set up for an early meeting with his old team, just four months after the blockbuster trade that sent Morant to Portland. But the Grizzlies got the last laugh, picking up a 124-103 win in Portland's Moda Center. Prior to leaving with the injury, Morant struggled with shooting but dropped some big highlights in the contest. In one moment late in the second quarter, the guard dropped a floating jumper past Grizzlies guard Cedric Coward; Morant then seemingly mouthed "he food" at the crowd while pointing toward Coward. Morant finished with 14 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists in 23 minutes of play.