Memphis Grizzlies star point guard Ja Morant has been ruled out of Thursday's home matchup against the Houston Rockets.

Iffy against Houston

The Memphis Grizzlies are back at home trying to avoid a season sweep versus the Houston Rockets. Follow along for live updates.

The Memphis Grizzlies find themselves as one of the top teams in the NBA as the halfway point of the season passes. Despite All-Star guard Ja Morant being in and out of the lineup, they've been able to get great performances out of other players like Luke Kennard and Desmond Bane.

The Grizzlies (29-15) are entering this matchup winners of four straight. Ja Morant, Desmond Bane and Jaren Jackson Jr. are leading the play, and Luke Kennard is having his best stretch of the season over the past five games. Kennard finished with 23 points and made seven 3-pointers on Wednesday.

Yuki Kawamura, Ja Morant and the rest of the Memphis Grizzlies were fired up after Luke Kennard displayed his dunking abilities during the team’s 132-120 victory over the Charlotte Hornets on ...

He is one of the NBA’s best three-point shooters, a skill Luke Kennard put on display Wednesday night when the Grizzlies knocked off the Hornets inside FedExForum. The guy who owns the Grizzlies’ franchise record for most 3’s in a game with 10,

The Houston Rockets hoped to complete a season sweep of the Memphis Grizzlies on Thursday. A victory by the Rockets would give them a 4-0 shutout of the Grizzlies for the first time in 15 years.

The Memphis Grizzlies could make a trade with the Washington Wizards for their star forward to improve their title odds.

As the daily countdown to the NBA trade deadline begins, let’s return again to an annual parlor game, contemplating potential trades that mostly and perhaps entirely won’t be taken.

Ja Morant is widely regarded as one of the most must-see young stars in the entire NBA. Before suspensions (and perhaps even after them still), he was regarded as the next “face” of American basketball.