Star point guard Ja Morant missed his third straight game on Saturday due to a calf strain, but he was at the center of a post-game incident in Dallas after his Grizzlies beat the Mavericks. As Tim MacMahon writes for ESPN.com, Morant and Mavs wing Klay Thompson exchanged words on the court following the final buzzer and had to be separated by security staff members and coaches (Twitter video link). After seemingly directing some trash talk Thompson’s way during that confrontation, Morant interrupted teammate Cam Spencer‘s post-game television interview to say, “Tell ’em who the best shooter in the house was, it wasn’t bro from Golden State” (Twitter video link). Asked during his post-game media session about what Morant was saying to him on the court, Thompson said it was “nothing of intelligent depth,” per MacMahon. “He’s a funny guy,” Thompson said. “He has a lot to say all the time, especially for a guy who rarely takes accountability. …It was really just running his mouth, and he’s been running his mout
