Memphis beats Dallas to face top-seeded Oklahoma City in the NBA playoffs

Ja Morant shrugged off a sprained right ankle to score 22 points and add nine assists and the Memphis Grizzlies beat the Dallas Mavericks 120-106 on Friday night to advance to the NBA playoffs.Memphis secured the Western Conference’s eighth seed and will open against top-seeded Oklahoma City in a best-of-seven series beginning Sunday on the Thunder’s home court.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Herro, Heat scorch Bulls to advance in NBA play-in, Mavericks upset Kingslist 2 of 4Warriors hold off Grizzlies, clinch West’s No 7 NBA playoff seedlist 3 of 4Man Utd career summed up by ‘Maddest game’ – Maguirelist 4 of 4Flick demands answers from LaLiga for ‘joke’ scheduleend of listMorant was injured Tuesday night at Golden State in the Grizzlies’ play-in opener and was questionable to play Friday.“The doctors gave me all the help I needed in the simplest terms,” said Morant, whose availability wasn’t certain until about 30 minutes before tip-off. “I wanted to be on the floor. I w...