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Ja Morant Reacts to Thunder Copying Grizzlies Postgame Celebration

The Memphis Grizzlies started this postgame trend
Ja Morant Reacts to Thunder Copying Grizzlies Postgame Celebration
Ja Morant Reacts to Thunder Copying Grizzlies Postgame Celebration

The Memphis Grizzlies went viral last season for their postgame celebrations that included crashing the on-court interview of whoever was speaking to the sideline reporter. The Grizzlies did this quite a bit, often posing together for a team picture after messing around with whoever had the postgame interview.

The OKC Thunder have been doing the same thing this season, but Ja Morant and Jaren Jackson Jr. want people to know that they started it:

In this video, Jackson says, "Hey man we invented this. The postgame vibes." Morant added his reaction, saying, "They ain't started doing it on the phone yet."

This was fun to see from the Grizzlies, who had some fun postgame while also reminding people that the Thunder are not the first team to do this postgame celebration.

It has been a brutal season for the Grizzlies, with injuries derailing what should have been a very exciting year. That said, the players they have on the court are competing hard, and have them within reach of a play-in spot. While running down that final play-in spot was already unlikely before Morant's season ending injury, and even more unlikely now, this Grizzlies team is showing no quit.

Moments like these are fun, and especially for a team that has had such a rough season with all of the injury misfortune. 

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Joey Linn
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