Injury ends season for Grizzlies’ Jackson
The Grizzlies will be without forward-center Jaren Jackson Jr. for whatever remains of this season after he hurt his left knee during Monday night’s loss to the Pelicans.
The Grizzlies announced Tuesday that Jackson was injured when he landed awkwardly after making contact with an opponent while contesting a shot. Further evaluation found a meniscus tear in his left knee.
Jackson is expected to make recovery.
The Grizzlies, 0-3 in their seeding games, have a two-game lead over the Trail Blazers and Spurs for the No. 8 seed in the Western Conference.
Jackson, the No. 4 overall selection in the 2018 draft out of Michigan State, is second on the Grizzlies with 17.4 points per game. Jackson scored 33 points in the Grizzlies’ opening loss to the Blazers in the seeding games.
Luka Doncic punctuated a tripledouble by making the tiebreaking shot
afull with 1:57 left in OT and leading th Mavericks past the Kings 114-110. Doncic finished with 34 points, a career-high 20 rebounds and 12 assists. Kristaps Porzingis added 22 points and seven rebounds before fouling out late in regulation. It was the Mavs’ first victory since arriving at Walt Disney World and allowed them to remain the only NBA to avoid three straight losses this season . ... Devin Booker made a turnaround jumper over Paul George as time expired, capping a 35-point performance and giving the Suns a 117-115 victory over the Clippers. The Suns improved to 3-0 in the bubble as they chase a playoff spot . ... T.J. Warren scored 32 points, tying Jermaine O’Neal’s franchise record for most in a three-game span, to send the Pacers past the Magic 120-109 for their third consecutive victory. Warren has topped the 30-point mark in each game at Disney, starting with his 53-point outburst in the opener. The Magic’s season-best, five-game winning streak ended.
College football: TCU coach Gary Patterson apologized for repeating a racial slur when telling a player to stop using the slur in team meetings. Patterson’s tweet came a day after school Chancellor Victor Boschini said the nearly 20-year leader of TCU’s program, who’s white, had apologized for using the slur during a confrontation with linebacker Dylan Jordan, who’s Black, at practice. “I apologize for the use of a word that, in any context, is unacceptable,” Patterson wrote on Twitter. “I have always encouraged our players to do better and be better and I must live by the same standards.” Patterson, 60, is TCU’s all-time leader in wins.
NFL: The Lions removed QB Matthew Stafford from the COVIDIR list, saying he received a false positive test result . ... The trade that sent DT P.J. Hall from the Raiders to the Vikings for a conditional draft pick was negated after Hall failed a physical.