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.

Quin Snyder mentioned pregame that the Hawks had to get out in transition, and the last play was a perfect example: A 2-on-3 break, but one where a laser-perfect bounce pass by Trae Young hit Zaccharie Risacher in stride for a basket-and-1.