Ja Morant FaceTimed people he was talking to when got ejected / News - Basketnews.com

Ja Morant said he wanted to thank fans for supporting him. Morant also said neither of his technical fouls came as a result of anything he said directly to officials.

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Ja Morant's interaction with courtside fans continued long after he received an odd ejection from the Memphis Grizzlies game against the Oklahoma City Thunder.

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The player's conversation with the fans resumed from the locker room. Morant called his father, who carried a cell phone over to the fans Morant had been interacting with.

Morant confirmed he spoke to the fans on FaceTime after his ejection, saying he wanted to thank them for supporting him.

"They came to support us. They came to watch us play. I don't care about getting fined," Morant said post-game. "You know, just watching basketball, looking at all these other people you can name that be All-Stars, certain stuff they get, I feel it's not consistent on my end. I speak my peace and some of them get in their feelings."

Morant also said neither of his technical fouls came as a result of anything he told directly to officials.

"I got my first tech for saying I got hit in my face," Morant commented. "And then I get another tech for talking with a fan for him [referee Ray Acosta] being in my conversation again. I feel like when these fans came here, went online to buy these tickets, it didn't say Ray name to come watch."

The officials explained why Morant was ejected after the game. They said he was assessed the first technical foul because he used profanity directed at an official, and then he got a second technical for questioning the integrity of the officiating.

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