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Grizzlies rookie Jaylen Wells was taken to a hospital on Tuesday after a hard fall in a 124-100 win over the Hornets.

A scary moment occurred in Tuesday's game between the Memphis Grizzlies and Charlotte Hornets as rookie Jaylen Wells was stretched off the court after a nasty fall. Wells was about to cash in on a breakaway dunk with just over a minute left in the second quarter at the Spectrum Center when Hornets guard KJ Simpson undercut him as he was in the air.

It’s a broken right wrist and a lacerated face for Grizzlies rookie Jaylen Wells, who was released from the hospital Wednesday after that scary, face-first fall in Charlotte. If you see the play, it’s probably the best of outcome but the downside is that Wells is likely done for the season.

Wells is injured when he's undercut by Charlotte's K.J. Simpson after dunking, a play that results in a Flagrant 2 foul and ejection.

Grizzlies Top Performers Ja Morant: 28 points, 5 rebounds, 8 assists 4th straight 25+ pt game Zach Edey: 17 points, 19 rebounds Edey joins Pau Gasol, Marc Gasol and Shareef Abdul-Raheem as only Grizz rookies with multiple 15+ pt,

Memphis Grizzlies rookie forward Jaylen Wells was stretchered off the court after suffering a hard fall following a dunk in his team's road game against the Charlotte Hornets on Tuesday. Per Ashley Stroehlein of Sirius XM Sports Radio,

Ja Morant scored 28 points and the Memphis Grizzlies defeated the host Charlotte Hornets 124-100 on Tuesday night despite witnessing a potentially devastating injury to one of their starters.

Ja Morant had 28 points, five rebounds and eight assists as the Memphis Grizzlies beat the Charlotte Hornets 124-100 on Tuesday night. Memphis guard Jaylen Wells was taken from the court on a stretcher and transported to a hospital after he made a fast-break dunk and landed hard on his head following a midair collision with Charlotte’s K.