Dillon Brooks drives to the basket during his first game back from injury against the Oklahoma City Thunder.

Memphis’ feel-good season has been missing a main character for more than two months.

That ended Sunday, when Dillon Brooks started and played for the Grizzlies for the first time since Jan. 8. He scored 15 points in nearly 26 minutes of action in Memphis’ 125-118 win at Oklahoma City.

The defensive-minded guard had missed 27 consecutive games with a left ankle sprain and played in just 21 of the team’s 68 games on the season.

Brooks, a former second-round book who has become a Memphis fan favorite being traded there in 2017, is averaging career-high averages in points (18.4), rebounds (3.3), assists (2.7), steals (1.3) and field goal percentage (42.6) this season.

Just as they did during Ja Morant’s 12-game absence earlier this season, the Grizzlies have hardly skipped a beat without Brooks in the lineup. Memphis entered Saturday night tied with Golden State for the second-best record in the league. The team is hoping to build upon last year’s first-round playoff loss to the Utah Jazz, the Grizzlies’ first postseason appearance since 2017.