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Morant returns, leads balanced Grizzlies attack for fifth straight win
 
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The Grizzlies are now 3-0 this season with Ja Morant, Jaren Jackson Jr. and Desmond Bane all available for a full game. And the franchise got its first ever “NBA Cup” win on Friday after starting 0-6 in such games over two seasons. 

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Chris Herrington

Chris Herrington

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Chris Herrington has covered the Memphis Grizzlies, in one way or another, since the franchise’s second season in Memphis, while also writing about music, movies, food and civic life. As far as he knows, he’s the only member of the Professional Basketball Writers Association who is also a member of a film critics group and has also voted in national music critic polls for Rolling Stone and the Village Voice (RIP). He and his wife have two kids and, for reasons that sometimes elude him, three dogs.

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