Geoff Calkins: Watch out NBA, fourth-quarter Ja Morant is back
Memphis Grizzlies' Ja Morant, center, drives past San Antonio Spurs' Derrick White (4) as Grizzlies' center Gorgui Dieng looks on during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Saturday, Jan. 30, 2021, in San Antonio. (Darren Abate/AP)
Memphis Grizzlies' Brandon Clarke, right, drives against San Antonio Spurs' Lonnie Walker IV during an NBA basketball game, Saturday, Jan. 30, 2021, in San Antonio. (Darren Abate/AP)
San Antonio Spurs' Patty Mills (left), attempts to steal the ball from Memphis Grizzlies' Desmond Bane during the second half of an NBA basketball game, Saturday, Jan. 30, 2021, in San Antonio. (Darren Abate/AP)
San Antonio Spurs' Dejounte Murray (5) and Lonnie Walker IV (right), scramble for the ball against Memphis Grizzlies' Dillon Brooks (left), and De'Anthony Melton during the second half of an NBA basketball game, Saturday, Jan. 30, 2021, in San Antonio. (Darren Abate/AP)
The Grizzlies returned from their 12-day absence with a vengeance. Ja Morant led the way yet again.
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Geoff Calkins has been chronicling Memphis and Memphis sports for more than two decades. He is host of "The Geoff Calkins Show" from 9-11 a.m. M-F on 92.9 FM. Calkins has been named the best sports columnist in the country five times by the Associated Press sports editors, but still figures his best columns are about the people who make Memphis what it is.
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