NBA box score for the Sunday, Jan. 22 game between the Memphis Grizzlies and Phoenix Suns from Footprint Center in Phoenix.

One tournament changed the trajectory of Desmond Bane’s basketball career. He has been proving his doubters wrong ever since. 

Family snapshots and other photos capture Desmond Bane’s journey from Richmond, Indiana, to Texas Christian University, to Memphis.

Desmond Bane is the face of Richmond, Indiana. His hometown roots, and specifically his time in “Baneville,” shaped the Grizzlies guard into the person he is today. 

Taylor Jenkins said the Lakers competed harder for the full 48 minutes in a “terrible effort” by the Grizzlies that snapped an 11-game winning streak. 

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Box score: Lakers 122, Grizzlies 121

NBA box score for Friday’s game between the Memphis Grizzlies and the Los Angeles Lakers.

Plus: Julien Baker’s band boygenius makes the cover of Rolling Stone. 

Last season the Grizzlies set a new franchise record for consecutive wins with 11. After the win on Wednesday over Cleveland, the Grizzlies have tied that record, and will attempt to break it by beating the Lakers on Friday night in Los Angeles. 

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The Grizzlies tied the longest winning streak in franchise history by making the plays in the final seconds to edge the Cavaliers 115-114.

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Box score: Grizzlies 115, Cavaliers 114

NBA box score for Wednesday’s game between the Memphis Grizzlies and Cleveland Cavaliers played at FedExForum in Memphis.

Last week, Grizzlies beat writer Drew Hill had the chance to spend some time in Richmond, Indiana — Bane’s hometown — and talk to some of the people he grew up closely with.

Dating back to the Pyramid days, this game and all that surrounds it is a major event for Memphis and for the Grizzlies, once a symbol of the city’s arrival as an NBA market and always a testament to its meaning.

Gary Payton, Luol Deng, Nancy Lieberman and Eddie George were recognized as this year’s National Civil Rights Museum Sports Legacy Award honorees as part of the Grizzlies Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebration Game.

Ja Morant scored 29 points and Desmond Bane scored 28 in a dominant Memphis victory. 

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Box score: Grizzlies 136, Suns 106

NBA box score for Monday’s MLK game between the Memphis Grizzlies and the Phoenix Suns from FedExForum.

Panelists at the National Civil Rights Museum event included Katrina Merriweather, head coach of the University of Memphis women’s basketball team, Memphis Grizzlies small forward Danny Green and former NBA superstar Grant Hill.

The Indianapolis crowd full of Pacers fans erupted when Ja Morant made his dunk, and the Memphis Grizzlies were the road team. No one could believe what they just witnessed. 

The Memphis Grizzlies defeated the Indiana Pacers Saturday, Jan. 14 at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.

Desmond Bane had a happy homecoming and Ja Morant’s dunk went viral in the Grizzlies’ win over Indiana. 

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Box score: Grizzlies 130, Pacers 112

FedEx volunteers and Grizzlies volunteered to help spruce up Springdale-Memphis Magnet Elementary on Thursday as part of a day of service in celebration of the coming Martin Luther King Jr. King Day holiday.

“You have a h--- of a team,” Popovich said Monday about Memphis. “Enjoy it.”

The Grizzlies are the only team in the top five in tossing oops in both half-court and transition basketball. Find you a team that can do both? Found ‘em. 

Ja Morant dunked on Spurs center Jakob Poetl for his second highlight play of his career over the big man. 

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Box score: Grizzlies 135, Spurs 129

NBA box score for the Wednesday, Jan. 11 game between the Memphis Grizzlies and the San Antonio Spurs played at FedExForum in Memphis.