Morant was late scratch, but Bane steps up to snag critical win for Grizzlies
Grizzlies guard Desmond Bane, left, drives to the basket past Detroit Pistons forward Ausar Thompson on Saturday. (Jose Juarez/AP)
The game started with mystery but ended in a Memphis Grizzlies win.
A franchise desperately fighting for postseason positioning can live with that result.
Still, it was a little strange, wasn’t it?
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Drew Hill
Drew Hill covers the Memphis Grizzlies and is a top-10 APSE winner. He has worked throughout the South writing about college athletics before landing in Memphis.
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