Grizzlies get Edey back, lose Morant in loss to Cavs
Memphis Grizzlies center Zach Edey dunks in the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Cleveland Cavaliers, Saturday, Nov. 15, 2025, in Cleveland. (Sue Ogrocki/AP)
Memphis Grizzlies fans waited 14 games to finally see what many thought would be the team’s ideal starting lineup this season.
Ja Morant returned from a one-game absence due to ankle soreness. Center Zach Edey made his season debut after recovering from summer ankle surgery. And rookie wing Cedric Coward, who had been listed as “doubtful” the day before with foot soreness, made his first NBA start.
That trio joined Jaren Jackson Jr. and Jaylen Wells in the starting lineup against the Cleveland Cavaliers on Saturday afternoon. The Grizzlies had a 4-9 record entering the game, but in some ways it felt like the season was only now beginning.
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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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