Desmond Bane shared what makes the Grizzlies work without Ja Morant and why fans saw some surprise dunks in a win over the Spurs.
Officially, Indiana will be the home team on the scoreboard when it plays San Antonio in Paris on Thursday. The Pacers know better.
Ja Morant's Grizzlies had some secrets shared with the public during Jaren Jackson Jr. and Desmond Bane's hilarious podcast session.
Santi Aldama scored a career-high 29 points and the Memphis Grizzlies rolled to a 140-112 victory over San Antonio on Friday night, handing the Spurs their largest losing margin of the season even with Ja Morant sidelined by a foot injury.
Ja Morant, Desmond Bane,, Santi Aldama and Jaren Jackson Jr. 19 all scored 19 or more for Memphis, while neutralizing Spurs center Victor Wembanayma’s impact.
But neither Morant nor Wembanyama stopped. Morant kept charging right for the rim, where he ran into the 7-foot-3 star. Expertly, Morant rose up and threw down a wild one-handed dunk over an outstretched Wembanyama, which sent the Grizzlies bench into a tailspin.
It took less than a second. Victor Wembanyama, lined up at center court across from the only player in the NBA taller than him per official measur
The Memphis Grizzlies squared off against Victor Wembanyama and the San Antonio Spurs in a crucial Western Conference showdown at Frost Bank Center on Wednesday.
Victor Wembanyama, who ... For the Memphis Grizzlies, a triad of Ja Morant, Desmond Bane and Santi Aldama led the way, combining for 62 points on the evening. Memphis shot 50 percent fromt ...
Jaylen Wells' running one-legged 3-point shot in the fourth quarter against the Spurs took his Memphis Grizzlies teammates by surprise.
The team has lost 19 of its last 28 games, many of those defeats coming with Stephen Curry in uniform, and now sits under .500. It’s an unthinkable collapse for a championship organization considering that Curry is still a top-10 player in the league by many advanced metrics.
For the sixth straight year, the NBA asked me if I wanted to be one of the media members who votes on which players should start in the NBA All-Star Game. I said yes; here’s how I used my ballot. (You can find my East All-Stars here.