Memphis Grizzlies star Ja Morant had a little extra motivation for Wednesday night's game against the Los Angeles Lakers, and he made it clear why. "I don't like them," Morant said after scoring 20 points in a 131-114 win at the FedExForum. "They knocked me out of the playoffs. And then last year we had a game, and they came here and popped it on our home floor when I was in street clothes. I wasn't tonight." Morant played just 24 minutes, leaving in the third quarter because of a right hamstring injury. The Grizzlies did not have an update after the game. Wednesday's meeting was the first between the two teams since the penultimate game of the 2023-24 regular season, when James punctuated a 37-point performance with a breakaway dunk in the closing seconds of a 123-120 win in Memphis. Morant missed that game after suffering a season-ending shoulder injury in January. The previous year, the Lakers upset the Grizzlies in the first round of the playoffs, knocking them...