Morant pushed the pace while Luke Kennard, Desmond Bane and Jaren ... "That ain't just somebody else," Bane said. Damichael Cole is the Memphis Grizzlies beat writer for The Commercial Appeal.

We're not quite in barrel-scrapping territory in the East ... but it's pretty close. Out West, things are more competitive.

Houston Rockets (32-14, second in the Western Conference) vs. Memphis Grizzlies (31-16, third in the Western Conference) ...