Ja Morant, Grizzlies handle banged-up Pelicans
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Ja Morant scored 27 points, Jaren Jackson Jr. added 23 and reserve Santi Aldama had 20 points to lead the Memphis Grizzlies to their first NBA Cup victory Friday, 120-109 over the visiting New Orleans Pelicans.
The Pelicans, playing without Zion Williamson (hamstring) and Brandon Ingram (right calf soreness), lost their seventh straight. Memphis won its fifth straight and its nin