MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Ja Morant returned from a one-game suspension Monday night for conduct detrimental to the team, scoring 18 points and adding 10 assists in the Memphis Grizzlies' 114-106 loss to the Detroit Pistons.

In his postgame comments, Morant added little response to the friction that boiled over for him and the franchise over the weekend. Many of his answers were short, and involved the theme of following the organization's statement when the suspension was announced.

“Y'all asked that question of them, huh?” he said. “... So, y'all know the answer to that.”

There were few details about the disagreement between the organization and its star guard. The team-imposed punishment was issued based on actions by Morant, the team's leading scorer, in Memphis' loss to the Los Angeles Lake

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