CHICAGO — Ja Morant spun and flipped in an over-the-shoulder layup. He threw down a vicious alley-oop dunk.
The Memphis Grizzlies’ All-Star guard put on quite a display for the Chicago crowd and might have gotten a little extra lift after seeing highlights of Michael Jordan on the video board.
Morant scored a regular-season franchise-record 46 points, and the Grizzlies hung on to beat DeMar DeRozan and the Chicago Bulls 116-110 on Saturday night.
“I did watch it,” Morant said. “And then, I did start scoring a lot. It probably played a part in it.”
Morant broke Mike Miller’s previous record (45 points) set in 2007. Morant also set the overall franchise mark for points in the playoffs last season, when he scored 47 in a Game 2 loss to the Utah Jazz.
The Grizzlies on Saturday let a 17-point lead shrink to one before squeezing it out after losing two in a row. They also stopped Chicago’s six-game winning streak.
Morant scored 16 in the first half and 20 in the third quarter. He made 15 of…
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