Ja Morant has returned from a one-game suspension 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 post-game comments, Morant added little response to the friction that boiled over for him and the NBA franchise over the weekend.

Many of his answers were short, and involved the theme of following the organisation'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."

At one point, he was asked what the team could do differently.

"According to them, probably don't play me, honestly. That's what basically the message was after. It's cool," he said.

There were few details about the disagreement between the organ

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