Grizzlies' Ja Morant yells he 'kept receipts' after return from 25-game ban over gun antics

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Memphis Grizzlies star Ja Morant scored 34 points, including the game-winning shot, against the New Orleans Pelicans in his return from a 25-game suspension for his social media antics with guns.

Morant ran through the tunnel and back into the locker room after the game was over. He had a message for critics.

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Memphis Grizzlies guard Ja Morant, #12, celebrates after scoring the game-winning basket at the buzzer in the second half of an NBA basketball game against the New Orleans Pelicans in New Orleans, Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

"I kept receipts," he said.

Receipts from what was unclear. He did not miss time because he lost his luster or was injured. He was suspended because of multiple gun incidents, coming to a head with a second incident when he was caught on social media video holding the weapon. The first game earlier in the year, when he appeared to hold a gun in a Denver strip club, he missed eight games over that incident. He was never charged.

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Aside from the gun videos, Morant is in a legal battle stemming from a fight he got into at his house with a then-17-year-old. Four days earlier, Morant had allegedly "threatened" the head of security at a Memphis mall, and a member of Morant's group shoved him in the head. 

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In another incident, the Indiana Pacers claimed a red laser was pointed at players from an SUV that was carrying Morant.

The Pacers believed a gun was being pointed at them and reported the incident to NBA