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Ja’Marr Chase fired the opening shot, catching a four-yard touchdown pass on fourth down to punctuate an 11-play, 70-yard drive that chewed up 5 minutes, 2 seconds.

Ja’Marr Chase caught three touchdown passes.

Despite the Grizzlies being without their starting backcourt, Ja Morant and Desmond Bane, Memphis cooked the Lakers’ defense in the kind of way that made strong performances in their last two games look like anomalies.

Whatever praise has been heaped upon Cincinnati’s Ja’Marr Chase, Chargers cornerback Kristian Fulton has already heard — and seen — it firsthand.

“You got to respect Ja’Marr obviously and you got to put your attention on him, because wherever he’s at the field, he can make a play and change the game, but we are in the NFL, and everybody can change the game and make a play,” Chargers cornerback Cam Hart said.