Grizzlies 103, Nets 92
Grizzlies 103, Nets 92: Zach Randolph collected 20 points and 14 rebounds to lead the way as visiting Memphis sent Brooklyn to its seventh consecutive loss.
Marc Gasol tallied 18 points and eight boards and Courtney Lee also scored 18 for the Grizzlies, who have won two straight following a two-game skid. Tony Allen contributed 13 points and Jeff Green scored 10 in 26 minutes off the bench in his Memphis debut.
Mason Plumlee registered 15 points and nine rebounds for the Nets, who were without veteran forward Kevin Garnett while he served a one-game suspension for head-butting Houston's Dwight Howard on Monday. Mirza Teletovic scored 12 points off the bench and Brook Lopez, Bojan Bogdanovic and Darius Morris added 11 apiece.
Gasol converted a three-point play to start a 10-0 run that stretched Memphis' lead to 66-49 with 6:56 left in the third quarter and the Nets never really threatened again. It was 82-65 entering the fourth after Beno Udrih's bucket just before the buzzer and Brooklyn never got closer than 10 in the final period.
The Nets led by as many as six points early on before Lee hit a pair of 3-pointers during a 14-2 run to turn the tables. Teletovic drained a pair of triples to bookend a 3-pointer from Alan Anderson as Brooklyn surged ahead 38-36, but Memphis reeled off seven straight points to end the half, taking a 51-45 lead to the break.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Bogdanovic, who was 1-of-3 from 3-point range, snapped a streak of 18 straight misses from long range dating to Dec. 23. … Memphis outscored Brooklyn 66-40 in the paint. … Lopez became the sixth player in Nets history with 1,000 offensive rebounds.