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Report: Grizzlies trade G Marcus Smart to Wizards
The Memphis Grizzlies dealt former NBA Defensive Player of the Year Marcus Smart to the Washington Wizards at Wednesday's trade deadline, ESPN reported.,Memphis also sent a 2025 first-round pick to Washington in exchange for two second-round picks, center Marvin Bagley III and guard Johnny Davis, pe...

Jaren Jackson Jr. extends hot streak as Grizzlies top Raptors
Jaren Jackson Jr. scored 14 of his 32 points in the second quarter as the visiting Memphis Grizzlies defeated the Toronto Raptors 138-107 on Wednesday night.,It was Jackson's third consecutive 30-point game, a career first.,Ja Morant added 26 points for the Grizzlies, who have won four in a row and ...

Raptors hope to wipe out memory of last meeting with Grizzlies
The Toronto Raptors will be out to avenge a humiliating defeat when they host the Memphis Grizzlies on Wednesday night.,The Grizzlies set a franchise record for points when they defeated the Raptors 155-126 at Memphis on Dec. 26.,The Raptors are a better team these days as they are closer to full st...

Jaren Jackson Jr., Grizzlies race to win over Spurs
Jaren Jackson Jr. scored 31 points, GG Jackson added a season-high 27 and Ja Morant had 25 points to lead the host Memphis Grizzlies past San Antonio Spurs 128-109 on Monday.,Morant, who missed the previous two games with a right shoulder injury, shot 9-for-18 -- including 4-for-6 from beyond the 3-...

Game between Grizzlies, Spurs delayed after fan's medical emergency
The start of a game between the Memphis Grizzlies and visiting San Antonio Spurs was delayed on Monday night after a fan sitting courtside had a medical emergency.,Medical personnel were summoned to the court moments before tipoff to tend to the fan while players were on the court preparing for the ...

Report: Jimmy Butler says he wouldn't sign with Warriors if traded
Disgruntled Miami Heat star Jimmy Butler has informed the Golden State Warriors he wouldn't sign a contract extension with the team if he is acquired in a trade, ESPN reported Monday.,Butler currently is serving his team suspension for withholding services and conduct detrimental to the team as the ...

Spurs' Victor Wembanyama likely to return vs. Grizzlies
The San Antonio Spurs likely will have second-year star Victor Wembanyama back in the lineup when they visit the surging Memphis Grizzlies on Monday night.,Whether newly acquired De'Aaron Fox is on the trip is less likely.,Multiple reports late Sunday had the eight-year veteran point guard going fro...

Grizzlies beat Bucks for seventh straight time
Jaren Jackson Jr. made seven 3-pointers and scored 37 points, Desmond Bane added 22 and the visiting Memphis Grizzlies defeated the Milwaukee Bucks 132-119 on Sunday night.,The Grizzlies beat the Bucks for the seventh straight time and eighth in the last nine meetings. Santi Aldama added 23 points a...

Grizzlies PG Ja Morant (shoulder) misses second straight game
Memphis Grizzlies star point guard Ja Morant is out for Sunday night's contest against the Milwaukee Bucks due to right shoulder soreness.,It marks the second straight game that Morant has missed. He also sat out Thursday's 120-119 home win over the Houston Rockets.,Morant sustained the injury durin...

High-flying Grizzlies look to stay hot vs. slumping Bucks
The Milwaukee Bucks return home after a strenuous road trip to welcome the visiting Memphis Grizzlies on Sunday night.,It was a 1-3 trip out West for the Bucks, who lost to the Clippers, Trail Blazers and 144-118 to the Spurs in San Antonio on Friday night.,The Spurs set a season-high in scoring, le...

Late free throws help Grizzlies end Rockets' win streak
Jaren Jackson Jr. sank two free throws with 8.6 seconds remaining to lift the Memphis Grizzlies to a 120-119 victory over the visiting Houston Rockets on Thursday.,Houston had an opportunity to win at the buzzer, but Fred VanVleet missed a 3-point attempt.,Desmond Bane led the Grizzlies with 24 poin...

Rockets look for rare season sweep over Grizzlies
The Houston Rockets visit the Memphis Grizzlies on Thursday in a Western Conference showdown, hoping to do something they haven't done in 15 seasons.,Sweep the regular-season series.,Houston won the first three games, starting with an Oct. 25 blowout in Houston (128-108), but the last two have been ...

Knicks roll over Grizzlies for biggest win of season
Karl-Anthony Towns posted another double-double on Monday night and had 16 points during a strong third quarter that helped the New York Knicks pull away for their most decisive win of the season, a 143-106 rout of the visiting Memphis Grizzlies.,Towns finished with 24 points and 11 rebounds for his...

Knicks face gauntlet of playoff contenders, starting with Grizzlies
The final lengthy homestand of the season for the New York Knicks provides another chance to prove their mettle against fellow playoff-bound teams.,The Knicks will continue their five-game homestand Monday night, when they host the surging Memphis Grizzlies in their first clash this season.,Both tea...

Grizzlies take down Jazz for 6th straight win
Jaren Jackson Jr. scored 28 points and Zach Edey added 19 points, seven rebounds and four blocks as the host Memphis Grizzlies beat the Utah Jazz 125-103 Saturday for their sixth straight win to tie a season-best streak.,Utah, which lost its fifth straight and for the eighth time in nine games, was ...

Jazz at Grizzlies
Jaren Jackson Jr. scored 28 points and Zach Edey added 19 points, seven rebounds and four blocks as the host Memphis Grizzlies beat the Utah Jazz 125-103 Saturday for their sixth straight win to tie a season-best streak.,Utah, which lost its fifth straight and for the eighth time in nine games, was ...

With Luke Kennard on a roll, Grizzlies host West-worst Jazz
Two NBA teams on different paths will face off Saturday night in Memphis.,The Memphis Grizzlies are on a roll, having won five straight with a 139-126 victory over the New Orleans Pelicans on Friday. ,The Utah Jazz are struggling, having lost four straight and seven of their past eight.,The Grizzlie...

Grizzlies run win streak to five by beating Pelicans
Jaren Jackson Jr. scored 29 points with seven assists and Luke Kennard added a season-high 27 as the host Memphis Grizzlies won their fifth straight with a 139-126 victory Friday over the New Orleans Pelicans.,The Pelicans had their season-best four-game win streak snapped.,Desmond Bane added 20 poi...

Pelicans leaning on CJ McCollum as they visit Grizzlies
CJ McCollum is not looking at this as a lost season for the struggling New Orleans Pelicans.,When the Pelicans play the host Memphis Grizzlies on Friday night, McCollum will be coming off his second 45-plus-point performance this month. In Monday's 123-119 overtime win over the Utah Jazz, McCollum's...

Grizzlies handle Hornets for fourth consecutive win
Desmond Bane scored 24 points to extend his streak of 20-point games to six, leading the Memphis Grizzlies to a 132-120 wire-to-wire win over the visiting Charlotte Hornets on Wednesday.,Reserve Luke Kennard contributed a season-high 23 points -- including 18 in the first half -- and Jaren Jackson J...