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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...
Hornets hope to continue season-best win streak vs. surging Grizzlies
The Charlotte Hornets are not playing like the same team from a few weeks ago.,After struggling to an 8-28 record over the season's first two-plus months, Charlotte will bring a season-high three-game win streak into its game at the Memphis Grizzlies on Wednesday.,The Hornets recently lost rising st...
Grizzlies pull ahead late to top Timberwolves
Jaren Jackson Jr. scored 15 of his team-high 24 points in the fourth quarter to lead the Memphis Grizzlies to a 108-106 victory Monday over the visiting Minnesota Timberwolves.,Desmond Bane added 22 and Ja Morant contributed 19 points and seven assists for Memphis, which won for the fourth time in f...
Veteran C Andrew Knapp announces retirement
Veteran catcher Andrew Knapp announced his retirement from baseball on Monday.,Knapp, 33, appeared in just three games with the San Francisco Giants in 2024.,He finishes with a .209 batting average and 13 home runs in 328 career games with four teams, most notably the Philadelphia Phillies (2017-21)...
Desmond Bane, Grizzlies return home to face Wolves
Ja Morant's rash of injuries this season has groomed Desmond Bane for another role with the Memphis Grizzlies.,Bane, a shooting guard, has filled in admirably at point guard in place of Morant, who missed his 18th game of the season Friday at San Antonio with a sore right foot. Bane stepped in for t...
Missing Ja Morant, Grizzles sweep 2-game set vs. Spurs
Santi Aldama poured in a career-high 29 points as the short-handed Memphis Grizzlies walloped the host San Antonio Spurs 140-112 on Friday to sweep a two-game series between the Western Conference rivals.,Memphis won the first game 129-114 on Wednesday in San Antonio and has captured back-to-back co...
Grizzlies, Spurs make quick return for sequel in mini-series
The Memphis Grizzlies will look to sweep a mini-series from the San Antonio Spurs when the teams meet on Friday in the second of two games in three nights in the Alamo City.,The Grizzlies took the first game of the set 129-115 on Wednesday behind 21 points and 12 assists from Ja Morant. Memphis has ...
Grizzlies use strong second half to roll past Spurs
Ja Morant racked up 21 points and 12 assists as the visiting Memphis Grizzlies were at their best in the final two quarters in a 129-115 victory over the San Antonio Spurs on Wednesday.,The Grizzlies trailed by a dozen points at halftime but dominated the second half, outscoring San Antonio by 18 in...
Grizzlies uses strong second half to roll past Spurs
Ja Morant racked up 21 points and 12 assists as the visiting Memphis Grizzlies were at their best in the final two quarters in a 129-115 victory over the San Antonio Spurs on Wednesday.,The Grizzlies trailed by a dozen points at halftime but dominated the second half, outscoring San Antonio by 18 in...
Spurs try to ride momentum into first of two-game set with Grizzlies
The San Antonio Spurs will look to carry the momentum from their self-styled best game as a collective group when they battle the up-and-down Memphis Grizzlies on Wednesday in the first of two games in three nights between the teams in the Alamo City.,It's a matchup between a pair of the NBA's young...
Jalen Green pours in 42 as Rockets rally past Grizzlies
Jalen Green matched his career high with 42 points and the Houston Rockets rallied from a 13-point fourth-quarter deficit to defeat the visiting Memphis Grizzlies 120-118 on Monday.,Jake LaRavia supplied the Grizzlies with a 100-87 lead when he stole the ball and sank a layup with 9:55 to play. The ...
Rockets to rely on dynamic offensive duo vs. Grizzlies
Even taking into consideration their multiple scoring options, under most scenarios the Houston Rockets would prefer that Jalen Green and Alperen Sengun co-author the offensive attack.,When that tandem, both in their fourth seasons in the league, are clicking simultaneously, Houston tends to reach a...
Ja Morant's late heroics help Grizzlies top Timberwolves
Ja Morant made back-to-back baskets in the final minute to lift the Memphis Grizzlies to a 127-125 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Saturday night in Minneapolis.,Morant finished with 12 points on just 5-for-19 shooting but came up when it mattered most for Memphis, which won the opener of a f...
Timberwolves meet Grizzlies with both teams hunting consistency
The Minnesota Timberwolves have endured a streaky first half of the season.,Take the past 12 games, for example. That span has included a three-game losing streak, a three-game winning streak, another three-game losing streak and yet another three-game winning streak.,Minnesota will try to break the...