, who have won three straight and seven of nine games.Jared Jackson Jr. scored 28 points, Ja Morant had 19 points and 10 rebounds, and Brandon Clarke scored 17 points on 8-of-9 shooting for the Grizzlies (5-11), who have lost four straight.The Pacers led by as much as 29 after T. J. McConnell scored and Holiday made back-to-back 3-pointers, including one to give Indiana a 112-83 lead with 10:45 remaining.Jackson hit two 3s, Morant twice made layups and Solomon Hill scored in a 12-0 spurt in the fourth quarter by the Grizzlies, but Memphis couldn't put enough together to overcome such a big deficit.The Pacers took a 16-point lead in the first half after a 12-2 run that ended with a free throw by Domantas Sabonis that made it 65-49 with 2:02 to play in the second quarter.Morant made a layup and Jae Crowder a 3-pointer to close out the half. The Pacers led 67-56 at halftime.TIP-INSGrizzlies: Clarke was 5 for 5 from the field with 11 points in the first quarter. . C Jonas Valanciunas finished with 14 points and 11 rebounds. . Memphis shot 47.4% from the field, including 13 of 29 on 3-pointers.Pacers: G Malcolm Brogdon had 14 points, six rebounds and eight assists. . Sabonis had 13 points, 13 rebounds and six assists. . F JaKarr Sampson was inactive for a second straight game with a sore back.UP NEXTGrizzlies: Host the Los Angeles Clippers on Wednesday.Pacers: Host Utah on Wednesday for the third of four straight home games.---More NBA: https://apnews.com/NBA and https://twitter.com/-Sports)
Nov 24, 2019The Indiana Pacers aren't going to let the injury bug slow them down.Winners of two in a row and nine of their last 12, the short-handed Pacers aim to continue their torrid stretch on Monday when they host the Memphis Grizzlies in Indianapolis.Indiana opened its four-game homestand with a 111-106 victory over Orlando on Saturday, a win achieved without Malcolm Brogdon after the former NBA Rookie of the Year sat out his third straight game because of a bad back.The Pacers have played the entire season thus far without All-Star guard Victor Oladipo, who is on a lengthy journey in his rehabilitation from surgery to repair a torn ACL that ended his 2018-19 campaign."It just shows the talent we have here. We've got a bunch of professionals on this team, on and off the court, and they prove it each day," T. J. McConnell told the Indianapolis Star.Aaron Holiday drained a go-ahead 3-pointer with 8.7 seconds remaining on Saturday and Domantas Sabonis collected 25 points and nine rebounds as Indiana defeated Orlando for the second time this month."(Holiday's) showing more and more confidence out there and taking his shot," Pacers coach Nate McMillan said. "I didn't think he forced anything tonight. He had some good looks that he missed in the first half but those five points he scored late in the game was big for us." Indiana benefited from six players finishing with double-digit scoring, including Jeremy Lamb pumping in 14 points in his return from a seven-game absence with a sprained ankle.Doug McDermott made three 3-pointers en route to matching Holiday with a 13-point performance, while Justin Holiday had 12 and Myles Turner added 10."We put a lot of effort into that game," McDermott said, per the Indianapolis Star. "After four days of practice, we were ready to play. It's good to come out with a 'W.'"The Grizzlies answered a three-game winning streak by losing their third straight contest, courtesy of a 109-108 setback versus the Los Angeles Lakers on Saturday.Memphis, however, had a chance to pull out the victory with the ball in its hands on the final possession, only to botch an inbounds pass.Rookie Ja Morant scored 26 points on an efficient 10-for-16 shooting performance while adding six assists and five steals. That effort allowed the 20-year-old Morant to become the first NBA rookie to record at least 25 points, five assists and five steals in a game since John Wall on Nov. 2, 2010."(I'm) never satisfied with losing, but I can say that I'm proud of how we played (Saturday). We played together, competed 'til the end. We just came up short," said Morant, who was the second overall pick of the 2019 NBA Draft.Jae Crowder added 21 for Memphis, which hasn't been shy about testing its range from beyond the arc. The Grizzlies made their first eight 3-point attempts and connected on double-digit threes from distance for the eighth time in their last nine games.--Field Level Media
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