The Memphis Grizzlies fell to the Utah Jazz 95-78 Friday night at FedExForum.
The Grizzlies losing streak has now reached 16, the third longest in franchise
history while the Jazz claimed their 10th straight win road win.
With the teams tied at 34 apiece with 7:08 left in the second quarter, the Jazz
went on a 16-4 run to gain a 12-point advantage at halftime. Memphis opened the
third frame with seven straight points to cut Utah’s lead down to five at 50-45,
the closest the Grizzlies would get in their attempt to take the lead.
The Grizzlies were led by Dillon Brooks for the second-straight game. Brooks
finished with 18 points on 7-of-16 shooting (2-6 3P). Ben McLemore added 14
points (5-11 FG, 2-4 3P), 10 of which came in the first half while Jarell Martin
also scored in double figures, contributing 13 off the bench.
Jae Crowder led the Jazz with 22 points (7-12 FG, 6-11 3P) off the bench,
marking the first time he has led Utah in scoring and his first 20-point game in
a Jazz uniform this season. Joe Ingles finished with 16 points (6-10 FG, 4-6 3P)
while Ricky Rubio recorded a double-double with 15 points (3-10 FG, 9-11 FT) and
10 rebounds.
The Grizzlies take the road and will take on the Dallas Mavericks tomorrow night
at 7:30 p.m. CT at American Airlines Center. Tune in to FOX Sports Southeast
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Appreciating how lucky I am to do what I do, and to be able to do it for as long
as I have. If anything this reinforces my values in basketball and what I
believe in and how important it is to winning. I’m frustrated not just because
of myself, but I’m frustrated for what the situation of the team is. That’s what
frustrates me the most: how hard we worked to create a really good identity for
the team, for the city, and how fast we let it go. The things that worked so
well and we believed in, in a short period of time those things have vanished.
That’s the most frustrating part, as a team. That’s my part. That’s the only
thing I care about is the team. I don’t care so much about myself.
Obviously there’s a process to everything. I think we relied on credit a little
too long and forgot the small details of things. Obviously we have very talented
players on both ends of the floor that feed off each other and complement each
other. One nonnegotiable rule is that we competed. No matter who the other team
was we always competed and did our job. We were always reliable on doing that.
Now we’re trying to figure out what we can do on both ends of the floor, what
our strengths, what our weakness is. Try to put something together, but it’s
somewhat stable.
Player: Dillon Brooks
Player: Marc Gasol
Player: Ben McLemore
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