Nets 93, Grizzlies 88: Fourth-Quarter Surge Caps Big Homestand

The New Jersey Nets have officially gotten their groove back. After dropping 11-of-12 games, the Nets completed a homestand in which they won three of four with a 93-88 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies.  The last time the Nets won three games on a homestand was February 2007.

After going ahead 2-0, the Nets were down 16 at the end of the first quarter and did not hold another lead until 6:05 left in the fourth quarter.

For the first time in eight games, a player other than Brook Lopez led New Jersey in scoring.  Anthony Morrow had that distinction, pouring in 19 points off the bench. Lopez added 17 while Kris Humphries and Sasha Vujacic each had 14.

Rudy Gay scored 22 points and Zach Randolph had 20 and a game-high 16 rebounds for the Grizzlies who had won three in a row before visiting Newark.  The reserves failed to help the Memphis big guns, getting outscored by the Nets bench 56-12.

The Nets swept the season series after taking down the Grizzlies 101-94 on December 21. The two teams have now alternated sweeping the season series over the last five years. Memphis took the series in 2007-08 and 2009-10 with the Nets winning in 2006-07, 2008-09 and now 2010-11.

Avery Johnson will now have to take his winning show on the road for a short two-game road trip starting Friday against the Indiana Pacers.

New Jersey Nets Vs. Memphis Grizzlies: First Winning Homestand Of The Season Comes To An End

(Sports Network) - A pair of teams coming off thrilling last-second wins meet in snowy Newark Wednesday as the New Jersey Nets entertain the Memphis Grizzlies at Prudential Center.

Brook Lopez hit a turnaround jumper with 1.4 seconds remaining on Monday, as the Nets handed Cleveland its 17th straight loss, taking a 103-101 decision at The Rock.

Lopez led all scorers with 28 points to go with seven rebounds and Devin Harris ended with 14 points and 10 assists for New Jersey, which recovered from a loss to Dallas on Saturday and has won three of its last four. Kris Humphries chipped in 11 points and 11 boards off the bench for the victors.

"We definitely had to fight. We fought all the way back," Harris said. "Disappointed with kind of the way we started, so we definitely had a little more in us. We just wanted to execute to the point where we gave ourselves a chance."

Rudy Gay, meanwhile, hit the game-winning fade away shot with 0.9 seconds left Monday for Memphis as the Grizzlies edged Toronto, 100-98, at Air Canada Centre.

Gay finished with 21 points and seven rebounds for the Grizzles, who have won three straight, including the first two of a four-game road trip. Zach Randolph scored 17 points and grabbed 12 rebounds to set a franchise record with his 11th straight double-double.

Marc Gasol added 17 points and eight boards and O.J. Mayo came off the bench to score 15 points and pull down five boards in the victory.

"I got a good look at it," Gay said of the winning shot. "I just tried to hit a shot. I knew it was a tie game. It was just one shot. If we don't make it we go to overtime and I wanted to make sure there was no time left."

New Jersey, which beat the Grizzlies 101-94 in Memphis on Dec. 21, will be attempting to sweep the home-and-home series tonight. The two teams have alternated season sweeps over the past four seasons with the Nets taking things in 2006-07 and 2008-09 and Memphis earning bragging rights in 2007-08 and 2009-10.