SB Nation New York - Nets Down Grizzlies, 93-88, To Close Out Homestandhttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/48977/ny-fave.png2011-01-26T22:09:33-05:00http://newyork.sbnation.com/rss/stream/17222662011-01-26T22:09:33-05:002011-01-26T22:09:33-05:00Nets 93, Grizzlies 88: Fourth-Quarter Surge Caps Big Homestand
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<p>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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>For the first time in eight games, a player other than <span>Brook Lopez</span> led New Jersey in scoring. <span>Anthony Morrow</span> had that distinction, pouring in 19 points off the bench. Lopez added 17 while <span>Kris Humphries</span> and <span>Sasha Vujacic</span> each had 14.</p>
<p><span>Rudy Gay</span> scored 22 points and <span>Zach Randolph</span> 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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>Avery Johnson will now have to take his winning show on the road for a short two-game road trip starting Friday against the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.indycornrows.com/">Indiana Pacers</a>. </p>
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<p>(Sports Network) - A pair of teams coming off thrilling last-second wins meet in snowy Newark Wednesday as the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="../../nba/teams/new-jersey-nets">New Jersey Nets</a> entertain the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="../../nba/teams/memphis-grizzlies">Memphis Grizzlies</a> at Prudential Center.</p>
<p><a class="sbn-auto-link" href="../../nba/players/35056/brook-lopez">Brook Lopez</a> 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.</p>
<p>Lopez led all scorers with 28 points to go with seven rebounds and <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="../../nba/players/21719/devin-harris">Devin Harris</a> 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. <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="../../nba/players/21640/kris-humphries">Kris Humphries</a> chipped in 11 points and 11 boards off the bench for the victors.</p>
<p>"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."</p>
<p><a class="sbn-auto-link" href="../../nba/players/21735/rudy-gay">Rudy Gay</a>, 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.</p>
<p>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. <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="../../nba/players/21825/zach-randolph">Zach Randolph</a> scored 17 points and grabbed 12 rebounds to set a franchise record with his 11th straight double-double.</p>
<p><a class="sbn-auto-link" href="../../nba/players/24227/marc-gasol">Marc Gasol</a> added 17 points and eight boards and <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="../../nba/players/35066/o-j-mayo">O.J. Mayo</a> came off the bench to score 15 points and pull down five boards in the victory.</p>
<p>"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."</p>
<p>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. </p>
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