Memphis Grizzlies @ LA Clippers
Sunday, November 12, 2023 at 3:30 PM ET
Crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles, CA | Game ID: 22300179
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
LAC 20 25 23 33 101MEM 33 19 27 26 105
LOS ANGELES -- — Desmond Bane scored 27 points and the Memphis Grizzlies won for the second time this season, beating the reeling Los Angeles Clippers 105-101 on Sunday.
Memphis improved to 2-8 while waiting for All-Star guard Ja Morant to return from a 25-game suspension next month. Both wins have come on the road.
“Our guys were pretty dialed in,” Grizzlies coach Taylor Jenkins said. “We tried to make it extremely tough on these guys and the defense set the tone.”
Luke Kennard hit four 3-pointers and scored 13 points off the bench against his old team. Memphis made 13 3-pointers, while the Clippers made seven of their 12 in the fourth.
Paul George scored 26 points, Norman Powell added 20 and Russell Westbrook had 12 points, nine rebounds and five assists on his 35th birthday, but the Clippers dropped their fifth in a row and lost at home for the first time in four games.
“I saw some intriguing things but we just got to be better,” Clippers coach Tyronn Lue said.
James Harden had 11 points. He came off the bench to hit a tying 3-pointer with 1:33 left but missed another in the closing seconds. The Clippers have yet to win in four games since he was traded to the team this month.
“He's being too polite,” Lue said of Harden.
Leonard said of his new teammate, “I think he's being aggressive when he is getting the ball.”
The Grizzlies were outscored 33-26 in the fourth but hung on by making 6 of 8 free throws in the final minutes.
The Grizzlies ran off seven straight points to open the third, putting the Clippers down 14 points. Los Angeles couldn't put together a run and trailed 79-68 going into the fourth.
George dominated in a 20-3 run that opened the second quarter. He scored 12 points, including six in a row, and Terance Mann hit a 3-pointer to give the Clippers a 39-36 lead, their first of the game.
It didn't last long.
Memphis closed with a 16-6 spurt to go back in front 52-45 at the break.
The Grizzlies set the tone from the start, making seven 3-pointers in taking a 13-point lead in the first quarter when the Clippers never led after committing three turnovers in the opening minutes.
UP NEXT
Grizzlies: Stay in town to play the Lakers on Tuesday night for their second game of the In-Season Tournament.
Clippers: Visit the Denver Nuggets on Tuesday night for their second game of the In-Season Tournament.
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Who
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
MEMBB B. Biyombo
DB D. Bane
DR D. Roddy
JG J. Gilyard
JJ J. Jackson Jr.
JK J. Konchar
LK L. Kennard
MS M. Smart
SA S. Aldama
ZW Z. Williams
LACIZ I. Zubac
JH J. Harden
KL K. Leonard
MD M. Diabaté
NP N. Powell
PG P. George
PT P. Tucker
RW R. Westbrook
TM T. Mann
MEM/LAC the team itself, not a player
-- the feed named nobody
What
What happened
the codes in the Events column
M2 / M3 made 2 / made 3
X2 / X3 missed 2 / missed 3
FT / X1 free throw made / missed
AST assist
OR / DR offensive / defensive rebound
STL steal
BLK block
TO turnover
FL foul
OF offensive foul — ends the possession
VIOL violation
JUMP jump ball
TM timeout
IR instant replay
HE heave at the buzzer, filed to the team
Where
Where a shot came from
the middle field of M3.LW.25
RM at the rim inside 4 ft
RC right corner
RW right wing
SO straight on
LW left wing
LC left corner
M3.LW.25 made 3, left wing, 25 ft
X2.RM.01 missed 2, at the rim, 1 ft
When
When it happened
the Offset column
one number per event, in the Events order:
whole seconds from the start of the
possession to that event
Events FL X3.RC.23 OR M2.RM.01
Offset 0 18 22 24
the foul opens the possession at 0s;
the putback ends it at 24s, which is
the possession's own Dur