On Friday, November 13, the Grizzlies beat the Pelicans 142-111 in an Emirates NBA Cup group game at Smoothie King Center. It was their highest-scoring game of the season. On Saturday they were home at FedExForum and beat the Nets 129-110.

They did it without Zach Edey (ankle) and Quinten Post (concussion) both nights. On Saturday they were also missing Ty Jerome (hip), their leading scorer, and Jerami Grant (head), who had led them in scoring the night before.

Ten Grizzlies scored at least 10 points in New Orleans. Grant led with 22 off the bench, and Memphis scored at least 35 points in every quarter. The bench scored 76.

New Orleans led 9-6 early, its biggest lead of the night. Memphis led 70-58 at halftime, and after Saddiq Bey’s three cut it to 80-77 in the third quarter, the Grizzlies scored 25 of the last 34 points of the period.

Grizzlies points at New Orleans, Nov. 13

1. End of 1stGrizzlies 35, Pelicans 28.
2. 2nd, 3:49Grant’s three, a free throw after a flagrant foul and another three seven seconds later make it 62-46.
3. HalftimeGrizzlies 70, Pelicans 58.
4. 3rd, 6:01Bey’s three makes it 80-77, the end of a 14-2 New Orleans run.
5. End of 3rd105-86. Memphis scores 25 of the last 34 points of the quarter.
6. Final142-111. The Grizzlies score 37 in the fourth quarter.

Less than 24 hours later, Memphis made nine threes in the first quarter against Brooklyn and led 38-23 after one. Cedric Coward had nine points in the quarter and finished with 23 points and 12 rebounds.

Taylor Hendricks scored a career-high 22 off the bench on 9-of-13 shooting, 10 of them in the third quarter. He started and finished a 16-1 run that turned an 85-77 game into 101-78.

Grizzlies points vs. Brooklyn, Nov. 14

Through 13 games, seven Grizzlies average double figures. Jerome leads at 25.4 points. Cameron Boozer is second at 15.5 and also leads the team with 9.7 rebounds, and Coward is third at 13.8 with 8.8 rebounds.

Memphis averages 120.6 points and allows 111.7. Its point differential is plus-116.

Points per game

Jerome opened the season with 45 points against Utah and scored 40 against New Orleans on November 2. He has scored 20 or more in eight of his 11 games and also averages 5.3 assists.

The Grizzlies are 2-0 without him. They beat Sacramento 136-105 on October 31 and Brooklyn on Saturday.

Ty Jerome points, game by game

The number of double-figure scorers has moved with the lineup. Memphis had four in three of its games, all with Jerome scoring at least 27. It had eight at Portland, when Jerome scored 10, and 10 in New Orleans on Friday.

The Grizzlies have had at least six players in double figures in eight of their 13 games, and they are 6-2 in those games.

Grizzlies players in double figures, game by game

Memphis is 6-0 away from home and has won those games by 87 points. At FedExForum it is 3-4, and four straight home games went the wrong way between November 2 and November 11: a 135-134 overtime loss to New Orleans, then Indiana, Oklahoma City and Denver, with a win in Toronto in the middle.

Saturday’s win over Brooklyn ended that four-game home losing streak.

Grizzlies margin, game by game

At 9-4, Memphis is tied with Minnesota and a half game behind Portland in a crowded top of the Western Conference. Only Minnesota and San Antonio have a better point differential in the West.

Western Conference, wins after Nov. 14

There was one worry from Saturday. GG Jackson, who scored 14 in New Orleans, left the Brooklyn game in the first quarter with a left foot injury that Iisalo called “relatively serious.” Further testing was planned.

1. Mon., Nov. 16Grizzlies at Washington, 7 p.m. ET (2 a.m. Tuesday in Cairo).
2. Injury listEdey (ankle), Post (concussion), Jerome (hip) and Grant (head) all missed Saturday’s game.