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Memphis Grizzlies beat Brooklyn Nets 129-110 as Taylor Hendricks scores career-high 22 and Cedric Coward adds 23
Memphis made nine threes in the first quarter and won for the second straight night. Taylor Hendricks scored a career-high 22 off the bench, Cedric Coward had 23 points and 12 rebounds, and Julius Randle scored 22 for Brooklyn.
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The Memphis Grizzlies made nine threes in the first quarter, Taylor Hendricks scored a career-high 22 points off the bench, and Memphis beat the Brooklyn Nets 129-110 at FedExForum on Saturday, November 14. Cedric Coward led the Grizzlies with 23 points and 12 rebounds.
Memphis won for the second time in two nights after routing New Orleans on Friday, and improved to 9-4. Brooklyn fell to 3-9.
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A 38-point first quarter
Brooklyn led 7-5 early on a Noah Clowney floater, but Coward’s step-back three started a 14-2 Memphis run that included threes by Cam Spencer, Jaylen Wells and GG Jackson. Javon Small hit two more off the bench, and Spencer’s three with 2:47 left made it 35-17. Coward had 9 points in the quarter, and Memphis led 38-23 after one.
The Nets cut a 20-point deficit to 55-45 on threes by Mikel Brown Jr. and Egor Demin midway through the second quarter. Coward answered with a three, Hendricks scored twice inside late in the half, and Spencer’s three at the buzzer put Memphis ahead 71-54 at halftime.
Hendricks takes over
Brooklyn got within 75-62 on a Clowney three early in the third, but Memphis pulled away again. Leading 85-77 after a Randle step-back three with 5:12 left in the quarter, the Grizzlies went on a 16-1 run, with Hendricks starting it with a three-point play and finishing it with a running dunk from Coward to make it 101-78. Hendricks scored 10 points in the quarter. Memphis led 103-84 after three.
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Olivier-Maxence Prosper’s three and three-point play helped push the lead to 117-91 with 7:08 left, Memphis’ biggest of the night. Danny Wolf then scored 11 points in a 15-2 Brooklyn run that cut it to 119-106 with 4:16 to go. Coward answered with a tip-in dunk, Hendricks and Cameron Boozer scored inside, and the Grizzlies closed it out.
Around the box
Coward shot 7-of-13 and 4-of-6 from three with 4 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks. Hendricks made 9 of 13 shots. Small scored 19, Spencer had 17 points on 3-of-3 three-point shooting with 8 assists, and Boozer finished with 15 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists. Isaiah Stewart and Prosper scored 11 each. Memphis had 34 assists and 11 steals, outscored Brooklyn 62-46 in the paint and scored 30 points off 16 Nets turnovers.
Randle led Brooklyn with 22 points on 8-of-16 shooting and 5 assists. Day’Ron Sharpe had 16 points and 11 rebounds, 9 of them offensive, Clowney scored 15 with 7 rebounds and 3 blocks, and Wolf finished with 14. Demin and Nolan Traore scored 11 each, and Moritz Wagner had 10. The Nets made 17 of 46 threes and grabbed 19 offensive rebounds. Michael Porter Jr. missed the game for personal reasons. Memphis played without Zach Edey (ankle), Jerami Grant (head), Quinten Post (concussion) and Ty Jerome (hip). Attendance was 15,103.
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What’s next
The Grizzlies visit the Washington Wizards on Monday, November 16, at 7 p.m. ET (2 a.m. Tuesday Cairo time). The Nets host the Philadelphia 76ers on Monday, November 16, at 7:30 p.m. ET (2:30 a.m. Tuesday Cairo time).
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