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them -- including overcoming an eight-game losing streak. Anthony Davis scored
21 of his 27 points in the second half and grabbed 10 rebounds as the Pelicans
won for only the second time in January, claiming a 95-92 victory over Memphis
on Monday. The Pelicans have won all three games against the Grizzlies this
season, the only three games New Orleans has won in the Southwest Division.
Meanwhile, Memphis has lost all 10 games against teams in the division. "It
feels good to get a win," Pelicans coach Monty Williams said. "Like I told our
guys, you cant get wins like this if you dont have big-time character and tough
guys in your locker room." Tyreke Evans added 15 points, 11 of them in the
fourth quarter. He also had seven assists. Brian Roberts scored 13 points and
Eric Gordon finished with 12 for the short-handed Pelicans. Alexis Ajinca scored
10 points, and Davis added four blocks and four steals to his stat line. "Our
defence was horrible," said Memphis forward Zach Randolph, who led the Grizzlies
with 23 points and a season-high 20 rebounds, equally split between offensive
and defensive boards. Courtney Lee had 19 points and Marc Gasol finished with 14
points. Mike Conley had 13 for Memphis, which saw an end to its five-game
winning streak. The Pelicans won minus three key players -- Jrue Holiday,
Ryan Anderson and Jason Smith, all out with injuries. The trio, plus reserve
guard Anthony Morrow, who didnt make the trip because of illness, left New
Orleans with 10 available players. "Everybody contributed all the way down to
the 10th guy," Davis said. "Everybody is stepping up, and thats what we need
while guys are down." New Orleans players pointed to controlling Randolph and
Gasol as a key component against the Memphis, which lost on its annual game on
Martin Luther King Jr. Day. "We just played really good defence," Gordon said.
"We tried to attack them on offence to make them help. Our bigs did a pretty
good job. Its been a tough time these past few weeks." The Grizzlies got within
93-91 when Lee hit a bank shot with a minute left, but Davis made a 15-footer
with 35.6 seconds remaining as the shot clock was expiring. Memphis struggled
with turnovers, committing 18 to the Pelicans 10. New Orleans led by 10 points
in the first half. Davis and Randolph both struggled in the first half before
taking over the scoring for their teams in the third quarter. Davis was 4 of 6
in the period and 7 of 8 from the line for 15 points in the quarter. Randolph
hit 7 of 9 shots for 17 points, helping the Grizzlies take a 69-68 lead heading
into the fourth. "We came out and fought for the whole 48 (minutes)," Davis
said. "We didnt fall back in that third quarter like we usually do. Weve got to
continue to do that." New Orleans took the lead for good with nine unanswered
points in the middle of the fourth, five of them coming from Evans. And unlike
Davis assessment of the Pelicans play, Memphis coach Dave Joerger saw a more
ho-hum approach from his players -- a troublesome trend hes noticed for a week
even though the Grizzlies have escaped with late bursts in their last two wins
over Milwaukee and Sacramento. "We walked around," Joerger said. "We are not
going to play better until we play harder. We have to run harder. We have to
screen harder, and we have to defend harder from the first minute of the game."
NOTES: Memphis is 5-7 all-time in MLK games. ... As part of the MLK Day
festivities, the Grizzlies honoured former NBA players Jo Jo White,
Dikembe Mutombo and Bernard King for their contributions to civil rights and
human rights. ... At 0-10 in the Southwest, Memphis is the only NBA team without
a win in its division. ... James Johnson had two blocks for Memphis, marking his
career-best seventh straight game with multiple blocks.
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