Memphis Grizzlies defeated Charlotte Bobcats on a 113-80 on Wednesday night. “We were selfish on both ends,” Brown said after the Grizzlies routed his Bobcats 113-80 on Wednesday night. “We didn’t play hard. We acted like we didn’t even care. I had to get into them at halftime and beg them to play. That’s not what I’m supposed to be doing. There was no effort and no teamwork.” O.J. Mayo scored 24 points, Rudy Gay had 23 and the Grizzlies jumped to an early lead. “I thought it was a very professional game for us,” Memphis coach Lionel Hollins said. “We jumped them in the second quarter and outscored them 35-16.” Zach Randolph had 19 points and nine rebounds and Darrell Arthur finished with 10 points to help the Grizzlies run their season-best winning streak to four games. Stephen Jackson had 16 points for the Bobcats, coming off a 97-91 home victory over Toronto on Tuesday night. Tyrus Thomas had 12 and Boris Diaw and D.J. Augustin added 10 each. Augustin also had seven assists. “We just have to try and get back and forget about tonight,” guard Shaun Livingston said. The Grizzlies ended a four-game losing streak against Charlotte, handing the Bobcats their third loss in four games. Charlotte played without starting forward Gerald Wallace, the Bobcats’ second-leading scorer with a 16.7 average. He’s sidelined by a sprained left ankle. By the fourth quarter, the game turned into a Grizzlies highlight reel with one handed-alley-oop dunks, spinning, behind-the-back layups and fast-break baskets. Memphis had a 33-point lead at the midway point of the final period, and the Grizzlies got a technical foul when their bench players got caught up in the excitement and ended up too far on the floor. At that point, Hollins took out his key players, and the reserves closed out the game, part of the Memphis bench outscoring the Charlotte reserves 53-32. Commissioner David Stern addressed the media and fans before the game on subjects ranging from the ongoing labor talks and Memphis’ position as one of the league’s up-and-coming teams. He also said he expects the league to have teams in Europe within the next 10 years. Memphis’ last four-game winning streak was in January of last season. Charlotte F Boris Diaw has started 166 consecutive games since joining the Bobcats in December 2008. He’s 10 games shy of the franchise games record and eight shy of the consecutive starts mark. Memphis has held five straight opponents under 100 points. Charlotte dropped its seventh straight road game and is 3-10 away from home this season.
San Antonio Spurs committed a 113-112 win over the Denver Nuggets. One night after his step-back jumper beat Milwaukee, Manu Ginobili’s defense handed the San Antonio Spurs a 113-112 win over the Denver Nuggets. Ginobili sparked the Spurs to a big fourth-quarter lead and he drew the foul that negated Carmelo Anthony’s winning basket in San Antonio’s escape Thursday night. “I knew Carmelo was going to attack the rim,” Ginobili said. “We were not going to let him take that open shot. Antonio made him a driver and I was in the right position. It’s my job to be there and try to draw a charge. When he jumped I knew I was going to get it because I was right outside the circle. Anthony, who led Denver with 31 points, thought he had the game-winning play, not Ginobili. “No, obviously what I think and what they called are two different things. I thought I made a great play. I took advantage of how Richard (Jefferson) was guarding, attacked. I don’t think I could’ve got a better look at it than that,” Anthony said. “It’s tough, you know, just going out there playing as hard as we played out there and to lose the game on something like that.” The bizarre finish capped a frenetic finish in which the Nuggets erased a nine-point deficit with 6 minutes left. Denver PG Chauncey Billups (wrist) missed his second straight game. The Nuggets hope he can return Saturday night against Minnesota. Spurs C DeJuan Blair returned from hyperextending his right knee Wednesday night against Milwaukee to log 14 minutes.
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