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Grizzlies rally from deep hole to beat Warriors in OT
Mike Conley (right) of the Memphis Grizzlies handles the ball against his Golden State Warriors teammate at ORACLE Arena in Oakland, California, on Friday. Grizzlies won 128-119.<strong> (Photo: AFP)</strong>
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January 6, 2017

Grizzlies rally from deep hole to beat Warriors in OT

LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — The Memphis Grizzlies completed a dramatic comeback with a dominating overtime performance Friday to beat the two-time defending Western Conference champion Golden State Warriors for the second time this season.

Marc Gasol and Zach Randolph combined for four baskets on Memphis’s first four possessions of overtime as the Grizzlies rallied from a 24-point deficit in the third quarter to win 128-119.

Mike Conley nailed a clutch jump shot with seven seconds left in regulation to tie the score for the Grizzlies, who were also down by 18 points with 7:47 left in the fourth.

The Grizzlies, who outscored the Warriors 32-13 in the fourth quarter, dominated the overtime using the four hoops by Gasol and Randolph to build a lead they never relinquished.

Conley and Randolph had 27 points apiece and Gasol added 23 for Memphis, who won for the second time this season over Golden State. The Grizzlies also won in resounding fashion 110-89 on December 10 in Memphis.

Stephen Curry had a game-high 40 points for the Warriors, who lost just their sixth game of the season to go with 31 wins.

The Grizzlies have struggled defensively of late. Heading into Friday night’s contest they had lost four of six, allowing 112 or more points in each of the defeats.

Elsewhere, John Wall tallied 18 points and had a season-high 18 assists as the Washington Wizards survived a 41-point performance from Andrew Wiggins with a 112-105 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves.

Bradley Beal led the Wizards with 22 points as Washington won its ninth-straight home game.

Marcin Gortat went nine of nine from the field for 19 points while grabbing 10 rebounds. The Wizards shot 58 percent from the field for a much needed win after losing two games during a brief road trip.

Wiggins posted his second 40-point game of the season, but his team squandered a lead after three quarters and all his hard work was lost.

“We’re finding different ways to [lose],” Minnesota coach Tom Thibodeau said. “It’s disappointing.”

In New York, Kyrie Irving hit two clutch three-pointers early in the fourth quarter as the Cleveland Cavaliers blew most of a 24-point lead before pulling out a 116-108 victory over Brooklyn.

LeBron James scored 29 of his 36 points in the first three quarters and was resting when Irving came through to stave off a Brooklyn comeback after Cleveland allowed the first 11 points of the fourth.

Irving returned from missing the previous three games due to a tight right hamstring and finished with 32 points, including the first 12 of the fourth quarter.

He scored Cleveland’s first points of the fourth at the foul line and then a long jumper, two three-pointers, and a lay-up to push the lead to 98-82 with under eight minutes remaining.

In Boston, Al Horford made up for a lacklustre first three quarters by scoring 14 points in the fourth, including a clutch three-pointer with 17 seconds left as the Boston Celtics beat the Philadelphia 76ers 110-106.

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