Desmond Bane had 24 factors and 9 rebounds and Tyus Jones scored 21 because the host Memphis Grizzlies earned their sixth straight victory by defeating the Utah Jazz 123-118 on Sunday evening.
Jaren Jackson Jr. additionally got here up massive for the Grizzlies, who had been with out Ja Morant due to a proper thigh harm. Jackson scored 19 factors, grabbed 9 rebounds, blocked 5 pictures and had three steals.
Lauri Markkanen led the Jazz with 21 factors and eight rebounds. Kelly Olynyk contributed 19 factors and eight boards for the Jazz, who misplaced for the second evening in a row after falling 126-118 in Chicago on Saturday.
Rookie Walker Kessler contributed 10 factors, 11 rebounds and 6 blocks off the bench for Utah, which has now misplaced seven of eight video games.
Utah performed with out Jordan Clarkson, certainly one of its key gamers, for the fourth quarter. Clarkson was ejected with a flagrant-two foul within the remaining seconds of the third quarter when he slapped Bane within the face because the Grizzlies’ guard drove towards the basket.
Clarkson had scored 13 of his 17 factors within the third, serving to Utah pull inside one after trailing by 16 early within the second half.
Dillon Brooks scored 15 for Memphis, together with a key 3 after the Grizzlies corralled an offensive rebound to present Memphis a 113-103 lead with six minutes remaining.
Malik Beasley obtained a steal and a dunk to assist Utah get inside six with two minutes remaining. The Jazz had an opportunity to get even nearer however Olynyk misplaced the ball whereas twisting his ankle en path to the ring, and Jackson shortly scored on the opposite finish to place the lead again to eight.
It was nonetheless a one-point recreation halfway by means of the second quarter — 42-41 for Memphis after Olynyk’s trey — earlier than the Grizzlies took management. They used a late 12-2 run to enter the locker room forward 66-52.
After Jackson gave Memphis its largest lead of 16 at 68-52, Utah used a 20-5 push early within the third quarter to get inside one.
Ahead 85-84, Brooks tipped in a shot to ignite an 8-0 run, and the Grizzlies reestablished a double-digit lead when Bane drained a 3.
—Field Level Media/Reuters
