Brandon Clarke of the Memphis Grizzlies dies at age 29
Memphis Grizzlies forward Brandon Clarke has died at the age of 29, the team announced.
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Memphis Grizzlies forward Brandon Clarke has died at the age of 29, the team announced.
Khris Middleton scored 22 of his season-high 35 points in the fourth quarter, Daniel Gafford added a season-high 22 points as the Dallas Mavericks snapped an eight-game losing streak with a 120-112 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies.
Santi Aldama sparked a decisive 6-0 run in the final minute as Memphis notched back-to-back wins for the first time this season, while rookie Zach Edey posted his first double-double in a gritty road victory over Dallas.
Anthony Davis led the Mavericks with 40 points and nine rebounds, and Klay Thompson added 18 points.
Both the Grizzles and Mavericks will play in the Western Conference play-in tournament.
Dallas guard Kyrie Irving is expected to miss one to two weeks with a bulging disc in his back, and Mavericks coach Jason Kidd said a timeline for his return was not immediately known.
Desmond Bane scored 23 points and the Memphis Grizzlies won a second consecutive game against Dallas with all three All-Stars out, beating Mavericks 104-88.
San Antonio heads into a matchup against Memphis as winners of four straight games.
Despite neck pain, Luka Doncic had 37 points and Kristaps Porzingis had 15 points as the Dallas Mavericks shut down the Memphis Grizzlies Sunday night.
The Dallas Mavericks' three-game losing skid came to an end in Memphis. Luka Doncic scored 26 points and Kristaps Porzingis added 19 as the Mavs used a 4th-quarter rally to defeat the Grizzlies.
It wasn't the most graceful shot ever taken, but NBA fans in Dallas could care less. Luka Doncic hit a leaning, lunging 3-pointer as time expired to give the Mavericks a 114-113 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies on Wednesday night.
In Dallas, Tim Hardaway Jr. scored 20 of his 29 points to help the Mavericks build a big first-half lead in what would be a 102-92 win over the Memphis Grizzlies.
Ja Morant scored 21 points, Jaren Jackson Jr. and Tyus Jones added 19 apiece, and the short-handed Grizzlies beat the Dallas Mavericks 121-107 on Wednesday night.
Dallas suffered its most lopsided loss of the season. The Mavericks have won one of their last seven games.
Harden set an NBA record with his eighth straight game with at least 35 points and five assists, besting Oscar Robertson, who twice had seven-game streaks. Harden finished with his fourth triple-double this season and 39th overall.
Glynn Cyprien has returned to the college ranks as an assistant coach at Texas Tech after spending the past four years working with the NBA's Grizzlies.
Several NBA teams, Knicks, Suns and Hawks among them, are searching for a head coach who would be the right fit.
The Memphis Grizzlies fired coach David Fizdale on Monday, with the team at 7-12 and a day after he benched center Marc Gasol for the fourth quarter of an eighth straight loss.
Harrison Barnes banked a 30-footer as the horn sounded, and the Mavericks escaped with a 95-94 victory over the Grizzlies on Wednesday night.
The Grizzlies turned back a second-half rally by Dallas and closed with a late run to pull away and preserve a 96-91 victory on Thursday night.
The 19-year-old point guard had 19 points and five assists to lead the Dallas Mavericks to their first win of the season, 103-94 over the Memphis Grizzlies on Wednesday night.
Police say veteran NBA star Zach Randolph was arrested on a marijuana charge.
Kawhi Leonard scored 29 points, and the Spurs advanced to the Western Conference semifinals by beating Memphis 103-96 on Thursday night to take the series 4-2.
Manu Ginobili hit the court, literally, providing an early spark that helped carry San Antonio to a 116-103 victory over Memphis.
Grizzlies guard Mike Conley said he was an option to take the final shot and that the San Antonio Spurs thought so, too, on a night when he scored a franchise postseason record 35 points.
