JAN

11

Yardbarkers Mike Conley Jr. and Hakim Warrick had season highs as they were in a fight to the finish against the Kings, Despite Rudy Gay's 31 point night, the Grizz lost their 10 point lead with 5 minutes to go and fell short to 3rd year clutch shooter Francisco Garcia as he hit his third GW this year. In the first half both teams would go on a stretch of runs. John Salmons, who was playing with the flu and was went home at first, had one of his best games of his career the first basket. After starting the game 2-2, the Kings would go on a 9-0. The Grizzlies answered back with with a 14-0 run grabbing a 5 point lead. It was tied at 16 when Garcia hit a 3 pointer and Mikki Moore threw down the slam. Feeding off of the crowd's energy of an exciting Brad Miller dunk (yes, exciting and Brad Miller can go in the same sentence), the Kings, still undermanned, would lead at the end of the first quarter 30-24. In the 2nd quarter, breakout point guard Beno Udrih would hit 4 straight shots scoring 9 straight points for the Kings. A steady attack by Memphis would trail behind the Kings. By the end, Kyle Lowery and Juan Carlos Navarro had 5 assists each and Pau Gasol only had 3 points in quarter with a total of 9 points. John Salmons led all scorers with 15 points at the half with Gay scoring a team high 14 points, leading Memphis to a 54-56 lead. In the 3rd quarter, it started to fall apart like it normally does for the Kings. Brad Miller had another great dunk to keep the Kings close, but Mike Miller was on fire hitting all 4 of his 3 pointers that he took scoring 16 points on 6/6 shooting up to the 3rd quarter. His shots were so good they wouldn't even hit the net, and no one picked him up when he was on his hot streak. Just like Memphis in the 1st quarter, a balacned attack would let the Kings trail behind the Grizz 81-85 at the end. That's when it got ugly for the Kings. Highflyer Dahntay Jones, who was playing against his former team, fouled out only 31 secon...

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