{"id":56197,"date":"2018-01-06T06:50:02","date_gmt":"2018-01-06T06:50:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=56197"},"modified":"2018-01-06T06:50:02","modified_gmt":"2018-01-06T06:50:02","slug":"beal-wall-lead-wizards-102-100-win-grizzlies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/sports\/nba\/beal-wall-lead-wizards-102-100-win-grizzlies.html","title":{"rendered":"Beal, Wall lead Wizards to a 102-100 win over Grizzlies"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">Beal, Wall lead Wizards to a 102-100 win over Grizzlies<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;color: #000000;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">Bradley Beal scored 34 points, John Wall added 25 points and nine assists, and the Washington Wizards survived a late Memphis rally for a 102-100 victory over the Grizzlies on Friday night.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;color: #000000;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">Markieff Morris, who had 12 points and matched his career high with 17 rebounds, converted a pair of free throws with 3 seconds left to provide the winning margin. Washington has won four straight.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;color: #000000;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">Tyreke Evans led Memphis with 26 points, while Marc Gasol finished with 17 points and 11 rebounds as the Grizzlies lost their second straight.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;color: #000000;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">Washington led by 15 with 9:34 left before weathering a late Memphis rally that pulled the Grizzlies to 97-94 when JaMychal Green connected on a 3-pointer with 1:20 left.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;color: #000000;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">After Marcin Gortat split a pair of free throws, Evans would convert another 3-pointer and Memphis had rallied to 98-97 with 17 seconds left.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;color: #000000;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">At that point, Washington was 2 of 16 in the quarter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;color: #000000;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">Beal made a pair of free throws for a 100-97 lead with 13 seconds left, Evans missed a 3-pointer with about 5 seconds to go, and Washington escaped.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;color: #000000;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">The Wizards, who held a 12-point lead in the first half, extended it to as many as 17 in the third as Beal collected 13 points in the period.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;color: #000000;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">Washington carried a 58-50 lead into the break behind the guard play of Wall (16 points) and Beal (15 points).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;color: #000000;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">TIP-INS<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;color: #000000;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">Wizards: Mike Scott, who was shooting 66 percent (76 of 115) over the previous 14 games, made his first three shots and finished the night 4 of 6. . Morris recorded his second double-double of the season. The first came in the Wizards&#8217; previous game Wednesday against the Knicks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;color: #000000;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">Grizzlies: G Mike Conley, who hasn&#8217;t played since Nov. 13, said before the game there is no timetable for his return from a left Achilles tendon injury. He added, however, that he intends to play again this season. . Memphis finished a 10-game stretch in which it didn&#8217;t play consecutive games in the same city. Seven of those were played on the road. . Memphis is 1-12 against the Eastern Conference, with the only win coming Dec. 15 when it defeated Atlanta 96-94. . G Andrew Harrison sat out with a left shoulder injury.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;color: #000000;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">UP NEXT<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;color: #000000;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">Wizards: Host Milwaukee on Saturday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;color: #000000;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">Grizzlies: Face the New Orleans Pelicans at home on Wednesday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\">Source:-\u00a0https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nba\/2018\/01\/06\/beal-wall-lead-wizards-to-a-102-100-win-over-grizzlies\/109203624\/<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/sports\/nba\/beal-wall-lead-wizards-102-100-win-grizzlies.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beal, Wall lead Wizards to a 102-100 win over Grizzlies Bradley Beal scored 34 points, John Wall added 25 points and nine assists, and the Washington Wizards survived a late Memphis rally for a 102-100 victory over the Grizzlies on Friday night. 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