导出博客文章This early in the NBA season, its hard for teams to get familiar with each
other. The Minnesota Timberwolves and Memphis Grizzlies are the exception.The
two teams play in Memphis for the second time this season on Saturday night. It
will be third regular-season meeting after Minnesota and Memphis also met in the
preseason. The two teams have split the first two regular-season games, each
winning on its home court.The Grizzlies (7-5) will be happy to head home after
finishing a four-game road trip in Dallas on Friday night. Memphis finished the
road trip with three straight wins after beating the Mavericks 80-64.I was happy
to see our defense, Grizzlies coach David Fizdale said. I always tell the guys
our defense will travel. Your offense dont always get on the plane with you. But
our defense was really stingy tonight.Parsons return to Dallas was one of
Fridays storylines. The familiarity between teams played a part in the first
half, in which neither team scored more than 19 points in the first two
quarters.We stopped being friendly, Fizdale said. If you watched the first
quarter, everybody was having conversations with the other team like they were
all pals. And we dont have the luxury to be buddies.I think we took it light,
like thinking they didnt have their players, but this (Mavericks) is an NBA team
with NBA players. We didnt show them respect by playing like that. So I got
after them pretty good and they came out in the second half and got after
it.Familiarity with Minnesota could breed contempt.The Timberwolves (4-7) opened
the season at Memphis and led by as many as 17 early before losing 102-98 as the
Grizzlies charged back. Minnesota won the second game handily 116-80 at home as
Memphis rested point guard Mike Conley and center Marc Gasol.Fizdale didnt play
any of his starters more than 32 minutes on Friday with the back-to-back
scheduled against the Timberwolves.Memphis also got guard Tony Allen back after
he missed four games with a strained right groin. Allen scored 11 points off the
bench in Fridays win.Well have to wait and see how I feel tomorrow, Allen said.
I thought I did a good job of icing and stretching. Ill get some rest tonight
and see how I feel tomorrow.Minnesota has won three of its past five games,
including Thursdays 110-86 dismantling of Philadelphia in which three players
posted double-doubles. Andrew Wiggins scored 35 points and tied a career high
with 10 rebounds. Karl-Anthony Towns had 25 points and 10 rebounds, and Gorgui
Dieng added 12 points and 10 rebounds.I think we character this game as a point
in the road that we have to look back and we have to understand and grow from
this, Towns said. We held them to, I think, 33 points in the first half. Thats
very good for us to do. Weve got to do a better job from here on out, especially
in the third quarter.The Timberwolves started Friday as the sixth-highest
scoring team in the league. They were also the highest-scoring team in the first
quarter. But theyve been the worst in the third quarter, blowing several leads
along the way.Wiggins has been the biggest factor in Minnesotas offensive surge.
He has scored more than 30 points in three of his past six games. During that
stretch, Wiggins has scored 33 points, grabbed 5.3 rebounds and passed out 3.5
assists per game. He shot 50.7 percent from the field while taking 22.67 shots
per game.There were times last year where I just drifted to the corner and
stayed there, Wiggins said. I think Im just being more active. My awareness is
higher. Im just doing more.
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Butikk . PAUL, Minn. LOS ANGELES -- Golden State lacked its usual outside
shooting touch. The Warriors still had an easy time with the Clippers.Klay
Thompson scored 24 points, Draymond Green added 22 points and the Warriors won
115-98 Wednesday night for their seventh straight victory over Los
Angeles.Stephen Curry had 19 points for Golden State, and Kevin Durant, who came
in averaging a team-best 27.0 points, was held to 16 on 5-of-17 shooting.Curry
failed to make a 3-pointer for just the second time this season, going 0 of 8.
The Warriors were 7 of 30 from long range.You try to affect the games other ways
when your shot is not falling, Curry said. Thats kind of the test. To stay
locked in and not get frustrated because I know it wont happen that often. Wed
like to make every shot every night and have that free-flowing offensive rhythm.
But for us, if we can defend and not turn the ball over, were going to be in
good shape most nights. Tonight was a testament to that.Jamal Crawford scored 21
points for the Clippers, who have lost five of seven. Four of their seven
overall losses have come at home.Our spirit wasnt right, said Chris Paul, who
shot 7 of 14. We gave them a lot of baskets. A team that shoots as well as they
do, we cant give them points.Blake Griffin struggled, scoring 12 points on
5-of-20 shooting and while committing seven of the Clippers 14 turnovers. J.J.
Redick had two points, well under his 15.5 average.I turned the ball over, I
missed some easy shots, forced some bad shots, Griffin said. We got some work to
do, obviously.The Warriors set a dominant tone in the first quarter when they
shot 56 percent. They erased the Clippers one-point lead with a 28-9 run to lead
37-19.Golden States defense smothered the Clippers shooters, who were held to 33
percent in the first, and forced coach Doc Rivers to bring in his second unit.
The reserves couldnt get anything going while Thompson, Curry and Green combined
to score 15 consecutive points as part of Golden States big run.Great night
defensively, Warriors coach Steve Kerr said. If we defend like that and take
care of the balll, even on a night when shots arent going in, we have a chance
to win anywhere, even on the road against a great team.ddddddddddddrailing by 20
early in the second quarter, the Clippers clawed back within seven on three
3-pointers by Crawford, including a rainbow that just beat the shot clock. Paul
added seven points and DeAndre Jordan dunked to get to 53-46. But just as
quickly, the Warriors restored their lead to 62-49 at halftime, capped by Greens
3-pointer.Even a 12-0 run by the Clippers only cut their deficit to 14 points
late in the third after they fell behind by 27 earlier in the quarter. On the
Warriors last possession, Curry and two teammates fell down but Kevon Looney
still dunked to send them into the fourth leading 91-75.TIP-INSWarriors:
Thompson was coming off his career-high 60-point performance against Indiana on
Monday. He was 8 of 18 from the floor against the Clippers. ... They have won
seven straight on the road. ... They shot 48 percent from the floor, just under
their league-leading 50 percent.Clippers: Their losing streak to the Warriors is
the teams longest active skid against any opponent. ... Their last win against
the Warriors came on Christmas Day 2014 at home. ... Doc Rivers, Griffin and
Paul each got technical fouls. ... Jordan is two rebounds away from 6,000 in his
career. ... G Raymond Felton missed the game for unspecified family reasons and
is expected to be out a couple games. ... Jay Z, Chris Rock, Olympic champion
gymnast Simone Biles and the Rev. Jesse Jackson attended the game.NEXT TIMEThe
teams meet three more times in the regular season, once in January and twice in
February.Dont get too cocky when we play them next time, Thompson said. Theyre
very capable. It was just a great effort by us.UP NEXTWarriors: At Utah on
Tuesday in the second game of a back-to-back as part of a five-game trip,
equaling the teams longest of the season.Clippers: Host New Orleans on Saturday
after a rare two-day rest. ' ' '
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