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01/21 19:27 CST Balanced Pelicans easily top Grizzlies without injured Davis
Balanced Pelicans easily top Grizzlies without injured Davis
By CLAY BAILEY
Associated Press
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) --- Jrue Holiday and Nikola Mirotic scored 21 points,
Jahlil Okafor and Julius Randle had 20, and the balanced New Orleans Pelicans
beat the Memphis Grizzlies 105-85 on Monday without injured star Anthony Davis.
Okafor set a season high for points and added 10 rebounds filling in for Davis.
Randle had 12 rebounds and Holiday grabbed 11 as New Orleans out-rebounded the
Grizzlies 50-35 without its leading big man. It was the Pelicans' first game
since announcing Davis would miss 1-2 weeks with a left index finger sprain.
Okafor and Randle were a combined 15 of 20 from the field, part of New Orleans
shooting 53 percent overall.
Marc Gasol led the Grizzlies with 22 points, while Mike Conley added 20 and
eight assists for Memphis, which lost its sixth straight and 12th in the last
13.
Memphis, which was outscored 45-14 during the third quarter in a blowout loss
at Toronto on Saturday, managed only 18 points in the third Monday while the
Pelicans had 28. That provided New Orleans with an 82-68 lead entering the
final period.
TIP-INS
Pelicans: Played the final game of a five-game trip. ... Have played three
times in Memphis on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. ... Okafor started his fourth
game of the season. ... New Orleans was 1 of 12 on 3-pointers in the first
half, but finished the game 9 of 26. ... Okafor's previous season high was 17
points against Milwaukee on Dec. 19. ... Double-doubles by Okafor, Holiday and
Randle marked the 11th time this season three New Orleans players recorded
double-doubles. It was Okafor's first double-double since Feb. 25, 2017.
Grizzlies: Are now 7-10 on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. ... Played the opening
game of a season-high five-game homestand. ... Gasol returned after missing the
Grizzlies' loss Saturday in Toronto with back soreness. ... F Omri Casspi was a
late scratch (illness).
UP NEXT
Pelicans: Return home after five-game road trip to face Detroit on Wednesday.
Grizzlies: Host the Charlotte Hornets on Wednesday night.
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