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Grizzlies beat Raptors 115-107 for first victory
Zach Randolph scored 30 points Friday night to lead the Memphis Grizzlies to their first victory of the season, 115-107 over the Toronto Raptors.
Six Grizzlies finished in double figures. Marc Gasol added 19 points for Memphis, which lost by 22 to the Detroit Pistons in the season opener Wednesday night. O.J. Mayo had 18 points, and Rudy Gay finished with 17 points and nine rebounds.
Mike Conley had 10 points and 10 assists for Memphis.
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Kobe reaches 24,000 points, leads Lakers past Griz
Kobe Bryant scored 41 points while becoming the youngest player to reach 24,000, leading the short-handed Los Angeles Lakers to a 114-98 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies on Friday night.
Ron Artest had 19 points and seven assists in the fourth straight win for the defending NBA champions, who played without injured big men Andrew Bynum and Pau Gasol.
Lamar Odom managed just three points before fouling out on his 30th birthday, but Bryant carried the Lakers while reaching his latest scoring milestone 38 days before Wilt Chamberlain did. With a second-half surge, he even overtook Grizzlies guard Allen Iverson for 16th place on the NBA's career scoring list.
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Ellis, Morrow pace Warriors to first win
Monta Ellis had 24 points and a season-high 12 assists, Anthony Morrow added 24 points, and Corey Maggette had 20 to lead Golden State to its first win of the season, 113-105 over the Memphis Grizzlies on Wednesday night.
Stephen Jackson added 20 points and rookie Stephen Curry had seven points and nine assists for the Warriors, who trailed by 13 points in the first quarter and were outrebounded 46-35.
Rudy Gay had 29 points and eight rebounds for Memphis while Allen Iverson added 18 points to become the 16th player in NBA history to reach 24,000 for his career. The Grizzlies lost their third straight and were held under 115 points for the first time since their season-opener.
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Williams a hit at line in Central boys win
Alton Williams knocked down all eight of his free throws in the fourth quarter as No. 2 Central beat No. 3 Centennial 68-61 in a Central Section Division I boys basketball semifinal Wednesday night.
Central will shoot for its third section title - its first in Division I - Saturday against Edison.
The Grizzlies held a 13-point lead at halftime, but Centennial charged into the second half, hitting four straight 3s to cut the lead to one.
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Week 4 roundup
Memorial 15, Hoover 12
Playing its second game in six nights, No. 11 Memorial found its stride late in the game Friday night to defeat No. 14 Hoover 15-12 and remain undefeated.
Christian Garcia scored his second touchdown on a 6-yard run with 3 minutes remaining in the third quarter, and Bryant Cummings and John Savage connected on a conversion pass for a three-point lead, before the Panthers turned to their defense to preserve the nonleague victory at McLane.
Memorial (4-0) had three second-half interceptions -- two by junior safety James Huelskamp and the other by senior cornerback Jon Andreasen -- while escaping shorthanded against the Patriots (3-1).
Central High tried to press its way to a Southern California regional boys basketball playoff victory, using the same approach the Grizzlies rode to 22 victories and a Central Section Division I runner-up finish this season.
But it would not faze Los Angeles Section champion Westchester for long.
Central's press stymied Westchester briefly in the first half, but the second-seeded Comets pulled away in the second half for an 85-51 victory Monday night. Westchester moves on to play El Camino-Oceanside in a regional quarterfinal tonight.
"We had a little bit of hope there, but they just took off on a run," Grizzlies assistant Ron Rinehart said. "They were just too big and quick for us."
Westchester (31-2) stormed out to a 12-2 lead in the first quarter. But Central - behind its swarming press - eventually cut the deficit to three points with 3 minutes left in the second quarter.
The Grizzlies would get no closer.
"Our pressure broke them down in the first two quarters," Rinehart said. "But they made an adjustment at halftime. Our pressure wasn't a problem for them in the second half."
Rakim Brown scored 19 points and Anthony Trammell added 13 for Central.
For Westchester, Jordan Mayes had 19 points, Reggie Murphy 17 and Dominique O'Conner and Dwyane Polee added 10 apiece. Polee has committed to USC.
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