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Gasol, Conley lead Grizzlies past Timberwolves, 100-87

Tom Thibodeau said. with Covington, hit three ing off the bench for Min-
The Wolves entered the 3-pointers and scored 11 nesota. ... The Wolves are
game with the second- points in the fourth. Saric 7-2 at home. . Towns had
fewest turnovers in the NBA hit a 3 to draw the Wolves his fifth double-double in
at 12.5 per game, but the within eight points, but Ga- the past seven games.
Grizzlies were active early sol hit a pair of 3s on con- GREEN RETURNS
and forced Minnesota into secutive possessions after a Forward JaMychal Green
eight turnovers in the first timeout. returned to the Grizzlies’
quarter. The Wolves had TIP-INS lineup after missing 12
averaged 113 points per Grizzlies: Memphis is 26-8 games with a broken jaw.
game in winning the first against Minnesota over the Bickerstaff said he wanted
three games of the homes- past decade. . The Grizzlies to use Green in short in-
tand after trading Butler. shot 33.3 percent in the first crements. Off the bench,
“They play slow,” Minneso- quarter and had six of their Green had eight points
ta forward Robert Coving- 12 turnovers. ... Memphis and eight rebounds in 21
ton said. has won two in a row on minutes.
“They played a part in it. the road for the first time “I felt a little rust, got to
We can’t allow them to since March 15-16, 2017. get my legs back under-
dictate our pace. We got Timberwolves: Minnesota neath me,” Green said.
to get the ball out, in tran- held Memphis to 17 points “But other than that, it was
sition we need to use our in the first quarter, a season just fun to be out there. We
athleticism. Tonight, we low for a Wolves opponent played great defense to-
weren’t able to do that.” in any quarter. ... Derrick night, we got a lot of stops.
Dario Saric, who came Rose scored a team-high We’re moving the ball well
over from the 76ers along 18 points on 6-of-11 shoot- offensively.”q

Memphis Grizzlies’ Mike Conley (11) shoots next to Minnesota
Timberwolves’ Jeff Teague (0) during the third quarter of an NBA
basketball game Sunday, Nov. 18, 2018, in Minneapolis.
Associated Press
By BRIAN HALL be consistently. Obviously
Associated Press last year was a little glitch
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — With in the system, but for the
Mike Conley finally healthy past what, 10, 11, 12 years,
to rejoin teammate Marc this team has taken pride
Gasol, and adding 6-foot- on being a very physical
11, 242-poound rookie Jar- team, and that’s what
en Jackson Jr., the Mem- gives us the best chance to
phis Grizzlies have gone win.”
back to their long-trusted Gasol’s shooting helped
approach of physical de- the Grizzlies overcome their
fense. own sluggish offensive start.
It has got Memphis winning He was 4 of 7 from 3-point
again, too. range and Memphis hit 12
Gasol had 26 points and 13 overall.
rebounds, Conley added “It’s a game-changer,”
18 points and nine assists Memphis coach J.B. Bick-
and the Grizzlies pulled erstaff said of Gasol’s out-
away to beat the Minne- side shooting. “Those shots
sota Timberwolves 100-87 break games open for
on Sunday. you.”
Memphis, which entered Gasol scored 18 points in
the game with the second- the second half.
most points off turnovers Karl-Anthony Towns had
in the NBA, forced Minne- 15 points and 20 rebounds
sota into 20 turnovers and for the Timberwolves. They
turned them into 19 points had won three straight
in winning for the fifth time games since trading Jimmy
in six games. Butler to Philadelphia.
“That’s what gives us the “There was a physicality to
best chance to win against the game that we probably
any team,” Gasol said didn’t respond to as well as
about the physical style. “I we could have or should
think that’s who we try to have,” Minnesota coach