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Guards John Wall and Bradley Beal took turns torching the Memphis Grizzlies on Friday night, combining for 59 points as the Washington Wizards notched a 102-100 win at FedExForum in Memphis, Tenn. Beal tallied 34 points on just 18 shot attempts, hitting the 30-point mark for the seventh time this year. Wall needed only 16 shot attempts to score 25 points, and he added nine assists as Washington (23-16) stayed atop the Southeast Division. Continue to Article

January 06, 2018 12:18:am EST

There is no excuse in the book for trailing by as many as 33 points to the team with the worst record in the Western Conference. Especially when that team is playing on the road for the second night of a back-to-back. "We got our butt kicked," George Hill said following the Kings 114-96 loss to the Memphis Grizzlies on New Years Eve. Continue to Article

December 31, 2017 10:55:pm EST

American Airlines has apologized to two players on the Memphis Grizzlies' minor league affiliate who were kicked off a plane in Dallas after a flight attendant wrongfully accused them of stealing blankets, which an assistant coach suggested happened because they are black. Airline spokesman Joshua Freed said Tuesday that Memphis Hustle guard Marquis Teague and forward Trahson Burrell boarded the Sunday flight from Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport to Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Continue to Article

December 27, 2017 2:37:pm EST

American Airlines has landed in hot water yet again this year. According to The Associated Press, two teammates of the Memphis Hustle basketball team (an extension of the NBA’s Memphis Grizzlies) were kicked off a plane for allegedly stealing blankets. According to the news site, as Trashon Burrell and Marquis Teague were on their way through first-class to the aircraft’s coach section, two unidentified first-class passengers handed them their blankets. Continue to Article

December 27, 2017 5:56:am EST

An interim coach's play and a little-known rule lifted the Phoenix Suns past the Memphis Grizzlies on Tuesday night. The Suns notched a 99-97 win, thanks to Phoenix big men Dragan Bender and Tyson Chandler connecting on an out-of-bounds alley-oop that provided the winning margin in the final second of play. Bender delivered the pass to Chandler, who threw home a rim-rattling dunk over the Grizzlies' Brandan Wright with 0.4 seconds to go. Continue to Article

December 27, 2017 2:09:am EST