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The Toronto Raptors were teetering on the edge of their winning streak ending, facing a 17-point, second-half deficit. The Raptors converted 10 of 17 shots from outside the arc in the second half, including 7 of 12 in the fourth to pull away from the Memphis Grizzlies for a 122-114 victory on Tuesday night. ''We had a real gut check at halftime there,'' Raptors coach Nick Nurse said after Toronto trailed 71-59 at the break. Continue to Article

November 28, 2018 12:08:am EST

The Knicks beat the Grizzlies 103-98, and even though he said he didn’t want it, Fizdale had his revenge on the team that fired him a year ago. According to the New York Daily News, Fizdale didn’t want the game against his former employers to be any different than normal. Continue to Article

November 26, 2018 9:56:am EST

The entrance to the visitors' locker room was covered with soaked towels, ice cubes scattered across the wet floor, remnants of the successful return to Memphis for New York Knicks coach David Fizdale. One year after Fizdale was fired by the Grizzlies, he returned with his Knicks on Sunday and left with a 103-98 victory. The win - New York's third straight - led to a celebration, Fizdale's team dousing him with water - and ice - as he entered the locker room after the game. Continue to Article

November 25, 2018 10:28:pm EST

David Fizdale makes his return to Memphis as coach of the New York Knicks on Sunday when his new team takes a two-game winning streak against his former club, the Grizzlies. Fizdale was fired 83 games ago -- 19 games into the 2018 season -- after famously benching star big man Marc Gasol for the fourth quarter of a 98-88 home loss to the Brooklyn Nets that dropped the Grizzlies to 7-12. Memphis went just 15-48 the rest of the way under interim coach J.B. Bickerstaff, who was given the full-time gig in the offseason. Continue to Article

November 24, 2018 10:16:pm EST

The Memphis Grizzlies have a strong starting front line. Marc Gasol is healthy and playing like his Defensive Player of the Year self again plus scoring 17.6 a night. Rookie Jaren Jackson Jr. may not be stuffing the box score like a couple of other rookies, but he is playing strong defense, is getting buckets (12.9 points per game), and if you told me in three years he was the best player out of this draft class I would just nod. Continue to Article

November 24, 2018 1:53:pm EST