MEMPHIS, Tenn.
Jay Bromley Giants Jersey . -- The Memphis Grizzlies turned up their offence in the second half, and the Charlotte Bobcats
were too tired to keep pace. Mike Conley scored 20 points, Zach Randolph added
16 and the Grizzlies beat the Bobcats 111-89 on Saturday night. "From a team
standpoint, I think we played well," said reserve centre Kosta Koufos, who had
11 of his 12 points in the fourth quarter and grabbed 10 boards. "We all
executed on the offensive end. Defensively, (the bigs) were up on the screens,
and our guards did a heck of a job in the passing lanes." Marc Gasol added 14
points and nine rebounds as the Grizzlies won a season-best sixth straight home
game. Al Jefferson scored 17 for Charlotte, shooting just 7 of 17 from the
field. Chris Douglas-Roberts finished with 15 points, his fourth straight game
in double figures, but Kemba Walker had just 11 -- all in the first half -- on
3-of-13 shooting. Charlotte shot 40 per cent for the game. The Bobcats were
playing their fifth game in seven days against some of the NBAs best teams,
including Miami, Oklahoma City and Indiana. The fatigue showed through much of
the game, but really emerged in the second half. "We lacked the energy that we
needed," Charlotte coach Steve Clifford said. "The second thing would be the
physicality to play them. They have bruising in there, and if you arent ready to
fight in the paint, youre going to be in trouble." Memphis, which has won four
of its last five, dominated the interior, outscoring Charlotte 60-46 in the
paint and winning the rebound battle 51-40. "We just played a great team that
had a great game plan for us," Jefferson said. "I think we kind of got away from
what we do. A little fatigue played into it, too." Memphis broke the game open
after halftime, outscoring Charlotte 59-45 in the final two quarters. Charlotte
is a top-five defensive team, entering the game allowing 97.2 points per game.
The Bobcats had held opponents under 100 points in 40 of the first 62 games.
Memphis outscored Charlotte 27-17 in the third quarter as the Grizzlies
connected on 11 of 21 shots. Meanwhile, Charlottes shooting struggles continued
as the Bobcats hit only 8 of 25 in the period. Memphis took a 79-61 lead at the
end of the third and extended it to as many as 26 as Koufos consistently got to
the rim early in the fourth. Both teams then sent in the reserves to finish it
out. "I thought (it) was a really good, professional win," Memphis coach Dave
Joerger said. "I thought our guys were focused and ready to play. "I thought we
played pretty well in the first half, and even better in the second half."
Memphis carried a 52-44 lead into halftime behind 11 points from Conley and 10
from Randolph. Memphis controlled Jefferson, who entered the game averaging
31-plus points in his last four games. He had eight points at the break on
3-of-9 shooting. Gasol just kind of shook his head when asked about stopping
Jefferson, who was 2 of 13 for only six points when Charlotte won the first
meeting 92-89 on Feb. 22. "He has so many weapons, its not about what you can
do," Gasol said. "You can make it tough on him a little bit. "Al is probably the
toughest guy (to guard) because he has so many counters and different things he
can do. Plus they run about 68 plays a game for him." NOTES: Memphis entered the
game having a different leading scorer in the last seven games. The streak ended
with Conley scoring 20. Earlier this season, the Grizzlies went eight straight
with a different high scorer. ... Jeffersons 17 points ended his string of four
straight games scoring at least 25. ... Charlotte had lost the last three games
in Memphis by a combined 74 points. ... Memphis reserve G/F Mike Miller left the
floor in the second quarter after twisting his ankle, but returned in the second
half.
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the ice. Marchand remained in the game. Neal was assessed a kneeing penalty for
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ruled out for the remainder of the season by the Bulls.TORONTO - Chad Kackert
may be a big-play threat capable of scoring from anywhere on the field but
Toronto coach Scott Milanovich plans to ease the star running back into the
Argonauts offence.Kackert returned to the field Monday, two days after ending
his retirement to join Torontos practice roster. The 28-year-old retired on the
first day of training camp to become the clubs strength-and-conditioning coach
after suffering a broken left right ankle prior to the 2013 East Division
final.Kackerts return is welcome news for Toronto (4-8), when begins a four-game
homestand just two points out of first in the East Division behind the Hamilton
Tiger-Cats (5-7) and Montreal Alouettes (5-8). The five-foot-eight, 206-pound
Kackert was instrumental in the Argos 2012 championship run, earning MVP honours
in their 35-22 Grey Cup win over Calgary.Milanovich has no timetable for
Kackerts return but said it wont happen Saturday when Toronto hosts the Edmonton
Eskimos.He feels good, hes very confident where hes at physically but Im just
going to reserve judgement until I see him go through a week of practice and get
his feedback as to how he feels, Milanovich said. If he goes through this week
feeling good, then well start to evaluate where hes at relative to the other
guys.Were trying to get him as much work as we can. We need to make sure he can
handle the workload and pounding.Kackert wore his blue No. 44 jersey but took no
snaps with the starting offence, instead lining up on the scout team.Its just
feeling it out this week, hopefully get a little bit of contact and see how it
reacts, Kackert said. Ive been running, Ive been doing my training just hoping
to get the choice to come back because I honestly didnt know if I was going to
get to a place where I was healthy enough to play football again.Thats why I
retired.Kackert had to retire because he was nowhere near ready to play when
Toronto opened training camp.I could hardly run at the start of training camp,
said Kackert, who need surgery to repair the injury. I was limping for a good
few months into the season but Ive felt a lot better lately.I had a talk wiith
the doctor and he was saying, If you feel like you can play you should, because
he didnt see any problem with it.
New York Giants Authentic Jersey. Kackert has been a big-play running back during his three seasons with Toronto, rushing for
1,467 yards and 12 TDs on 228 carries (6.4-yard yard average) while adding 50
catches for 454 yards and two touchdowns. He was the Grey Cup MVP after rushing
for 133 yards on 20 carries against Calgary on Nov. 25, 2012.Unfortunately,
injuries have limited Kackert to just 24 regular-season games since signing with
Toronto in 2010. But theres no doubt in Milanovichs mind what a healthy Kackert
brings to the offence.Hes a home-run hitter, he gets a crease and can go the
distance, Milanovich said. Hes got good hands out of the backfield and hes
learned to be a good protector of the quarterback.His teammates love him. Just
the way he plays the game, the unselfishness with which he does his job, the
players respond to that and are pulling for him.Kackert would also be another
big weapon in quarterback Ricky Rays arsenal, a potentially scary thought
considering Toronto entered last weekends action with the CFLs top aerial attack
and ranked second in total offensive yards. Defences have to spend a lot of time
trying to defend what (Kackert) can do and its not all about trying to stop Chad
Owens or (Andre) Durie or (Jason) Barnes or the rest of the receivers, Ray said.
His thing is hes so explosive, over his career hes been able to bust out 50-yard
touchdown runs and that really changes the game.Thats big in any offence but
also in the passing game, throwing those balls underneath hes able to turn it up
and make some big gains.A fresh and strong Kackert would further bolster an
offence thats been getting healthier in recent weeks with the return of injured
receivers Jason Barnes, Andre Durie, Spencer Watt and Chad Owens.Thats big for
us, Ray said. To have our main guys back and healthy . . . makes a big
difference for this offence.If we can stay healthy coming down the stretch and
everybody improves week to week, we can be a team that goes out there and does
some good things.
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