Grizzles Dominate Fourth Quarter Over Pacers

The Memphis Grizzlies believed they could dominate the fourth quarter against the Indiana Pacers on Thursday night. Then they proved it.

Marc Gasol scored eight of his team-high 20 points and Jeff Green scored half of his 12 points in the final 4 minutes, helping the Grizzlies pull away for a 112-103 victory.

"The last 5 minutes we played pretty well -- defensively we were a lot more aggressive," said Gasol, who had eight rebounds and three assists. "When our defense is clicking, offensively, things get much better."

It sure wasn't easy -- and maybe not as clean as the Grizzlies (1-1) had hoped.

They blew a 15-point first-quarter lead and trailed by nine with less than 2 minutes to go in the third quarter before rallying. Memphis scored the final seven points in the third, opened the fourth with four straight to retake the lead and finally closed a topsy-turvy final quarter with an 18-7 run to seal it.

Thursday, October 29 Scoreboard

Memphis 112, Indiana 103

Atlanta 112, New York 101

Los Angeles 104, Dallas 88

Friday, October 30 Schedule (All Times Central)

Miami at Cleveland, 6 p.m.

Oklahoma City at Orlando, 6 p.m.

Utah at Philadelphia, 6 p.m.

Toronto at Boston, 6:30 p.m.

Chicago at Detroit, 6:30 p.m.

Charlotte at Atlanta, 7 p.m.

Washington at Milwaukee, 7 p.m.

Brooklyn at San Antonio, 7:30 p.m.

Minnesota at Denver, 8 p.m.

Golden State at Houston, 8:30 p.m.

Los Angeles at Sacramento, 9 p.m.

Portland at Phoenix, 9:30 p.m.