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03/09 21:12 CDT Sharpe and Agbaji lead Nets to 2nd straight win, 126-115 over
injury-plagued Grizzlies
Sharpe and Agbaji lead Nets to 2nd straight win, 126-115 over injury-plagued
Grizzlies
NEW YORK (AP) --- Day'Ron Sharpe matched a season high with 19 points, Ochai
Agbaji added 18 and the Brooklyn Nets beat the injury-plagued Memphis Grizzlies
126-115 on Monday night for their second straight victory.
Nolan Traore added 17 points for the Nets, who were coming off an improbable
107-105 win at Eastern Conference-leading Detroit on Saturday night that
snapped a 10-game skid.
The Nets, who rested leading scorer Michael Porter Jr., had six players score
in double figures. The Grizzlies had only eight players available.
Rayan Rupert scored a career-high 20 points and Javon Small added 19 for
Memphis, which has lost four straight and 11 of 14.
The Grizzlies were missing Ja Morant (left elbow), Scotty Pippen Jr. (right toe
soreness), Santi Aldama (knee), Ty Jerome (calf), Cedrix Coward (right knee),
newcomer Taj Gibson (reconditioning), Taylor Hendricks (right thumb soreness)
and Brandon Clarke (calf). Zach Edey and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope are out for
the season.
Brooklyn led by single digits throughout the third quarter before taking
control early in the fourth. Traore made a 3-pointer that put the Nets ahead
101-90, and Agbaji followed with two buckets off feeds by Ziaire Williams for a
15-point lead.
Brooklyn had a 67-40 advantage in bench points.
Earlier Monday, the Nets announced that Egor Demin will miss the rest of the
season with plantar fasciitis in his left foot. The 6-foot-8 rookie averaged
10.3 points in 52 games.
Up next
Grizzlies: At Philadelphia on Tuesday.
Nets: Host Detroit on Tuesday.
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