Schroder and Johnson each score 20 as the Nets beat the Grizzlies 106-104

Dennis Schroder and Cam Johnson each scored 20 points, and nan Brooklyn Nets hit nan Memphis Grizzlies 106-104 connected Monday night

NEW YORK -- Dennis Schroder and Cam Johnson each scored 20 points, and nan Brooklyn Nets hit nan Memphis Grizzlies 106-104 connected Monday night.

Dorian Finney-Smith added 17 points, Cam Thomas had 13 and Nic Claxton 10 for Brooklyn, which evened its grounds astatine 4-4.

Ja Morant scored 25 points and rookie Zach Edey had play highs of 25 points and 11 rebounds for nan Grizzlies, who had won their past 2 games. Jaren Jackson Jr. had 15 points.

With nan crippled tied astatine 101 pinch 1:13 left, Finney-Smith deed a 3-pointer and Schroder drove past Edey and made a layup to make it 106-101 pinch 32 seconds remaining.

Jackson answered connected nan different extremity pinch a 3-pointer and nan Grizzlies had a chance to triumph but Santi Aldama missed a 3 arsenic clip expired.

Grizzlies: Edey was cleanable from nan section successful nan 3rd quarter, hitting each of his 5 shots on pinch 1 free propulsion for 13 points.

Nets: Johnson had his 2nd consecutive crippled pinch astatine slightest 20 points – nan 3rd clip he has done since coming to Brooklyn successful nan Kevin Durant trade.

Playing for nan first clip astatine Barclays Center since nan 2021-22 season, Morant wowed nan crowd precocious successful nan 2nd 4th erstwhile he drove and spun mid-air for a layup. Early successful nan third, Jackson recovered a driving Morant, who leaped and faked nan Nets defender arsenic if he was going to propulsion down a dunk and pulled disconnected a reverse rotation earlier laying it disconnected nan glass.

The Grizzlies made conscionable 8 of nan 30 attempts beyond nan 3-point line.

The Nets commencement a three-game roadworthy travel astatine Boston connected Friday night. The Grizzlies big nan Los Angeles Lakers connected Wednesday night.

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