Grizzlies offense overwhelms Pelicans for fifth straight win
Memphis Grizzlies forward Jaren Jackson Jr. (13) is guarded by New Orleans Pelicans center Daniel Theis (10) on Friday, Jan. 24, 2025. JJJ led the Grizzlies with 29 points. (Brandon Dill/AP)
Jaren Jackson Jr. scored 22 of his game-high 29 points in the second half to lead the Grizzlies to their fifth straight win. He added a career-high-tying seven assists as he produced yet another piece of evidence in his growing case as one of the league’s best players.
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Chris Herrington has covered the Memphis Grizzlies, in one way or another, since the franchise’s second season in Memphis, while also writing about music, movies, food and civic life. As far as he knows, he’s the only member of the Professional Basketball Writers Association who is also a member of a film critics group and has also voted in national music critic polls for Rolling Stone and the Village Voice (RIP). He and his wife have two kids and, for reasons that sometimes elude him, three dogs.
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