The Riverside Press-Enterprise

Without Morant, Grizzlies rout the Warriors

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Tyus Jones had 22 points and 11 assists, Jaren Jackson Jr. added 21 points and nine rebounds and the Memphis Grizzlies beat the Golden State Warriors 131-110 on Thursday night.

The Grizzlies played their third game without Ja Morant, the star guard who is away from the team after posting a video last weekend in which he appeared to be displaying a gun at a Denverarea strip club. The Grizzlies have announced Morant will miss at least the next three games.

Demond Bane also had 21 points for Memphis.

Stephen Curry had 29 points and seven rebounds for Golden State.

KINGS 122, KNICKS 117 >> Domantas Sabonis scored 24 points and De’aaron Fox added 23 and Sacramento went on a 7-0 run midway through the fourth quarter to take control for the win over New York.

BUCKS 118, NETS 113 >> Brook Lopez had 24 points, 10 rebounds and a career-high nine blocks and Milwaukee outlasted short-handed Brooklyn. The Bucks were missing Giannis Antetokoun­mpo for a second straight game. Antetokoun­mpo didn’t play due to a sore right hand.

PACERS 134, ROCKETS 125, OT >> Tyrese Haliburton had 28 points and a career-high 19 assists for Indiana in the win.

JAZZ 131, MAGIC 124 >> Lauri Markkanen scored 31 points as Utah snapped a four-game losing streak.

HORNETS 113, PISTONS 103 >> Kelly Oubre Jr. scored 27 points as Charlotte extended Detroit’s losing streak to 10 games.

RAPTORS’ VANVLEET RIPS OFFICIATIN­G AFTER LOSS >> Toronto guard Fred Vanvleet was unable to suppress his frustratio­n with referee Ben Taylor and his crew after the Raptors’ 108-100 loss to the Clippers on Wednesday night — not only for being called for a technical foul, but for the disparity in fouls and free throws. Vanvleet was extremely critical of Taylor after the game.

“I don’t mind it. I’ll take the fine. I don’t really care. I thought Ben Taylor was terrible tonight,” Vanvleet said while using a profanity. “I think that most nights, you know out of the three (officials), there’s one or two that just (mess) the game up. It’s been like that a couple of games in a row. Denver was tough, obviously.

“You come out tonight, competing pretty hard and I get a (lousy) tech that changes the whole dynamic of the game, changed the whole flow of the game.”

Vanvleet was called for his eighth technical of the season in the third quarter. Vanvleet said the reason he picked up the technical was because he was imploring his team to play through what he thought were some questionab­le calls, albeit with more colorful language. GRIZZLIES’ ADAMS OUT FOR FEW MORE WEEKS >> Memphis center Steven Adams will be out for a few more weeks to recover from the sprained ligament in his right knee, the team said. Adams hurt the posterior cruciate ligament in his knee on Jan. 22. FORMER NBA STAR KEMP RELEASED FROM JAIL AFTER SHOOTING >> No charges are immediatel­y being filed against former NBA star Shawn Kemp following his arrest in connection with a drive-by shooting in Washington, prosecutor­s said. Kemp, 53, was booked shortly before 6 p.m. Wednesday for investigat­ion of felony driveby shooting in Tacoma. He was released by mid-afternoon Thursday. No one was injured in the shooting Wednesday afternoon.

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