Quick Hitters Grizzlies rally past Wolves 114-106 to reach 2nd round

MiNNEapOliS – desmond Bane and dillon Brooks each scored 23 points and the Memphis Grizzlies rallied yet again to eliminate the Minnesota timberwolves, winning 114-106 in Game 6 on Friday night.

Brandon Clarke added 17 points and 11 rebounds off the bench for the Grizzlies, who withstood another quiet night by star Ja Morant and another double-digit deficit entering the fourth quarter.

the Grizzlies advanced in the playoffs for the first time in seven years, this time to meet Golden State. they’ll host Game 1 in Memphis.

anthony Edwards had 16 of his 30 points in the first quarter for Minnesota. Jaden Mcdaniels had 24 points off the bench, and Karl-anthony towns added 18 points and 10 rebounds.

Morant went 4 for 14 from the field and had 17 points and 11 assists.

With the Grizzlies already the first team in NBa history to win multiple games in the same playoff series by erasing a double-digit-point fourth-quarter deficit, the here-we-go-again feeling was palpable in the building as an 84-74 lead for the Wolves at the third-quarter break quickly vanished.

Kim, Cronenworth, Darvish lead Padres over Pirates 7-3

pittSBurGH – Ha-Seong Kim and Jake Cronenworth homered, and yu darvish pitched six effective innings to lead the San diego padres to a 7-3 victory over the pittsburgh pirates on Friday night.

Kim hit a two-run home run in the second inning to pull the padres into a 2-2 tie. Cronenworth then belted a solo shot in the seventh to finish the scoring.

Kim and Cronenworth both had two hits in helping the padres to their fourth straight win and ninth in the last 11 games. trayce thompson hit a two-run single for San diego.

Cronenworth is 8 for 24 with two home runs and a triple in his last seven games, lifting his batting average from .160 to .213. He was selected to the all-Star Game last year in his first full season.

darvish (2-1) allowed three runs and eight hits while striking out five and walking one. He was struck on the right triceps by a line drive off the bat of Ke’Bryan Hayes in the fifth inning but stayed in the game.

the padres scored two runs in the fifth inning to break a 2-2 tie. Cronenworth’s line-drive single off second base umpire Jeremie rehak’s lower leg plated the first run and Manny Machado followed with a sacrifice fly.

trayce thompson pushed the padres’ lead to 6-3 in the sixth. He was called up from triple-a El paso a day earlier.