Guard Smith scores 14 as Grizzlies hold off Charlotte

ORLANDO, Fla. — The Grizzlies won their second straight Orla ndo Summer League game Sunday, beating the Charlotte Hornets 79-75 behind 14 points from guard Russ Smith.

Griz rookie guard Andrew Harrison faced off against his brother, Aaron, a guard for the Hornets.

Aaron Harrison, who was undrafted, had 16 points on 6-for-10 shooti ng, a nd eig ht assists. Andrew, the No. 44 pick by the Phoenix Suns, was acquired by the Griz on draft night for forward Jon Leuer. He had nine points and six rebounds for the Griz.

Both are rookies out of Kentucky. Andrew occasionally guarded Aaron on Sunday, but Aaron mostly defended Smith.

Andrew told OrlandoMagic.com, “No, we don’t look at each other as competition. We push each other and things like that. But we just both want each other to play well. We played all right today. But I won so ...”

Jarnell Stokes had eight rebounds and 10 points for Memphis, including a left-handed layup in traffic with 16 seconds left.

Smith had seven assists and three steals.

Charlotte was led by guard Troy Daniels’ 21 points. The Hornets’ top draft pick (No. 9 overall), Frank Kaminsky, had 14 points and eight rebounds.

Memphis led 64-47 after three quarters, but Charlotte outscored the Griz 28-15 in the fourth.

DEVELOPMENTS

Cavs reportedly want Nets’ Johnson: Cleveland reportedly has Brooklyn’s Joe Johnson on its radar.

According to ESPN, the Cavaliers are interested in acquiring Johnson and are thinking about using Brendan Haywood’s contract as the main chip. Haywood is owed $10. 5 million next season, but his contract reportedly isn’t guaranteed if he’s waived before Aug. 1 , making it a valuable trade piece to help a team alleviate cap space.

That could benefit the Nets, who face paying the repeater tax next season if they don’t shed payroll.

Johnson will earn $24.8 million next season in the final year of his contract.

Lakers add 2: The Los Angeles Lakers say they plan to sign guard Lou Williams, last season’s Sixth Man of the Year, and forward Brandon Bass.

Williams averaged a career-high 1 5. 5 points and helped Toronto win a franchise-record 49 games in 2014-15, his lone season there. The Lakers have upgraded their guard rotation by adding Williams after drafting Ohio State’s D’Angelo Russell with the No. 2 overall pick.

Bass averaged 10. 6 points while playing all 82 games for Boston.

Pistons, Jackson agree: The Detroit Pistons and point guard Reggie Jackson have agreed to a fiveyear, $80 million contract extension, the Detroit Free Press reported.

Jackson was acquired at the trade deadline last season from the Oklahoma City Thunder.

Jackson averaged 17.6 points and 9.2 assists per game in 26 games for the Pistons.