Gay buzzer-beater stuns Heat
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Rudy Gay landed a 15-foot buzzer-beater over LeBron James to snap the Memphis Grizzlies five-game losing streak with a 97-95 win over the Miami Heat on Saturday.
Reserve Zach Randolph led the Grizzlies (5-9) with 21 points and 13 rebounds, Mike Conley had 16 points and Gay added 15 as Memphis snapped the Heat's three-game winning streak.
"This was the most unified we've been," Grizzlies head coach Lionel Hollins said. "That's how you win tough, close games, everybody rooting for each other, everybody picking each other up."
It was a tight contest with the teams trading the lead constantly in a back-and-forth second half.
"That's a tough loss," Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. "We just could not find a way to get over the hump."
Elsewhere in the National Basketball Association, it was: Jazz 103, Trailblazers 94; Mavericks 98, Hawks 93; Spurs 116, Cavaliers 92; Thunder 82, Bucks 81; Magic 90, Pacers 86; Bobcats 123, Suns 105; Nuggets 107, Nets 103; and Knicks 124, Clippers 115.
In Memphis, Tennessee, James and Chris Bosh carried the Heat (8-5) in the absence of Dwyane Wade, who did not play due to a left wrist injury. James scored a game-high 29 points and added 11 assists while Bosh scored 20 points and had 10 rebounds.
Eddie House came off the bench to score 20 points, including six three-pointers, but there was more bad news for the Heat when forward Udonis Haslem collided with Randolph late in the third quarter and was carried off the court.
Meanwhile, the New Orleans Hornets and the Toronto Raptors completed a five-player trade featuring former All Star Peja Stojakovic on Saturday.
The Hornets acquired point guard Jarrett Jack, Australian center David Andersen and guard Marcus Banks in exchange for guard Jerryd Bayless and Serbian Stojakovic as well as cash considerations. Stojakovic is in his 13th season in the NBA, averaging double figures in scoring in all but one season with a career best of 24.2 points a game in 2003-04.
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