{"id":504603,"date":"2026-02-28T05:21:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T05:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/504603\/"},"modified":"2026-02-28T05:21:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T05:21:08","slug":"cam-spencer-sparks-a-short-handed-memphis-grizzlies-rout-of-dallas-mavericks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/504603\/","title":{"rendered":"Cam Spencer sparks a short-handed Memphis Grizzlies rout of Dallas Mavericks"},"content":{"rendered":"

DALLAS (AP) \u2014 Cam Spencer<\/a> scored 25 points off the bench and Olivier-Maxence Prosper<\/a> had 16 points and 10 rebounds to lead the Memphis Grizzlies<\/a> to a 124-105 victory over the Dallas Mavericks<\/a> on Friday night.<\/p>\n

Scotty Pippen Jr.<\/a> added 15 points and Jaylen Wells<\/a> and GG Jackson each had 12 to help Memphis snap a three-game skid.<\/p>\n

The Grizzlies, who had lost seven of their previous eight, led the entire game and won despite being short-handed with star guard Ja Morant<\/a> out for a 16th consecutive game with an injured left elbow, and Zach Edey<\/a> (ankle) and Cedric Coward<\/a> (knee) also sidelined.<\/p>\n

Taj Gibson<\/a>, signed by Memphis on Thursday to help deal with the absences, wasn\u2019t active.<\/p>\n

Brandon Williams<\/a> scored 16 points and had eight rebounds to lead the Mavericks, who have lost seven straight at home. Daniel Gafford<\/a> added 14 points, Dwight Powell<\/a> had 13 points and 11 rebounds and Max Christie<\/a> also scored 13 points.<\/p>\n

Rookie Cooper Flagg<\/a> missed his sixth straight game with a sprained foot.<\/p>\n

The Mavericks were within eight points at 44-36 with 5:23 left in the second quarter on Miles Kelly<\/a>\u2019s 3-pointer. But that was as close as Dallas would get the rest of the way.<\/p>\n

The Grizzlies used a 20-8 run to lead by 20 at halftime at 64-44, and extended their advantage to a game-high 34 points twice in the third quarter.<\/p>\n

Up next<\/p>\n

Grizzlies: Play at Indiana on Sunday night.<\/p>\n

Mavericks: Host Oklahoma City on Sunday night.<\/p>\n

\u2014<\/p>\n

AP NBA: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/nba<\/p>\n

The Associated Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DALLAS (AP) \u2014 Cam Spencer scored 25 points off the bench and Olivier-Maxence Prosper had 16 points and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":504604,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[434],"tags":[49,48,459,82],"class_list":["post-504603","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/504603","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=504603"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/504603\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/504604"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=504603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=504603"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=504603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}