Grizzlies start strong but fade, fall to New Orleans in overtime

[La Bomba]

Emeka Okafor had 21 points and Darren Collison added 17 points and a career-high 18 assists as the New Orleans Hornets defeated Memphis, 109-102, in overtime tonight, snapping the Grizzlies’ 11-game home winning streak.

 

New Orleans overcame a 21-point deficit in the third quarter to win its third game out of the past four. Four of the Hornets past 10 games have gone to overtime, and New Orleans had lost the previous three before tonight's victory.

 

Collison’s steal and dunk with 24 seconds left put the game out of reach.

 

David West led New Orleans with 22 points and Peja Stojakovic added 20. Marcus Thornton finished with 14 for the Hornets, who moved ahead of Memphis for the Western Conference’s eighth playoff spot.

 

Zach Randolph and Marc Gasol had 25 points apiece for Memphis, which had not lost a home game since a 110-105 defeat to the Boston Celtics on Dec. 4.

 

O. J. Mayo scored 17 points and Rudy Gay and Mike Conley scored 10 apiece, but struggled from the field, shooting a combined 7-of-30.

 

Chris Paul, the Hornets’ leading scorer, sat out the game with a bruised left knee. Paul initially hurt the leg in Wednesday’s game against Golden State, then hit it again in Friday’s overtime loss to Chicago.

 

http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2010/jan/30/grizzlies-start-strong-fade-fall-new-orleans-overt/

[BasX]

Darren Collison playing big. I didn't get a chance to see the game (KU game) but was Collison as good as the numbers state?

[La Bomba]

Didn't watch the game. I was watch the KU game as well.