Memphis Grizzlies vs San Antonio Spurs Match Player Stats On Nov 29, 2017

The Sports Xchange
Nov 29, 2017

SAN ANTONIO -- LaMarcus Aldridge scored a season-high 41 points, tying the most points he has scored for San Antonio, and the Spurs defeated the Memphis Grizzlies 104-95 on Wednesday at the AT&T Center.

Aldridge's performance was his best in the regular season in the three years he has played for the Spurs and his fourth 30-plus point game of the season. He had 41 points in a playoff game in 2016 against Oklahoma City in his first year in San Antonio.

His career regular-season high is 44 points in 2014 when he was with Portland.

Aldridge shot 17 of 24 from the floor on Wednesday.

San Antonio led just 86-83 after Memphis' Ben McLemore canned a 3-pointer with 7:31 to play. However, Aldridge scored nine points in the ensuing five minutes and Patty Mills canned two 3-pointers to put the game on ice.

The loss was the ninth in a row for the Grizzlies, who have not won since a road victory at Portland on Nov. 7. The swoon led to the firing Monday of coach David Fizdale, who has been replaced on an interim basis by J.B. Bickerstaff.

Mills added 13 points for the Spurs (14-7), and Kyle Anderson and Tony Parker contributed 10 points apiece for San Antonio, which has won five of its past six games.

Tyreke Evans led the Grizzlies (7-13) with 22 points, with James Ennis III and Andrew Harrison pumping in 15 and 13 points, respectively, off the bench. McLemore and Marc Gasol scored 10 points each.

Aldridge scored 17 of the Spurs' first 19 points by hitting six of his first seven shots, including three 3-pointers. He had 24 points at halftime to help propel the Spurs to a 58-49 lead.

San Antonio led by as many as 12 points in the half and forced 11 turnovers by Memphis that led to 13 Spurs points.

Evans led the Grizzlies with nine points in the half, and Gasol added eight for Memphis.

Wednesday's game was the first of a back-to-back between the teams, with a rematch on Friday in Memphis.

NOTES: Spurs F LaMarcus Aldridge has now scored 30-plus points in back-to-back games eight times in his career and twice with the Spurs (March 2016). ... Memphis is 0-7 without PG Mike Conley this season after going 7-6 without Conley last season. Conley is sidelined due to an Achilles injury. ... The Grizzlies have gotten 50-plus points from their bench six times this season (3-3 record). Memphis' reserves have outscored their counterparts in all but one game this year. ... San Antonio's Tony Parker made his second start of the season. He has the most career starts by active point guards with 1,131. Houston's Chris Paul is second with 840.