Grizzlies hand Heat a 7th straight loss

Pau Gasol had 28 points and 13 rebounds, Mike Miller added 25 points, and the Memphis Grizzlies sent the Miami Heat to their seventh straight loss with a 101-94 victory Sunday.

Memphis outscored Miami 9-2 in the final 2 minutes for its second win in the last three.

Rudy Gay finished with 22 points for Memphis, and Mike Conley scored 11. Miller was 12-of-13 from the free throw line.

Ricky Davis had a season-high 24 points to lead Miami. Dwyane Wade, coming off the bench, finished with 18 points, but was 7-of-20 from the field.

Chris Quinn scored 17 for the Heat, while Udonis Haslem added 14 points and grabbed 12 rebounds.

The teams were tied at 92 with 2 minutes left. Gasol scored inside with 1:57 remaining to give the Grizzlies the lead, which they maintained when Wade, a 75 percent free throw shooter, missed a pair from the line with 1:04 left.

From there, Memphis hit its free throws to hold on.

Wade, Shaquille O'Neal and point guard Jason Williams, who have been limited recently by a variety of injuries, dressed but did not start for the Heat. Wade and Williams entered the game in the first quarter, but O'Neal's left hip bursitis kept him on the Miami bench all day.

Memphis led by as many as nine in the second half, but neither team could gain a double-digit lead in the game.

The rest of the stats were just as close, as Memphis controlled the boards 44-37, but 12 of the Heat's were on the offensive glass. Memphis outscored Miami in the paint 42-36, while the Heat shot 46 percent from the field to 47 percent for Memphis.

Miami used a second-quarter rally to take a 46-43 lead into the break. Davis had 11 points to lead the Heat, hitting four of his first five shots.

Gasol had 15 points for Memphis at the half.

Memphis missed seven straight shots at one point, contributing to a 13-2 Miami run and a 42-39 lead. Memphis missed 10 of its last 12 shots in the half.

Wade, who sat out Friday's game against Dallas, missed seven of his nine first-half shots. His five points before the break were the only scoring off the Miami bench. Meanwhile, the Grizzlies' reserves managed only two points, and missed eight of nine shots.

Wade was the only Miami play to score off the bench, while Memphis managed only seven points.

Miami weathered missing its first five shots in the second half. Davis had 10 points in the third, but Memphis managed to carry a 70-66 lead into the final period.

Notes:@ Miami reserve C Earl Barron played collegiately at Memphis, and reserve F Alexander Johnson was with Memphis for his rookie season last year. ... Veteran Grizzlies G Damon Stoudamire was on the inactive list for the third straight game as Memphis is going with rookie Conley and second-year player Kyle Lowry at the point. ... Daequan Cook, the rookie from Ohio State, started his second game of the season and finished with nine points. ... Heat C Mark Blount (12 points) started his third straight game. He has reached double figures in all three starts. ... Williams had missed the previous five games with an inflamed left knee and was held scoreless in 15 minutes.