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Grizzlies comeback win over Warriors decided in the final four minutes
The Memphis Grizzlies beat the Golden State Warriors 111-108 in San Francisco on Friday, closing on a 17-0 fourth-quarter run after trailing by 12 points with 3:47 remaining. Ty Jerome scored a game-high 28 points, and Memphis moved to 2-0 to start the season while Golden State fell to 0-2 for the first time since 2020-21.
The Grizzlies outscored Golden State 27-18 in the fourth quarter. The final margin was three points, but the game was decided in a stretch of under four minutes when the Warriors did not score at all and Memphis scored on every possession that mattered.
Inside the 17-0 surge
Golden State looked in control after De'Anthony Melton hit a 3-pointer with 3:47 left to make it a 12-point game. Memphis then scored the next 17 points, capped by Cameron Boozer's turnaround jumper that gave the visitors a 108-106 lead with 20.1 seconds remaining.
Draymond Green was whistled for an offensive foul and then a technical foul with 12.8 seconds left. Jerome made the technical free throw and added a layup to push Memphis ahead 111-106.
Yaxel Lendeborg rebounded a Melton miss and was fouled with a half-second remaining, making both free throws to cut the deficit to three. Memphis then ran out the clock on the ensuing possession to close the comeback.
The swings that set up the finish
Brandin Podziemski made all four of his first-quarter field-goal attempts, including a buzzer-beating runner, and Golden State led 34-33 after one period. Memphis answered with a 16-2 run in the second and went ahead 54-41 on Cam Spencer's 3-pointer with 4:42 left in the half.
A 10-0 Warriors run, stamped with Gui Santos' free throws, pulled Golden State within a point. Jerami Grant's three-point play sent Memphis into halftime ahead 60-56.
Golden State took its first lead of the third quarter on Podziemski's 3-pointer with 2:09 left, making it 86-84, and finished the period on an 11-0 run to lead 90-84 going into the fourth.
Jerome and Boozer carry the Memphis scoring
Jerome's 28 points led all scorers. Rookie Cameron Boozer added 25 points, 13 rebounds and six assists for Memphis, Jaylen Wells scored 17 and Cam Spencer chipped in 11.
Stephen Curry's 24 points led the Warriors. Podziemski and rookie Yaxel Lendeborg contributed 18 points apiece, and Lendeborg added 13 rebounds and six assists in his second career game. Graham Ike and Melton both scored 10 for Golden State.
The late sequence was the kind of swing that older footage tends to flatten into a single highlight: a veteran called for a foul, a technical tacked on, and a lead handed over at the free-throw line with the clock nearly empty.
What the 0-2 start means for Golden State
Memphis has opened the season with two straight wins. Golden State has lost its first two games for the first time since 2020-21, a start that puts early pressure on a rotation still sorting out minutes around Curry.
The report did not list either team's next opponent. What it does establish is the shape of this loss: Golden State led by 12 with under four minutes to play and did not score again until Lendeborg's free throws with 0.5 seconds left.
The original report was published by gmanetwork.com.
