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 Lee, who scored 16 points off the bench, was on the receiving end
of Vince Carter's inbounds pass with three-tenths of a second left
and laid in the game-winner as Memphis rallied from a 26-point
first-half deficit. Mike Conley collected 22 points and 11 assists,
Marc Gasol added 20 points and Zach Randolph contributed 17 points
and eight rebounds for the Grizzlies, who have won eight straight
against the Kings.
Rudy Gay scored 25 points and DeMarcus Cousins added 22 points and
12 rebounds for Sacramento, which has lost three straight and also
blew a 24-point lead Tuesday at Dallas. Darren Collison returned
from a one-game absence with 20 points and Ben McLemore added 17 for
the Kings.
 The Kings roared out of the locker room to take a 33-8 lead and
pushed the margin as wide as 26 early in the second quarter.
Sacramento cooled off in the second period and allowed Memphis to
get to the foul line too often, as the Grizzlies clawed within 62-46
at the half.
Collison's buzzer-beating 3-pointer at the end of the third quarter
temporarily halted Memphis' comeback, but the Grizzlies kept
charging and took their first lead of the game on Conley's 3-pointer
with 10.7 seconds left. Cousins drew a foul at the other end and hit
both shots for a 110-109 lead, then successfully defended Randolph's
attempt to put Memphis back on top in the final seconds, but
McLemore missed two foul shots with six-tenths of a second left to
set up the unlikely finish.
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GAME NOTEBOOK: Cousins (12) and Gay (11) each outscored the
Grizzlies (eight) over the first nine minutes. … Gay has topped 20
points six times this season, including four of the past five games,
while Cousins has recorded six
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