Ty Jerome scored 27 points and made five 3-pointers to help the Memphis Grizzlies earn a 118-102 victory over the host Toronto Raptors on Monday.
Cameron Boozer added 22 points, seven rebounds and eight assists for Memphis, which snapped a three-game losing streak and remained perfect (5-0) away from home. Jerami Grant scored 17 points and Jaylen Wells had 14 for the Grizzlies, who shot 16-for-34 (47.1%) on 3-pointers.
Jamal Shead led the Raptors with 20 points and 11 assists, followed by RJ Barrett’s 19 points and Jakob Poeltl and Jamison Battle’s 18 apiece. Ja’Kobe Walter scored 12 points for Toronto, which has dropped four of its last six.
Poeltl began the second half with a layup to trim the Raptors’ deficit to 59-55. Wells and Jerome then made back-to-back 3-pointers to start a 12-0 run and extend the Grizzlies’ lead to 16.
Jerome fed Boozer for a dunk to make it 87-76, before Battle made a triple and a dunk to pull Toronto within six. Boozer ended the third quarter with a putback layup to send Memphis into the fourth with an 89-81 lead.
Poeltl scored on a layup to cut the margin to two, but Grant’s 3-pointer punctuated a 7-0 run to give the Grizzlies a 101-92 advantage with 8:15 remaining.
Jerome and Wells both hit 3-pointers to push the lead to 109-97 with 5:42 left. Memphis held Toronto scoreless for 4:44 of the fourth quarter to seal the win.
Toronto scored the game’s first six points before Memphis answered with a 14-2 run, stamped with GG Jackson’s two free throws midway through the first quarter.
Shead finished the first quarter with a 3-pointer to give the Raptors a 26-25 lead entering the second.
With 6:32 left in the first half, Kyle Anderson’s floater gave the Raptors a 41-38 edge. Javon Small’s layup and Cam Spencer’s jumper then bookended an 8-0 Memphis run to return the lead to the visitors.
Grant knocked down a 3-pointer before Poeltl’s alley-oop in the closing seconds of the first half sliced Toronto’s halftime deficit to six, 59-53.
