MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Reserve Jeff Green scored a season-high 30 points, and forward Zach Randolph added 18 points and 13 rebounds to lead the Memphis Grizzlies to a 108-102 overtime victory against the Orlando Magic on Monday night.
The win was the ninth straight by Memphis over the Magic. Orlando hasn’t won at FedExForum since Jan. 23, 2008.
Center Nikola Vucevic, forward Tobias Harris and guard Evan Fournier each scored 16 points to lead the Magic, who dropped their sixth straight. Orlando (20-23) has lost 10 of its last 11.
The Magic missed nine of 10 shots in overtime as the Grizzlies (26-20) relied on a Mike Conley layup and six free throws to escape. Memphis, which won for the seventh time in nine games, surpassed 100 points for the sixth straight game.
The Grizzlies led 94-89 following a 15-footer by center Marc Gasol (17 points) in the final five minutes of regulation, but the Magic recovered. Orlando put together a 9-2 run and regained the lead 98-96 on a twisting layup by guard Elfrid Payton with 27.8 seconds to go.
Orlando led 100-98 and had the ball with 14 seconds to go, but the Grizzlies stole the inbounds pass and Green dropped in a one-handed floater from 11 feet to tie the game with 1.4 seconds left. A Vucevic jumper at the buzzer bounced off the rim to force overtime.
The Magic, who led by one at halftime, and the Grizzlies were unable to pull away from one another in the third quarter. The Grizzlies, who trailed by as many as nine in the second quarter, led by four on two occasions in the third quarter before the Magic closed with a 5-0 run capped by a Fournier 3-pointer at the buzzer for a 81-80 lead entering the final period.
Grizzlies guard Courtney Lee scored 16 points, and guard Tony Allen added nine points and 12 rebounds.
Vucevic pulled down a game-high 14 rebounds, but Memphis finished with a 54-46 edge on the boards.
NOTES: In his first three games back following a six-game absence because of a sore left Achilles tendon, Grizzlies G Mike Conley averaged 14.7 points and had 18 assists to one turnover entering Monday’s game. … Magic G C.J. Watson remains out with a sore left calf, but Orlando coach Scott Skiles said Monday that Watson is “feeling better, so we’re encouraged by that.” The next step, Skiles said, is to get Watson back on the court and go through “some two-on-two type of stuff” in practice. . . Grizzlies first-round pick Jarrel Martin was re-assigned to the Iowa Energy Monday. He has averaged 12.8 points and 5.0 rebounds in four games with the Energy, three of which were starts. . . . Magic C Nikola Vucevic entered Monday’s game with four straight double-doubles. In two games against the Grizzlies last season, Vucevic averaged 18.5 points and 10.5 rebounds.