Randolph scores 25, Mayo gets hot in 4th to lead Grizzlies over Kings, 102-85

Mayo gets hot in 4th to lead Grizzlies over Kings

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Zach Randolph had 25 points and 12 rebounds, and the Memphis Grizzlies used the streaky shooting of O.J. Mayo in the fourth quarter to beat the Sacramento Kings 102-85 on Monday night.

After missing 11 of his first 14 shots, Mayo got going midway through the fourth quarter. With the Grizzlies leading by a point, Mayo made four straight jumpers and scored 10 points in just over two minutes, including a pair of 3-pointers that put Memphis ahead 92-83 with 3:28 remaining.

Mayo had 20 points and Rudy Gay 17. Mike Conley scored 12 points and Hasheem Thabeet added 10 for the Grizzlies, who outscored the Kings 51-33 in the second half.

Carl Landry scored 23 for the Kings, who have lost three of four. Beno Udrih had 18 points and 10 assists, and Spencer Hawes added 13 points.

The Kings start a five-game road trip Wednesday against New Jersey and don’t play another home game until April 3 against Portland.

Memphis (38-33) has won two straight and eight of 11. But with only 11 games remaining, the Grizzlies may have a tough time catching Portland for the eighth and final Western Conference playoff berth. They are in ninth place and trail the Blazers by four games.

The Grizzlies were without starting center Marc Gasol, who missed his third straight game with a strained neck.

The Kings played their second straight without injured Tyreke Evans, who leads all rookies in scoring (20.3). Evans suffered a mild concussion, a bruised jaw, lacerated gums and chipped teeth after taking an inadvertent elbow going for a loose ball in a March 19 double-overtime loss to Milwaukee.

Evans will also miss Wednesday’s game in New Jersey, but could return Friday in Boston.

Randolph scored eight points in the third quarter, when the Grizzlies outscored the Kings 24-18 and took a 75-70 lead into the fourth.

Landry scored 13 first-half points and Hawes had 11 for the Kings, who ran off 16 unanswered points in the second quarter and led 52-51 at the half. Randolph scored 13 points for Memphis and Gay had 11.

NOTES: Randolph gathered in a third-quarter rebound to establish a new team high for total rebounds, passing Shareef Abdur-Rahim’s 1999-00 mark of 825. Abdur-Rahim is an assistant coach with the Kings. Trailing by 16 points in the second quarter, the Grizzlies finished with a 19-4 run to pull within one by halftime. The Kings are 2-5 when Evans hasn’t played this season.

(This version CORRECTS Grizzlies 102, Kings 85. SUBS 6th graf to correct to 8 of 11, sted 8 of 10.)