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HOUSTON — One week ago, the short-handed Grizzlies rolled into Cleveland and shocked the Eastern Conference-leading Cavaliers, providing a recent example of feistiness for the Houston Rockets to take heed.

Trevor Ariza and Patrick Beverley sparked a 3-point barrage Monday, and the Rockets rolled to the third-largest victory in franchise history, a 130-81 win over Grizzlies at Toyota Center.

With Ariza and Beverley setting the pace by hitting their first six combined 3-point attempts in the opening quarter, the Rockets shot 16-for-33 from behind the arc. Ariza finished with 16 points, one of nine players to score in double figures for the Rockets, who led wire to wire.

The last time the Rockets had nine double-figure scorers was Feb. 16, 1993, against the Philadelphia 76ers.

Rockets center Dwight Howard said of the Grizzlies, “With a team like that, you want to put them away. Cleveland played them the other day (March 7) and started the game kind of slow and they took an L. We didn’t want that to happen to us tonight, especially being on the road as long as we have been (five games) and coming back home and playing.”

Beverley had 10 points, five rebounds, six assists and three steals, while Houston forward Donatas Motiejunas added 18 points and six rebounds in his strongest showing since his deadline trade to the Pistons was revoked.

The Rockets (34-33) ran roughshod from the opening tip despite lukewarm starts from James Harden and Howard, who were held without a basket in the opening quarter and finished with 15 and seven points, respectively. Harden added seven rebounds, eight assists and three blocks; Howard supplied a team-high 13 rebounds plus five blocks.

“That’s what I was doing tonight,” Harden said of laboring to create open looks for his teammates. “I really wasn’t trying to score, I was just being a facilitator, trying to do all the intangible things to get the win.”

The Grizzlies trotted out a motley-crew roster and trailed 21-6 less than five minutes into the contest. Matt Barnes keyed a mini 8-0 run with back-to-back 3-pointers, but Houston followed by stretching its lead to 31-16 before building an insurmountable cushion with an 8-0 spurt in the second that included a Jason Terry 3-pointer and Motiejunas’ three-point play.

The bloated margin kept swelling, growing from 18 points to 56-32 when Harden followed an Ariza transition dunk with a 3-pointer and a technical free throw. Memphis didn’t have the bodies or experience to muster a counterattack, surrendering a 15-3 run early in the third capped by a Motiejunas 3-pointer that stretched the Rockets’ advantage to 80-45.

“Half our team is D League,” Barnes said. “It’s just one of those situations where we’ve been bit by the injury bug and nobody is going to feel bad for us. Teams like Houston see that and they want to blow you out, so we have to come and be ready to play every night.”

Memphis, playing without regulars Marc Gasol, Mike Conley and Zach Randolph, trailed by as many as 53 points. Barnes paced the starters with 14 points while adding seven rebounds. Jarell Martin and Alex Stepheson scored 17 and 12 points, respectively, in reserve, with Stepheson grabbing 15 boards. The Grizzlies committed 20 turnovers.

“I was really proud of our guys,” Grizzlies coach David Joerger said. “We got 100 shots up and 62 shots in the paint and did a tremendous job, but it was just one of those nights.”

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PHILADELPHIA — Joel Embiid wanted the ball down the stretch and the 76ers were happy to give it to him.

Embiid scored 16 of his 25 points in the fourth quarter and overtime to lead Philadelphia to its first victory of the season, 109-105 over the Indiana Pacers on Friday night.

Ersan Ilyasova added 14 points for Philadelphia, which was the last winless team in the NBA. The 76ers snapped a 44-game losing streak in October and November that dated to Nov. 22, 2013.

And they can thank Embiid, the No. 3 pick of the 2014 draft who missed the last two seasons due to a broken foot but has returned as a leading Rookie of the Year candidate.

“I want to be the best player and every time I step on the court, I think I’m the best player,” Embiid said. “And if the team needs me to do that kind of stuff — I think I’ve still got a long way to go — but I can do those types of things.”

Embiid, on a minutes restriction, played just 25 minutes.

“Joel brought us home with some individual brute strength,” Philadelphia coach Brett Brown said. “He came in and won the game for us. Joel was the focal point at the end.”

Paul George had 26 points and Monta Ellis added 19 for the Pacers.

After scoring nine points over a 2 1/2-minute stretch late in regulation, Embiid put the Sixers in front for good with a three-point play with 55 seconds left in overtime that made it 107-105. The Pacers turned it over on their ensuing possession and Embiid then came up big again, corralling a loose ball after he missed a jumper and then making a pair of free throws with 8.6 seconds left to put Philadelphia up four.

“It just feels good to finally get the chance to close a game out, which we haven’t been doing,” Embiid said. “Getting a chance to make shots in the clutch is a learning process for me and you’ve got to trust it.”

The teams completed a home-and-home after the Pacers won 122-115 in overtime in Indiana on Wednesday night. Jeff Teague had 30 points and nine assists, and George had 28 points and eight rebounds on Wednesday.

“We executed in our last game down the stretch; they executed tonight,” Pacers coach Nate McMillan said. “Our offense wasn’t sharp down the stretch. The things we need to do to win a ballgame, we didn’t do.”

Embiid didn’t play on Wednesday as he eases back into action.

“He’s a big man and made plays down the stretch,” McMillan said.

The Sixers looked like they were going to lose yet another November game after blowing five-point lead with 25.4 seconds left in regulation.

But the 76ers couldn’t hold on.

Ellis converted a three-point play with 22 seconds left. After Philadelphia coach Brett Brown called timeout, Teague stripped Sergio Rodriguez to give the Pacers possession. George was fouled and made a pair of free throws to tie it at 100 with 2.8 seconds left.

Embiid’s game-winning attempt in regulation went long.

HELPING OUT

Philadelphia’s Jahlil Okafor, who had offseason knee surgery, wasn’t scheduled to play on Friday night in order to rest for Saturday’s game at Atlanta. But Okafor was called into action in the first half and went scoreless in two minutes.

STREAK SNAPPED

The 76ers ended a six-game losing streak to the Pacers. Indiana still has won 10 of the last 12 against Philadelphia.

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