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| MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Zach Randolph and the streaking Memphis Grizzlies pushed aside the Oklahoma City Thunder.Randolph had his 12th straight double-double with 21 points and 18 rebounds to help the Grizzlies beat the Thunder 85-74 on Saturday night.Im just playing, Randolph said about the streak that began after he missed nine games with a sore right knee. Im feeling good out there. Guys are just giving me the ball. I feel like Im still in my prime.Frontcourt mate Marc Gasol added 15 points and 12 rebounds for Memphis, which won its sixth straight. Ten of Randolphs rebounds came on the offensive glass. Mike Conley, returning after missing two games with a sprained left wrist, added 10 points.The victory marked the second straight game Memphis held an opponent under 75 points. The Grizzlies beat the Denver Nuggets 99-69 on Thursday night and are re-establishing their defensive identity.Theres an incredible energy right now, Conley said. Weve set a standard. Youve got to play to a certain level defensively as a group. If one guy falls below that line, they feel out of place. They feel like the outcast.Kevin Durant, a game-time decision after missing the previous two games with a sprained big toe, led the Thunder with 15 points. Russell Westbrook had 14 points, and Serge Ibaka added 13 points and 10 rebounds.Neither team shot particularly well. Memphis hit 37 per cent of its field goal attempts to 35 per cent for the Thunder.In addition to their shooting woes, the Thunder were hindered by 18 turnovers, 11 in the second half.The turnovers were huge, Thunder coach Scott Brooks said. They got a lot of deflections. We had to take care of the ball to give ourselves a chance against a very good team.Durant and Westbrook offered little about the game. When asked about the Memphis rebounding, Durant replied: That was it. They got offensive rebounds, steals and more possessions.On the shooting, Westbrook said: We just missed some open shots, and they got some offensive rebounds.The game was an intense affair similar to the playoff series featuring these teams in recent years. Play was physical and fast-paced.I knew coming in it was going to be like that, Randolph said.After the Grizzlies carried a 45-40 lead into halftime, Randolph began to make his presence felt in the third quarter. He reached his 12th consecutive double-double by the middle of the period. Even when Steven Adams blocked his shot on one possession, Randolph gathered it in for a putback that pushed Memphis lead to double digits.Randolph had 14 points and three rebounds in the third, and when Memphis rattled off an 11-2 run to open the fourth quarter, the Grizzlies lead had reached its largest of the night and never dipped under 11 the rest of the way.We played our brand, Memphis coach Dave Joerger said. We defended. We tried to make everything tough. ... I thought we did a really good job.___TIP-INSThunder: Oklahoma City closed out a stretch with seven of eight games on the road. ... Durant entered averaging 28.5 points per game against the Grizzlies, the highest mark of any player in NBA history against them. ... Oklahoma City is 14-7 this season when Durant is available the entire game.Grizzlies: A significant crowd was waiting when the doors opened at the FedExForum as the Grizzlies gave out miniature championship wrestling belts to the first 3,000 fans. Wrestling stars Ric Flair, Jerry Lawler, and former announcers Dave Brown and Lance Russell also appeared. ... The Grizzlies played their first game without Vince Carter since he sustained a tendon injury in his left foot Thursday against the Nuggets.FAMILIAR FOESThe teams split the previous 38 games, each winning 19. 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Green and newcomer James Rodgers to defeat the Ottawa Redblacks 20-10 on Friday night. http://www.airmaxboltmagyar.com/ . Theyre just about ready to drop the puck in sunny Southern California. The ice is solid, the fans have bought nearly every ticket, and the two local teams are eager for their historic showdown under the lights and stars.NEW YORK -- A record 98 underclassmen, including Johnny Manziel and Jadeveon Clowney, have made themselves eligible for the NFL draft in May. The league released the list of early entrants Sunday and said the number has risen six straight seasons. The deadline for underclassmen to apply was Jan. 15. Last year, 73 underclassmen entered the draft. The year before it was 65 and in 2011 it was 56. Also, four players who recently graduated and still have eligibility left are joining the draft class but arent included in the number. Most notable among those is Louisville quarterback Teddy Bridgewater. Southern California defensive back Dion Bailey, Arizona State linebacker Carl Bradford and Alabama linebacker Adrian Hubbard are also juniors who have informed the league they have graduated. Among the early entrants expected to be selected near the top of the draft are Manziel, the Texas A&M quarterbackk, Clowney, the defensive end from South Carolina, and Clemson receiver Sammy Watkins.dddddddddddd The draft is May 8-10 in New York. LSU for the second straight season had the most players of any school to leave early. The Tigers had seven early entrants this season, including wide receivers Jarvis Landry and Odell Beckham Jr., after 11 LSU players left early last year. Alabama and Southern California each had five leave early, along with California. Cal, which went 1-11, has six players listed among the early entrants, but that includes defensive end Chris McCain, who was dismissed from the team in September. 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