Miami Heat at Memphis Grizzlies

Richardson, Olynyk lead late rally as Heat beat Grizzlies

Relying on 3-point shooting during a 13-2 run in the middle stages of the fourth quarter, the Heat went on to beat the Memphis Grizzlies 100-97 on Friday night, snapping a two-game skid.

"It's big for us, just to come back, to bounce back," reserve forward Kelly Olynyk said. "We had a really tough one at Utah. ... It's big for us to come back and grind one out and get a win."

Olynyk and Josh Richardson led the Heat with 18 points apiece. Olynyk had 10 in the fourth, including a pair of 3-pointers, while Derrick Jones Jr., added nine of his 13 points in the final quarter as Richardson joined four reserves playing the last 12 minutes.

"You can just point to character," Spoelstra said, adding that when his team arrived on a rainy Thursday night in Memphis, they went into the gym to "expel the demons of the Utah game and then prepare for a game we knew would be extremely physical."

Mike Conley led Memphis with 22 points, while Jaren Jackson Jr. and Garrett Temple contributed 15 points apiece. Gasol finished with 14 points, but was 6 for 16 from the field, including missing four of his five shots from beyond the 3-point arc as part of Memphis shooting 42 percent for the game.

"They made more of them than we did," Bickerstaff said. "Fourteen offensive rebounds. You get a stop and then you give that back up. Eleven more team rebounds, that's just too many possessions."

TIP-INS

Heat: G Goran Dragic missed his second straight game with a lingering knee injury. ... C Hassan Whiteside, who missed the previous four games for the birth of his first child returned to action. .Miami had 30 assists in the game, the most by a Grizzlies opponent this season. Richardson had seven of the assists.

WADE SITS

TRADE Of CONFUSION

UP NEXT

Heat: At New Orleans on Sunday to finish a six-game road trip.

Grizzlies: Host Houston on Saturday.

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