Cavaliers Tie NBA Losing Record at 23

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MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- The Cleveland Cavaliers matched the longest single-season losing streak in NBA history, dropping their 23rd straight with a 112-105 loss to the Memphis Grizzlies on Friday night.



The Cavaliers tied the 1995-96 Grizzlies, then in Vancouver, and the 1997-98 Denver Nuggets. They can equal their own overall mark for futility with a loss in Saturday night's game at home against the Portland Trail Blazers.



Cleveland lost 24 straight games over the 1981-82 and 1982-83 seasons.



Zach Randolph had 29 points and 13 rebounds, Rudy Gay added 26 points and 11 boards, and the Grizzlies won their season-best fifth straight.



Mike Conley added 21 points and eight assists for Memphis, while Sam Young finished with 19 points, matching his season best.



J.J. Hickson matched his career high with 31 points and grabbed 15 rebounds. Ramon Sessions finished with 20 points, and Antawn Jamison scored 19 for Cleveland, which hasn't won since a Dec. 18 overtime victory over the New York Knicks.



Cleveland gave Memphis all it could handle through the first three quarters, but the Grizzlies put together 13 straight points to open the fourth en route to their eighth win in nine games.



The victory, coupled with Portland's 100-87 loss to Indiana, moved the Grizzlies into the eighth playoff spot in the Western Conference by a half-game.

 

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