THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - With some good execution down the stretch, the Memphis Grizzlies added to the Miami Heat's frustrations.
Pau Gasol had 28 points and 13 rebounds, Mike Miller added 25 points to go with six assists, and the Grizzlies beat the Heat 101-94 Sunday, sending Miami to its seventh consecutive loss.
Memphis outscored Miami 9-2 in the final 2 minutes for its second win in the last three.
"That's a big difference for us, when it comes down to the end of the game to make plays and make sure we get the win at home," Gasol said.
Rudy Gay finished with 22 points for Memphis, and Mike Conley had 11 points and seven assists.
Miller was 12-of-13 from the free throw line.
Ricky Davis had a season-high 24 points to lead Miami.
Dwyane Wade, coming off the bench, finished with 18 points and nine assists, but was 7-of-20 from the field.
Chris Quinn scored 17 points for the Heat, while Udonis Haslem added 14 points and 12 rebounds.
The teams were tied at 92 with 2 minutes left.
Gasol scored inside with 1:57 remaining to give the Grizzlies the lead, which they maintained when Wade, a 75 percent free throw shooter, missed a pair from the line with 1:04 left.
From there, Memphis hit its free throws to hold on.
The last time Miami lost seven straight was the opening of the 2003-04 season.
"When I missed those two free throws, it kind of took the air out of us as a team for the next couple of possessions," Wade said. "It was like we did everything wrong that we could do."
It was an extension of the Heat's fourth-quarter woes.
Miami was outscored 23-15 in the final period of a 94-89 loss at Dallas on Friday night and is 2-20 when trailing entering the fourth. Memphis held a 70-66 lead after three on Sunday.
"We played extremely well in the fourth quarter with the exception of the last several shots in the game, and a couple of free throws and maybe a couple of offensive rebounds," Heat coach Pat Riley said. "…We must have the wrong players in the game. It's the wrong mix or something in the fourth quarter. I think I have the right mix, but I must have the wrong mix."
Wade, Shaquille O'Neal and point guard Jason Williams, who have been limited recently by a variety of injuries, dressed but did not start for the Heat. Wade and Williams entered the game in the first quarter, but O'Neal's left hip bursitis kept him on the Miami bench all day.
Wade, who sat out Friday's game against Dallas, missed seven of his nine first-half shots. His five points before the break were the only scoring off the Miami bench. Meanwhile, the Grizzlies' reserves managed only two points, and missed eight of nine shots.
Wade was the only Miami player to score off the bench in the game, while Memphis managed only seven points from its reserves.
"I'm a rhythm player," Wade said. "I knew early on I was going to miss some shots to get my rhythm back, and I wanted to do it early in the game so I could have it later. It was just about getting my overall rhythm back."
