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MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Late in a physical, defensive showdown, the Utah Jazz discovered their 3-point shooting and broke open a close game.Gordon Hayward scored 22 points and Rudy Gobert had 21 points, 12 rebounds and three blocks, helping the Jazz beat the Memphis Grizzlies 82-73 on Sunday night.The win -- Utahs fourth straight and seventh in the last eight -- came after Boris Diaw, Hayward and Shelvin Mack connected on a trio of 3-pointers starting just short of the 4-minute mark, turning a 66-all tie into a Jazz victory.We had a hard time scoring in that game, Diaw said, adding Jazz coaches emphasized players taking open shots. We had a hard time scoring anyway, so why not take a chance from the 3-point line?Diaw had 11 points and Mack scored 10.Mike Conley led Memphis with 14 points, while Zach Randolph had 12 points and 11 rebounds. JaMychal Green added 10 points and 11 rebounds.Memphis managed only 30 percent shooting against the aggressive Jazz defense. That included the Grizzlies converting only 2 of 23 shots from outside the arc as Memphis lost its second straight.Our (offensive) execution is horrendous right now, Memphis coach David Fizdale said. We are just not taking pride in executing our offense with purpose.The game featured two of the leagues top defensive teams. Both entered limiting opponents to 42.9 percent shooting. Utah is first in fewest points allowed at 95.4 a game, and Memphis is third at 97.3.The Grizzlies ended with their lowest-scoring game of the season.Conley was 3 of 16 for Memphis. Marc Gasol was 4 of 22, managing a mere eight points. He also missed all five shots from outside the arc.Meanwhile, Utah made 46 percent of its shots. Gobert converted all nine of his field goal attempts, many of them on rolls to the basket resulting in alley-oop dunks.The game remained close throughout with 14 lead changes and 15 ties.It was a physical game, and sometimes those games are hard to shoot, Utah coach Quin Snyder said. Youve just got to keep playing.TIP-INSJAZZ: Gobert recorded his 18th double-double. ... Hayward has 16 games with at least 20 points. ... Utah tied its season mark for blocks with 11.Grizzlies: Defeated Utah 102-96 on Nov. 14, the start of a six-game winning streak for Memphis. ... F James Ennis returned to action after missing 14 games with a right calf injury. ... Vince Carter entered in the first quarter, tying Mark Jackson for 20th in career regular season games played with 1,295.GOBERT THE DEFENDEROver the previous 10 games, Gobert had held opposing centers to 8.7 points and 5.6 rebounds. Gasol had eight points and seven rebounds in this one.He did a great job defensively, Diaw said of Gobert. He held (Gasol) to the fewest points hes probably scored all season.It wasnt Gasols lowest scoring game, but close. Gasol scored six points against Minnesota on Nov. 19.HILL ON HOLDJazz guard George Hill missed his ninth game with a sprained left big toe, and Snyder suggested his return wasnt imminent.I guess Im hopeful, Snyder said. I dont know exactly where it is, whether it is a week or two weeks. ... I dont think it is day-to-day. Its days-to-days, week-to-week.CONLEY ACHINGConley continued to struggle in his second game back after missing nine due to a lower back injury. Hes 5 of 23 in the two games, including 1 of 12 from outside the arc.Hes fighting through a lot of pain, Fizdale said. He wont tell you guys that. ... He broke his back, and he doesnt take pain medicine.UP NEXTJazz: Travel to Golden State to face the Warriors on Tuesday night before playing two home games -- against Sacramento and Toronto -- before Christmas.Grizzlies: Wrap up a four-game homestand Tuesday night with the Boston Celtics.Junior Seau Youth Jersey . 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Victorino is batting sixth and playing right field after missing two games because of back tightness.RALEIGH, N.C. -- Brandon Manning has scored just twice for the Philadelphia Flyers in the first 10 games of the season. Both have been in wins against the Carolina Hurricanes.Manning scored on a short-handed chance at the 8:00 mark of the third period, lifting the Flyers to a 4-3 victory over Carolina on Sunday, snapping a two-game losing streak.We hadnt really been getting our chances, Manning said. (Pierre-Edouard Bellemare) did a great job winning the puck battle and their forwards were kind of sagging below our guys. So I saw an opportunity and Belle made a great play getting me the puck.Claude Giroux had a goal and an assist, giving him points in a league-high nine straight games. Shayne Gostisbehere and Radko Gudas also scored for the Flyers. Wayne Simmonds had two assists, and Michal Neuvirth stopped 26 shots.We got good efforts in all areas of our game, Flyers coach Dave Hakstol said. You have to have that, especially when its a back-to-back night and a 5 oclock start. You have to have contributions from all parts of your lineup and all areas of your game, and thats what we got.Jeff Skinner had a goal and an assist for Carolina, and Justin Faulk and Viktor Stalberg also scored. Victor Rask, who has points in all eight games this season, added an assist. Cam Ward finished with 24 saves.The Flyers beat Carolina for the second time this season. The Hurricanes fell to 6-1-1 in their last eight home games against Philadelphia.There were some positives, Hurricanes coach Bill Peters said. We probably scored enough to win. Three goals should be the magic number in this league as you get going. We had enough there, but were giving up too much and thats not a recipe for success short-term or long-term.Carolina general manager Ron Francis holds the Hurricanes franchise record witth points in his first 11 games in 1984.ddddddddddddPhiladelphia was up 1-0 after outshooting the Hurricanes 13-9 in the first period. Gostisbehere scoring unassisted from the left point on the power play with 2:03 left for his fourth goal and seventh point in six career games against Carolina.Faulk tied it at 1:01 of the second, beating Neuvirth through plenty of traffic from the high slot.However, Gudas put the Flyers up 2-1 at 7:07, beating Ward through traffic from the right point with Giroux on the secondary assist.Weve played a lot of games, Giroux said. We dont have the record we want right now, but were playing better as a team. I take a look at (my statistics) once in a while, but Im more worried about the minuses there. If you want to be a good player youve got to be responsible offensively and defensively, and weve got some work to do in there.Skinner beat Neuvirth from the right doorstep at 10:13 to tie it again. Carolina got the lead with 8:02 to go in the period when Stalberg got the puck by Neuvirths five-hole on a rush.The Flyers tied it again with 2:46 remaining in the second when Giroux scored from the slot.Game notesC Andrej Nestrasil, RW Martin Frk and D Jakub Nakladal were healthy scratches for Carolina. ... C Boyd Gordon and D Nick Schultz were healthy scratches for the Flyers. ... Carolinas Klas Dahlbeck played in his 100th NHL game. ... The Flyers won the teams first meeting, 6-3 at home on Oct. 23. The teams face off three more times this season, here on Jan. 31, and at Philadelphia on March 19 and April 9.UP NEXTFlyers: Host Detroit on Wednesday night.Hurricanes: At Ottawa on Tuesday night to begin a two-game road swing. ' ' '