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Our View: State income tax sharing run amok ... Guest Opinion: If Courtney kills bill, $15 minimum wage will go to the ballot ... Graduation rates among special ed students in Jackson County improve but fall short of 67 percent target ... Our View: State income tax sharing run amok ... Guest Opinion: If Courtney kills bill, $15 minimum wage will go to the ballot ... NBA ROUNDUP Green's 22 lead Grizzlies past Thunder Comment By The Associated Press MailTribune.com By The Associated Press Posted Apr. 4, 2015 at 2:00 AM By The Associated Press Posted Apr. 4, 2015 at 2:00 AM » Social News MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Jeff Green scored 22 points and Marc Gasol added 19 as the Memphis Grizzlies defeated the Oklahoma City Thunder 100-92 on Friday night. Green and Gasol were among six Grizzlies finishing in double figures as Memphis won its second straight and moved into a tie with Houston for the second seed in the Western Conference and top spot in the Southwest Division. Zach Randolph finished with 14 points for Memphis, while Mike Conley and Courtney Lee scored 13 apiece. Nick Calathes contributed 10 for Memphis. Enes Kanter led the Thunder with 24 points and 17 rebounds. Russell Westbrook scored 18, but only six after the first quarter while connecting on only five of his 20 shots. Anthony Morrow and Medford's Kyle Singler scored 13 each for Oklahoma City, with Singler shooting 5 of 7 overall and 3 of 4 from outside the arc. Memphis held a nine-point lead with 3 minutes left, but the Thunder got a three-point play from Kanter and a floater from Steven Adams to cut the lead to 92-88 with 2:14 left. Oklahoma City was unable to get any closer down the stretch as the Thunder dropped their fourth in their last five. NETS 114, RAPTORS 109: At New York, Deron Williams scored a season-high 31 points, Thaddeus Young made the tiebreaking basket with 22 seconds left, and Brooklyn won its season-high sixth straight game. Brook Lopez added 30 points and 17 rebounds for the Nets, who have surged into seventh place in the Eastern Conference. Young, acquired from Minnesota for Kevin Garnett in February, tied his season high with 29 points. MAGIC 97, TIMBERWOLVES 84: At Minneapolis, Nikola Vucevic scored a career-high 37 points and grabbed 17 rebounds to power Orlando. Tobias Harris added 25 points and 12 boards to help the Magic snap a three-game skid. Andrew Wiggins scored 22 points for the Timberwolves, who once again had only eight healthy players. SPURS 123, NUGGETS 93: At San Antonio, Danny Green scored 21 points, including 6-for-6 shooting on 3-pointers, and San Antonio cruised after losing Tiago Splitter to a right calf injury. Kawhi Leonard had 20 points and Aron Baynes added 18 points in 19 minutes for San Antonio, which has won six straight. The Spurs (50-26) extended their league record of consecutive 50-win seasons to 16 straight. WIZARDS 101, KNICKS 87: At Washington, Marcin Gortat scored 19 points, Bradley Beal added 18, and Washington defeated New York. Otto Porter, starting his second straight game for the Wizards, scored 17. John Wall was held to six points on 3-of-13 shooting, but had a career-high 18 assists for Washington, which has won three of four. Reserve Ricky Ledo scored a career-high 21 points for the Knicks, who have dropped nine straight. BULLS 88, PISTONS 82: At Chicago, Pau Gasol had 26 points and 10 rebounds for his 50th double-double of the season, helping Chicago beat Detroit. Jimmy Butler scored 18 points and Joakim Noah added nine rebounds and 10 assists as the Bulls won for the fourth time in five games. Chicago pulled ahead of Toronto for third place in the Eastern Conference after the Raptors' loss to Brooklyn. PACERS 93, HORNETS 74: At Indianapolis, Rodney Stuckey scored 15 points off the bench to lead Indiana past Charlotte. C.J. Watson had 13 points and four steals, and C.J. Miles added 12 points and six rebounds for the Pacers, who had lost two in a row. BUCKS 110, CELTICS 101: At Boston, Ersan Ilyasova led Milwaukee's third-quarter surge from a halftime deficit with 11 points and the Bucks hurt Boston's playoff chances. Boston dropped a half-game behind idle Miami in the competition for the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference with six games left. PELICANS 101, KINGS 95: At Sacramento, Calif., Eric Gordon scored 21 points, Tyreke Evans nearly had a triple-double and New Orleans gained ground in the playoff race. Evans finished with 19 points, 12 rebounds and nine assists against his former team to power the Pelicans to their fourth straight win. The Pelicans (41-34) pulled within a half-game of Oklahoma City (42-34) for the final playoff spot in the Western Conference. 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