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This early in the NBA season, its hard for teams to get familiar with each other. Elijah Lee Jersey . The Minnesota Timberwolves and Memphis Grizzlies are the exception.The two teams play in Memphis for the second time this season on Saturday night. It will be third regular-season meeting after Minnesota and Memphis also met in the preseason. The two teams have split the first two regular-season games, each winning on its home court.The Grizzlies (7-5) will be happy to head home after finishing a four-game road trip in Dallas on Friday night. Memphis finished the road trip with three straight wins after beating the Mavericks 80-64.I was happy to see our defense, Grizzlies coach David Fizdale said. I always tell the guys our defense will travel. Your offense dont always get on the plane with you. But our defense was really stingy tonight.Parsons return to Dallas was one of Fridays storylines. The familiarity between teams played a part in the first half, in which neither team scored more than 19 points in the first two quarters.We stopped being friendly, Fizdale said. If you watched the first quarter, everybody was having conversations with the other team like they were all pals. And we dont have the luxury to be buddies.I think we took it light, like thinking they didnt have their players, but this (Mavericks) is an NBA team with NBA players. We didnt show them respect by playing like that. So I got after them pretty good and they came out in the second half and got after it.Familiarity with Minnesota could breed contempt.The Timberwolves (4-7) opened the season at Memphis and led by as many as 17 early before losing 102-98 as the Grizzlies charged back. Minnesota won the second game handily 116-80 at home as Memphis rested point guard Mike Conley and center Marc Gasol.Fizdale didnt play any of his starters more than 32 minutes on Friday with the back-to-back scheduled against the Timberwolves.Memphis also got guard Tony Allen back after he missed four games with a strained right groin. Allen scored 11 points off the bench in Fridays win.Well have to wait and see how I feel tomorrow, Allen said. I thought I did a good job of icing and stretching. Ill get some rest tonight and see how I feel tomorrow.Minnesota has won three of its past five games, including Thursdays 110-86 dismantling of Philadelphia in which three players posted double-doubles. Andrew Wiggins scored 35 points and tied a career high with 10 rebounds. Karl-Anthony Towns had 25 points and 10 rebounds, and Gorgui Dieng added 12 points and 10 rebounds.I think we character this game as a point in the road that we have to look back and we have to understand and grow from this, Towns said. We held them to, I think, 33 points in the first half. Thats very good for us to do. Weve got to do a better job from here on out, especially in the third quarter.The Timberwolves started Friday as the sixth-highest scoring team in the league. They were also the highest-scoring team in the first quarter. But theyve been the worst in the third quarter, blowing several leads along the way.Wiggins has been the biggest factor in Minnesotas offensive surge. He has scored more than 30 points in three of his past six games. During that stretch, Wiggins has scored 33 points, grabbed 5.3 rebounds and passed out 3.5 assists per game. He shot 50.7 percent from the field while taking 22.67 shots per game.There were times last year where I just drifted to the corner and stayed there, Wiggins said. I think Im just being more active. My awareness is higher. Im just doing more. Shaun Hill Jersey .C. -- Al Jefferson joked that he feels he can score from anywhere on the court. Robbie Gould Jersey . Bradwell was scheduled to become a free agent Tuesday. Born and raised in Toronto, Bradwell is entering his sixth CFL season, with all six played for his hometown Argonauts. http://www.custom49ersjersey.com/custom-...arge-2278d.html . Pirlo limped out of Sundays 1-0 win over Udinese after just 13 minutes. Juventus says Pirlo underwent tests on Monday which revealed he has "a second-degree lesion to the collateral medial ligament in his right knee.Arsene Wenger said Arsenal lacked confidence to score a second goal after they were held to a 1-1 draw by Crystal Palace on Sunday. Alexis Sanchez put the Gunners ahead late in the first half at the Emirates but they were pegged back by Yannick Bolasie in the 81st minute. Air of apathy at Arsenal Alan Smith: Arsenal need to answer questions after awful end to season Despite having 21 shots on goal, the hosts could not add to their tally and their title hopes are now all but gone, with Premier League leaders Leicester 13 points ahead and only five games left to play. It is a bad result, Wenger told Sky Sports. We had plenty of possession, but did not create enough clear-cut chances. We lacked a change of pace and our passing was a bit slow. Former strikers Alan Smith and Thierry Henry discuss Arsenals struggles Overall, we were unlucky ass they had one shot at goal, but maybe there was a lack of confidence to really go for it. Ricky Watters Jersey. Asked whether Petr Cech could have done better with Bolasies shot, which beat him at his near post, Wenger said: I have to look at it again. It didnt look unstoppable but he will know that better than I do.Maybe we could have stopped the shot, but I will have to see it again. Should Arsenal goalkeeper Petr Cech have kept out Yannick Bolasies long-range shot? The goal earned Crystal Palace a 1-1 draw at The Emirates Arsenal will now turn their turn attentions to another home game against West Brom on Thursday as they look to cement their spot in the top four.We have to regroup and recover for the next game, and not look too far ahead, said Wenger. Today we have made it more difficult for ourselves. We have to focus and try to win the next game. Also See: Arsenal 1-1 C Palace As it happened Arsenal fixtures Get a ￡10 free bet! ' ' '