LOS ANGELES – Pau Gasol had 17 points, seven assists and six rebounds, and Mike Miller scored 12 of his 20 points in the fourth quarter to lead the Memphis Grizzlies to a 102-86 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers.

Bobby Jackson added 15 points for the Grizzlies, who climbed within a half-game of the fifth-place Clippers in the Western Conference standings with their third straight victory and seventh in 10 games.

Elton Brand, who tied a career high with 44 points against the Grizzlies in a 91-87 victory on Feb. 10 at Los Angeles, had 23 points in the rematch.

Corey Maggette played 20 minutes in his first home game since Dec. 5 and scored six points. He separated a ligament in his left foot in a loss to Miami that night, then missed the next 39 games before returning to the lineup with 12 points in Friday’s 105-103 loss at Utah.

Maggette, who received a standing ovation from the crowd of 16,796 when he entered the game with 27 seconds left in the first quarter, was 0-for-3 in the first half and finished 1-for-5. He had 12 points in 25 minutes Friday, and is 4-for-16 from the field since returning to the lineup.

Memphis shot 57 percent against the Clippers, who held the New Orleans Hornets to an NBA record-low 16 second-half points and one field goal over the final 20 minutes in their previous home game last Wednesday. The Grizzlies missed 19 of their final 23 field goal attempts against the Clippers in a 91-87 on Feb. 10 at Staples Center.

Memphis, playing for the first time since last Wednesday’s victory over New York, outscored Los Angeles 11-0 during a 4:06 span to turn a three-point deficit into a 73-65 lead with 3:22 left in the third quarter.

The Clippers got as close as seven points in the fourth, but Miller helped fuel a 17-7 run with 10 points, including a 3-pointer that extended the Grizzlies’ margin to 98-81 with 3:21 to play. Lorenzen Wright helped secure victory against his former team by scoring all six of his points down the stretch.

The Clippers, capitalizing on Brand’s 15 points, led 52-51 at halftime after squandering a nine-point lead and allowing the Grizzlies to shoot 56 percent from the field. Los Angeles was 9-for-16 from the line in the first half while Memphis went 3-for-3.

The Clippers were 5-for-14 from 3-point range after making a season-high nine 3-pointers at Utah on Friday. The Grizzlies, who tied a season high with nine 3s against the Knicks, were 7-for-13 from against the Clippers.

Memphis began a four-game road trip that continues Monday at Denver, where the Grizzlies have lost 16 straight. The trip ends next Friday against the Sacramento Kings, who have won their last 10 home games.

Notes: Brand was one of 21 NBA players named Sunday to the preliminary roster for the U.S. national team. They will report to training camp in July and compete for the 12 roster spots for the FIBA World Championships at Saitama, Japan, the following month. The coach is Mike Krzyzewski, who had Brand for two seasons at Duke. “There are no assurances. That’s the thing with certain players not taking the invitation,” Brand said. “They wanted to be guaranteed. I definitely want do be part of that 12, but I can deal with it.” … The game resembled a Duke alumni reunion, with Los Angeles’ Brand, Maggette and Daniel Ewing, and Memphis’ Shane Battier and Dahntay Jones in uniform. … Clippers backup C Zeljko Rebraca missed his third consecutive game because of a left ankle strain. … The Clippers’ next game is against the champion San Antonio Spurs, who have won the last eight meetings and 28 of the last 31. … The Grizzlies are 10-2 when they shoot at least 50 percent.

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