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Santi Aldama scores a career-high 37 points, with 7 3-pointers, to lead the Grizzlies past the Jazz | Sports

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Santi Aldama made seven 3-pointers and scored a career-high 37 points to lead the Memphis Grizzlies to a 137-128 victory over the Utah Jazz on Tuesday night. Jaren Jackson Jr. chipped in 21 points, GG Jackson II had 18 points, and Jock Landale added 17. Cam Spencer dished out a career high 13 assists to go with 11 points, while Aldama added a season-high seven assists to help the Grizzlies snap a two-game losing streak. Memphis shot 56% from the field and made 19 3-pointers. Kyle Filipowski led Utah with 25 points and 13 rebounds while Keyonte George added 24 points. Taylor Hendricks had a career-high 21 points on 7-of-10 shooting and Ace Bailey chipped in 17. Memphis never trailed during the first half, after shooting 54% from the field, and built a 15-point lead late in the second quarter while scoring baskets on six straight possessions. Landale and Jaylen Wells each made back-to-back baskets to cap the run and put the Grizzlies up 65-50. The Jazz rallied to make it a one-possession game in the final minute before halftime. George fueled a 17-4 run with three baskets, then Svi Mykhailiuk punctuated the run by

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Scott Wedgewood makes 32 saves and Avalanche beat Mammoth 1-0 for 6th straight win | Sports

DENVER (AP) — Scott Wedgewood made 32 saves for his second shutout of the season, and the NHL-best Colorado Avalanche beat the Utah Mammoth 1-0 on Tuesday night. Wedgewood’s 10th career shutout helped extend Colorado’s home winning streak to 13 games. The Avalanche have won six in a row overall and eight of nine heading into the holiday break. Colorado’s 61 points are the second most in the NHL after 36 games behind the 1929-30 Boston Bruins, who had 63 points at that stage. Samuel Girard scored the lone goal for the Avalanche (27-2-7), who remain unbeaten in regulation at home (15-0-2). They have not lost on home ice since Carolina’s 5-4 shootout win on Oct. 23. Vitek Vanecek stopped 25 shots for Utah, which had won two of three. The Mammoth’s No. 1 goaltender, Karel Vejmelka, was a late scratch with an upper-body injury. Utah signed Colten McIntyre to an amateur-tryout agreement to serve as Vanecek’s backup for the night. Vanecek had a strong performance against the NHL’s top-scoring team. The Avalanche averaged 4.6 goals in the five games heading into Tuesday night. Girard stole the puck from Clayton Keller in the neutral zone, skated in ahead of Keller

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