Jaren Jackson Jr. scored 28 points and Zach Edey added 19 points, seven rebounds and four blocks as the host Memphis Grizzlies beat the Utah Jazz 125-103 Saturday for their sixth straight win to tie a season-best streak.

Utah, which lost its fifth straight and for the eighth time in nine games, was led by Collin Sexton with 20 points and Svi Mykhailiuk with 16.

The Grizzlies completed a 4-0 homestand while improving to 8-2 in their last 10 and improving to 19-5 at home.

Memphis guard Ja Morant returned after missing Friday’s game against the Pelicans and had 11 points and seven assists. Desmond Bane contributed 17 points, nine rebounds and six assists, Jaylen Wells scored 16, and GG Jackson had 15 points and six rebounds.

Despite his all-around numbers, Bane did see his streak of seven straight 20-point games end.

Ahead by 65-57 at the half, the Grizzlies pulled away early in the third quarter behind Morant, who buried consecutive 3-pointers during a 25-second span for a 15-point lead at 75-60. The Memphis advantage reached 27 points by the end of the quarter, one in which the Grizzlies outscored the Jazz 36-17.

The first half also saw several minor skirmishes and a player ejection. Utah’s Drew Eubanks was tossed out with 9:10 to go in the second quarter after being assessed a Flagrant 2 foul for aggressively pushing Edey in the back. The ejection came less than a minute after Morant and Utah’s Keyonte George were each given technical fouls for getting into a slight shoving match following a change of possession.

The Grizzlies led 35-31 after the first quarter and extended their lead to 13 points on several occasions in the second. Jackson had 11 of his 20 first-half points in the second quarter, including a runner at the buzzer for the eight-point lead at intermission.

Sexton had 13 points for the Jazz in the opening half, nine coming from the free throw line.

–Field Level Media