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MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Longtime Memphis Grizzly Marc Gasol carried the team throughout the game. The teams newest member closed out an unexpected win.Gasol scored 36 points, but it was a pair of free throws by reserve guard Toney Douglas with less a second left that closed out Memphis 88-86 comeback victory over the Portland Trail Blazers on Thursday night.We gave them everything we could. We just threw the kitchen sink at them, said Memphis coach David Fizdale, who watched his team overcome an 11-point deficit in the final 5 minutes. I dont know if we got lucky or what.Douglas last-second free throws gave him 11 points, including the games final six to seal Memphis fifth consecutive victory. The Grizzlies have won 12 straight that either went to overtime or were decided by five points or less.I wish I could tell you, Gasol said when asked about Memphis ability to pull out close games. We just keep fighting. Youve seen it in many games now where we just dont let go of the rope.Gasol was 13 of 24 from the field, including 4 of 6 from outside the arc. But Douglas, signed by Memphis this week because of injuries, took over down the stretch. The guard scored on a 19-footer with 34 seconds left, then converted two pairs of free throws in the last 20 seconds.CJ McCollum led the Trail Blazers with 24 points, and Damian Lillard had 19. Evan Turner had 15 points and 10 rebounds.Portland held a 79-68 lead after Al-Farouq Aminu scored inside with 5:28 left. But Memphis clicked off a 14-2 rally, Gasol collecting nine points in the stretch capped by a 30-footer from Troy Daniels with 1:35 remaining.The game settled into a one-possession contest at that point, including four ties. Portland center Mason Plumlee split a pair of free throws with 7 seconds left, and the Grizzlies pushed the ball down court. Douglas pump fake drew a foul from Lillard with a half-second remaining.Its a tough call, Lillard said. I think at that point of the game, there are some calls you make, and there are some you just play basketball. You cant be as technical about it.TIP-INSBlazers: Turner started his first game of the season due to an injury to Maurice Harkless. ... G Allen Crabbe finished with seven points after scoring at least 14 in four straight games. ...Plumlee had four points, ending his streak of seven straight games in double figures.Grizzlies: Fizdale finally said enough about calls and no-calls late in the first half to earn a technical. Lillard missed the ensuing free throw to open the third. ...Gasol also got a tech in the third quarter for arguing a call. .Tony Allen had 15 points and 10 rebounds for Memphis. ... F JaMychal Green had a career-high 18 rebounds. His previous best was 17 this week in a win at New Orleans.EXTENSIONSEarlier Thursday, the Grizzlies announced they have agreed to multi-year extensions with general manager Chris Wallace, John Hollinger, executive vice president of basketball operations, and Ed Stefanski, executive vice president of player personnel. Terms were not disclosed.HARKLESS HURTPortland forward Maurice Harkless did not play because of a left ankle sprain suffered late in Portlands 115-107 loss at Milwaukee on Wednesday night. I remember him wincing. He was on the free throw line, Blazers coach Terry Stotts said. It was late in the game, like the last 2 minutes.HELLO, MR. DOUGLAS:Douglas was signed Monday by the team because of multiple injuries for the Grizzlies. His name isnt even on a locker. But Fizdale recognized the guards importance. We dont win that game without him. Fresh off the street, but thats who he is. .Hes a bulldog.UP NEXTTrail Blazers: Portland hits the middle game of a five-game trip, landing in Indiana on Saturday to face the Pacers.Grizzlies: Memphis continues its homestand Saturday against the Gold State Warriors. Authentic Wholesale Nike Shoes . Hamelin, who triumphed in the 500 on Saturday, edged out Victor An of Russia by 0.021 seconds to maintain his lead in the World Cup standings. Russias Vladimir Grigorev was third. In the relay, Canada took control six laps from the finish line to beat Russia and the Netherlands. Cheap Authentic Nike Shoes Wholesale . -- Kyrie Irvings last-minute 3-pointer helped seal another victory for Cleveland -- and the Cavaliers longest winning streak since LeBron James left. http://www.nikeshoxcheap.com/ .C. United of Major League Soccer. United chose the defender in the second round of the 2013 MLS re-entry draft. Discount Nike Shoes .In my heart and mind Im competing for India, luge competitor Shiva Keshavan told The Associated Press in an email interview. Every day Im flooded with messages from Indians all over the world telling me they are supporting me. Wholesale Nike Shoes . -- Running backs Darren McFadden and Rashad Jennings were back at practice for the Oakland Raiders on Wednesday despite being hampered by hamstring injuries. NEW YORK -- Shea Weber came through with a late goal to get the NHL-leading Montreal Canadiens another big win.Webers power-play goal with 2:57 remaining lifted the Canadiens to their fifth straight victory, 3-2 over the New York Islanders on Wednesday night. Paul Byron and Phillip Danault also scored to help Montreal improve to 6-0-1 and remain the only team in the NHL without a regulation loss.Its still early but weve done some good things so far, Weber said after getting his third goal and ninth point since being acquired in a big offseason trade with Nashville. Got to keep winning games. It doesnt mean anything if we lose two, three in a row. We got to keep getting better every night.Al Montoya, who played for the Islanders from 2010-12, stopped 26 shots in his first start since Oct. 18 as the Canadiens beat New York for the seventh straight time.We had a slow start. Montoya played well for us, great in the first, Weber said. We came on maybe in the last five, six minutes of the first, played better after that. He made some big saves at the end of the third before we were able to score on the power play.John Tavares and Dennis Seidenberg scored for New York and Thomas Greiss had 26 saves in his second straight start and third of the season. The Islanders lost for the second time on a five-game homestand.With the Islanders Nick Leddy off for slashing, Weber took a pass from defenseman Jeff Petry and fired a shot from the point for the tiebreaking goal. It was just the second power-play goal in 23 opportunities given up by New Yorks league-leading penalty-killing unit.I knew (Petry) was going to pass it over, Weber said. It was kind of rolling, so I just wanted to make sure I got good wood on it. I think (Islanders defenseman Travis) Hamonic went down in front of the goal and it just found a way through.Danault gave the Canadiens a 2-1 lead with 8:39 remaining. He deflected the rebound of a shot by Torrey Mitchell past Greiss for his second of the season and sixth of his career.Seidenberg tied it with 5:44 to go with a one-timer from above the right faceoff circle.Andrew Shaw had breakaway for Montreal less than a minute later but fired his shot wide of the net.Alex Galchenyuk nearly gave the Canadiens the lead about 6 minutes into the third, but his shot hit the crossbar.Montreal came out more aggressive in the second period and outshot New Yorrk 12-5.dddddddddddd The Canadiens took a 1-0 lead early in the middle period as Brendan Gallaghers wrister from the right side was stopped by Greiss, but the rebound went past New York defenseman Travis Hamonic in front and Byron fired it in at 3:10.Montreal had another great chance more than a minute later but Greiss made a sprawling save on Artturi Lehkonen.Second period (was) probably our worst period of the season, Tavares said. We responded in the third and gave ourselves a chance and we just didnt get it done.Tavares tied it for the Islanders with 4:47 left in the second on a power play with Lehkonen off for high-sticking. Nick Leddy fired a point shot from inside the blue line through traffic that bounced off a screened Montoya. Andrew Ladd knocked Alexei Emelins stick off the puck and Tavares came in and fired it past the Montoya from the right side for his fourth of the season.New Yorks Anthony Beauvillier blocked a slap shot from Greg Pateryn on his right leg with about 1:48 left in the middle period and was down for several minutes before being helped off the ice to the dressing room. He returned for the start of the third.The Islanders controlled the play for most of the scoreless opening period, outshooting the Canadiens 8-6.Game notes Montreals Tomas Plekenec played in his 850th game, two behind Mario Tremblay for 17th place on the franchise list. ... Montreal scratched D Mikhail Sergachev, the No. 9 pick in the June draft, for the third straight game. ... New York F Nikolay Kulemin missed the game due to an upper body injury. He was replaced in the lineup by Mathew Barzal, one of the Islanders two 19-year-old rookies who played for the second time. ... New York went 3-1-0 on its five-game homestand. After a trip to Pittsburgh to complete a back-to-back, the Islanders will open another stretch of five straight at home on Sunday against Toronto. ... Tavares goal on the Islanders lone power play made them 5 for 26 with the man advantage this season.UP NEXTCanadiens: Host Tampa Bay on Thursday to complete their first of 15 back-to-backs this season.Islanders: At defending champion Pittsburgh in their first road game since the opening weekend of the season.---Follow Vin Cherwoo at www.twitter.com/VinCherwooAP ' ' '