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HOUSTON - Houston rookie Tarik Black was booed in his hometown of Memphis when the Rockets played there earlier this season.On Wednesday night, Black got plenty of cheers in helping the Rockets to a 105-96 win over the Grizzlies.Black, who played at the University of Memphis, started in place of injured Dwight Howard and had 10 points and a season-high 11 rebounds for the first double-double of his young NBA career.He said it felt good to have a big game against the Grizzlies.It did, especially because of the talent they have on that team and how high-calibre of a team it is, he said. To go out there and perform well against them makes it that much better. Them being my hometown, obviously I want to perform well against them because people are watching back home.James Harden scored 21 points, and Trevor Ariza and Jason Terry added 16 each to help the short-handed Rockets cruise to victory.The Grizzlies (15-3) had won five in a row, and their two previous losses this season had been by a combined five points.Memphis jumped out to an 8-0 lead in this one but couldnt do much after that. Houston didnt trail after the first quarter.Mike Conley had 15 points and six assists for Memphis, but also had five of the teams 20 turnovers. Things were much different Wednesday than in the first game against Houston this season which the Grizzlies won 119-93.A lot of it was effort, he said. They wanted it a little bit more it seems like tonight. They went after loose balls and offensive rebounds were a big one. They were making all the hustle plays, and those are things that last time we played we won that battle.The Rockets led by 12 at halftime and scored the first 10 points of the third quarter to put the game out of reach. The Rockets led 94-68 entering the fourth quarter and neither teams starters played much after that.Houston was without three starters, including Howard who missed his seventh straight game with a strained right knee.Harden was proud of the way Houstons reserves helped in the win.Guys stepped up, Harden said. Everybody played a role (Wednesday) and contributed to the team in a positive way.The Grizzlies rediscovered their offence after Houston scored the first 10 points of the third quarter, with Conley breaking an almost four-minute scoring drought with a jump shot with less than 10 minutes left in the quarter. It was the start of an 8-2 run by Memphis, powered by six points from Conley, to cut the lead to 70-54.But they were soon back in their offensive doldrums, with Conley committing turnovers on back-to-back possessions after the Grizzlies missed consecutive 3-pointers. Houston scored nine straight points and made it 79-54 midway through the third.The Rockets were up by eight points in the second quarter before a 10-2 spurt made it 55-39.Mark Gasol received a technical foul soon after that for slamming the ball down after being called for a charge. Harden made the free throw before a layup by Black left Houston up 58-40.The Grizzlies scored the final six points of the quarter to cut the lead to 58-46 at halftime.Joey Dorsey added seven points and eight rebounds to help Black inside with Howard out.TIP-INSGrizzlies: Gasol tied a season-low with eight points. He said after the game that he bruised his right knee. ... Former Rockets player Courtney Lee scored a season-low four points.Rockets: Coach Kevin McHale said Patrick Beverley, who has been out five games with a hamstring injury, probably wont play until next Wednesday, and that Howard will be out at least through the weekend. ... There is no timetable for the return of F Terrence Jones, who has missed the last 14 games with nerve damage in his left leg.PICK UP THE PACE: Memphis coach Dave Joerger said one of the reasons for his teams great start to the season is that the Grizzlies are playing at a faster pace this year. He said he didnt really talk to them about changing it too much, but simply gave the players a gentle nudge in that direction. He has seen the change help in many ways.Were getting easier shots earlier in the clock, Joerger said. Were not playing up against the clock as much (but) the bigger thing for us is how efficient we are.UP NEXTGrizzlies: Host San Antonio on Friday.Rockets: At Minnesota on Friday. 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Fresh off the 15-day disabled list, Derrek Lee went 2-for-4 with two runs scored. Jake Arrieta (7-3) gave up three runs on five hits over six innings to pick up the win. Custom Arizona Diamondbacks Jerseys Cheap . Jason Zucker and Matt Cooke also scored for Minnesota, which has won five of six. Kuemper made five saves in the first, nine in the second, and nine in the third. The rookies best save came with 2:17 left in the third period when he denied former Wild forward Matt Cullen from just outside of the crease on the right side.TSN Hockey Insiders Bob McKenzie and Darren Dreger have the latest on expanded video review, changes to overtime, face-off modifications and the NHL potentially allowing kicked-in goals. Are GMs any closer to a consensus on expanded video review that would include goaltender interference? Bob McKenzie: I wouldnt go as so far as to say that theyre reaching consensus, but they are having some scintillating conversations that we never heard before on goalie interference and that is this - in the breakout group that they had today, a couple of the general managers, Brian Burke and Bryan Murray amongst others, said that, if they want to go to review goaltender interference, they would like the referees to be able to it on the ice, in the penalty box with a monitor there, NFL-style. Thats never really been discussed before. The NHL has always been hesitant to do it. It will be interesting to see whether it gets any support from the larger group on Tuesday. Darren Dreger: Additonal video review is generally a hot-button topic at these meetings. Weve talked, seemingly, on an annual basis about the coachs challenge. Well again, that has legs. Theres some concern as to how you work out the details. The devil is in the details with the criteria. If the puck leaves the zone, does that nullify the coachs challenge? If theres a change in possession, does that nullify the challenge? I think you could see some real traction on additional video review for goaltender interference, but also the puck off the net that ends up in the goal and, perhaps, looking at offsides, like the Matt Duchene goal scored last year. That still haunts the NHL and video review could have stopped that. Could we see it expanded in time for the playoffs? Dreger: Very, very unlikely. I think its a long shot at best because theres a review process that the NHL has to go through that includes the competition committee and, ultimately, the Board of Governors would have to sign off on it during the Stanley Cup finals. Ken Hollands proposal for a three-on-three overtime, as they try to reduce the number of shootouts, seemed to be gaining momentum. Has it now hit a major roadblock? McKenzie: It certainly seeems as if that momentum has dissipated.dddddddddddd Everybody who was talking about it at the November general managers meetings in Toronto arent talking about it now. Glen Sather, New York Rangers general manager, called three-on-three overtime a pipe dream. Nobody seems to be talking that up too much, but what they are talking about is, potentially, doing a dry scrape of the ice before overtime instead of after, when they normally do it before the shootout, and going to the long change format, that is with the goaltender in the same position as he is in the second period, furthest away from the teams bench. A much harder change that usually results in more goal-scoring in the second period. Face-offs and Face-off markings were also under scrutiny on Monday. What options for change are there? Dreger: Doug Armstrong of the St. Louis Blues pitched a novel idea, stealing from the Olympic tournament, in how the alignment was used in the Olympics, with the spacing between the hashmarks. In the NHL, theres just a three-foot separation. In the Olympics, it was five feet and, should the NHL consider that, it would create more space and there would be less contact, so the forwards could have some more room to move. Another face-off idea, and I think its a long shot at best, is trying to get rid of wasted time in throwing the centremen out of the face-off circle when hes completed an illegal draw. Move that centre back one foot is an idea that was pitched on day one. Some are intrigued by it to the point that they want further discussion, but I dont see this one flying. Is the NHL seriously considering counting all goals kicked in with the skate on the ice? McKenzie: Well, they are certainly talking about it and its a big step forward. They are looking at a liberalized kicking-in of goals, but were going to wait to see. You just never know. Dreger: Im sure the Players Association will have some input on that and, certainly, any overtime modifications being made. We know that Mathieu Schneider, Joe Reekie and Rob Zamuner will attend Tuesdays meetings and the sense is that they have some thoughts of their own on some tweaks or changes that might help grow the game. 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