MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Trey Jemison had 17 points and 13 rebounds, Maozinha Pereira also scored 17 points, as the Memphis Grizzlies built a first-half lead and coasted to a 108-90 victory over the Detroit Pistons on Friday night.
Scotty Pippen Jr. had 16 points and seven assists, while GG Jackson and Lamar Stevens each added 15 points. Seven of the eight Grizzlies who played reached double figures as Memphis got its first three-game winning streak since late January.
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Memphis Grizzlies guard Jordan Goodwin (4) drives against Detroit Pistons forward Tosan Evbuomwan (18) during the second half of an NBA basketball game Friday, April 5, 2024, in Memphis, Tenn. (AP Photo/Brandon Dill)
Detroit Pistons guard Malachi Flynn (14) shoots against the Memphis Grizzlies in the second half of an NBA basketball game Friday, April 5, 2024, in Memphis, Tenn. (AP Photo/Brandon Dill)
Memphis Grizzlies forward Lamar Stevens (24) drives against Detroit Pistons forward Tosan Evbuomwan (18) in the second half of an NBA basketball game Friday, April 5, 2024, in Memphis, Tenn. (AP Photo/Brandon Dill)
Detroit Pistons forward Tosan Evbuomwan, center, looks to shoot between Memphis Grizzlies forwards Jake LaRavia (3) and Lamar Stevens (24) in the second half of an NBA basketball game Friday, April 5, 2024, in Memphis, Tenn. (AP Photo/Brandon Dill)
Memphis Grizzlies forward GG Jackson II, front right, handles the ball against Detroit Pistons forward Tosan Evbuomwan (18) in the first half of an NBA basketball game Friday, April 5, 2024, in Memphis, Tenn. (AP Photo/Brandon Dill)
Detroit Pistons guard Jaden Ivey (23) shoots between Memphis Grizzlies center Trey Jemison (55) and guard Zavier Simpson (2) in the first half of an NBA basketball game Friday, April 5, 2024, in Memphis, Tenn. (AP Photo/Brandon Dill)
Detroit Pistons center Jalen Duren (0) and Memphis Grizzlies forward Maozinha Pereira, left, reach for the ball in the first half of an NBA basketball game Friday, April 5, 2024, in Memphis, Tenn. (AP Photo/Brandon Dill)
Detroit Pistons guard Jaden Ivey (23) handles the ball against Memphis Grizzlies forward Lamar Stevens in the first half of an NBA basketball game Friday, April 5, 2024, in Memphis, Tenn. (AP Photo/Brandon Dill)
Detroit Pistons center Jalen Duren handles the ball against Memphis Grizzlies center Trey Jemison (55) in the first half of an NBA basketball game Friday, April 5, 2024, in Memphis, Tenn. (AP Photo/Brandon Dill)
Memphis Grizzlies guard Luke Kennard, left, handles the ball against Detroit Pistons center Jalen Duren (0) in the first half of an NBA basketball game Friday, April 5, 2024, in Memphis, Tenn. (AP Photo/Brandon Dill)
Memphis Grizzlies guard Jordan Goodwin (4) handles the ball against Detroit Pistons guard Jaden Ivey (23) in the first half of an NBA basketball game Friday, April 5, 2024, in Memphis, Tenn. (AP Photo/Brandon Dill)
Detroit Pistons guard Jared Rhoden drives against the Memphis Grizzlies during the first half of an NBA basketball game Friday, April 5, 2024, in Memphis, Tenn. (AP Photo/Brandon Dill)
Detroit Pistons guard Jared Rhoden (8) passes around Memphis Grizzlies center Trey Jemison in the first half of an NBA basketball game Friday, April 5, 2024, in Memphis, Tenn. (AP Photo/Brandon Dill)
Detroit Pistons center Jalen Duren (0) handles the ball against Memphis Grizzlies center Trey Jemison (55) in the second half of an NBA basketball game Friday, April 5, 2024, in Memphis, Tenn. (AP Photo/Brandon Dill)
Memphis Grizzlies forward Maozinha Pereira (25), guard Zavier Simpson (2) and guard Scotty Pippen Jr., right, react in the second half of an NBA basketball game against the Detroit Pistons, Friday, April 5, 2024, in Memphis, Tenn. (AP Photo/Brandon Dill)
“It was a great effort by the group,” Memphis coach Taylor Jenkins said of the Grizzlies' short-handed roster.
“It's more opportunity for us to step up and go out there and have fun with it,” Pippen said of playing with Memphis dealing with injuries and absences all season. He added: “When top guys go out, it mean more shots out there.”
The Grizzlies listed a dozen players unavailable with some type of ailment, while the Pistons were without seven on their injured list — including Cade Cunningham, the Pistons’ leading scorer at 22.7 points a game.
Pereira is an example of what the Grizzlies are up against. He is on his second 10-day contract with the Grizzlies, and Jenkins said the 6-foot-8 swingman has shown the ability to work into the team’s system.
“When you sign a 10--day, there's a lot of taking advantage of the opportunity,” Jenkins said. “You can do it on the court. You can do it off the court. I think he's done both. Another guy that plays extremely hard.”
Jaden Ivey led the Pistons with 31 points, and Jalen Duren finished with 17 points and 10 rebounds for his 42nd double-double of the season. Jaylen Nowell added 12 points as Detroit lost its third straight and 11th of its last 12.
Malachi Flynn, who had 50 points off the bench against Atlanta earlier this week, was limited to three points for the Pistons. Flynn missed all 12 of his shots in the game.
“Credit to our defense and our scheme on him,” Pippen said.
Part of the Pistons problems were attributed to 41 % shooting and 18 turnovers, seven of them from the starting backcourt of Ivey and Marcus Sasser.
“That's going to be a recipe for disaster if you are not shooting the ball collectively,” Pistons coach Monty Williams said of the backcourt turnovers.
After Ivey got the Pistons off to a quick start with 15 points in the first quarter, Memphis pushed the lead to double digits, extended it to 22 points and led 57-38 at the half. Memphis stretched the lead in the third when Pippen hit his first four shots in the quarter.
Duren scored 13 points in the third, and Ivey added 11 for the Pistons, but Detroit got no closer than 16 in the period. Memphis was never threatened in the fourth.
Ivey saw the problem as playing competitively. After getting out to an early lead, Detroit couldn't get a lot of rhythm. They did outscore the Grizzlies in the second half 52-51, but the first-half lead had already spelled trouble.
“Every single one of us in this locker room has go look at ourselves in the mirror and see what we can do better, ” Ivey said.
The game featured two teams limping to finish the season. Both have already been eliminated from any postseason hopes and were mired in the lower tier of their respective conferences. The rosters have been so fluid this season that each has surpassed the record for most players used in league history — 31 for each.
The lack of key players and sloppy play combined to put Detroit in a tough situation most of the game.
“We have to make sure we are aggressive within the system of what we are doing because of all the guys we have out,” Williams said.
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Memphis Grizzlies guard Jordan Goodwin (4) drives against Detroit Pistons forward Tosan Evbuomwan (18) during the second half of an NBA basketball game Friday, April 5, 2024, in Memphis, Tenn. (AP Photo/Brandon Dill)
Detroit Pistons guard Malachi Flynn (14) shoots against the Memphis Grizzlies in the second half of an NBA basketball game Friday, April 5, 2024, in Memphis, Tenn. (AP Photo/Brandon Dill)
Memphis Grizzlies forward Lamar Stevens (24) drives against Detroit Pistons forward Tosan Evbuomwan (18) in the second half of an NBA basketball game Friday, April 5, 2024, in Memphis, Tenn. (AP Photo/Brandon Dill)
Detroit Pistons forward Tosan Evbuomwan, center, looks to shoot between Memphis Grizzlies forwards Jake LaRavia (3) and Lamar Stevens (24) in the second half of an NBA basketball game Friday, April 5, 2024, in Memphis, Tenn. (AP Photo/Brandon Dill)
Memphis Grizzlies forward GG Jackson II, front right, handles the ball against Detroit Pistons forward Tosan Evbuomwan (18) in the first half of an NBA basketball game Friday, April 5, 2024, in Memphis, Tenn. (AP Photo/Brandon Dill)
Detroit Pistons guard Jaden Ivey (23) shoots between Memphis Grizzlies center Trey Jemison (55) and guard Zavier Simpson (2) in the first half of an NBA basketball game Friday, April 5, 2024, in Memphis, Tenn. (AP Photo/Brandon Dill)
Detroit Pistons center Jalen Duren (0) and Memphis Grizzlies forward Maozinha Pereira, left, reach for the ball in the first half of an NBA basketball game Friday, April 5, 2024, in Memphis, Tenn. (AP Photo/Brandon Dill)
Detroit Pistons guard Jaden Ivey (23) handles the ball against Memphis Grizzlies forward Lamar Stevens in the first half of an NBA basketball game Friday, April 5, 2024, in Memphis, Tenn. (AP Photo/Brandon Dill)
Detroit Pistons center Jalen Duren handles the ball against Memphis Grizzlies center Trey Jemison (55) in the first half of an NBA basketball game Friday, April 5, 2024, in Memphis, Tenn. (AP Photo/Brandon Dill)
Memphis Grizzlies guard Luke Kennard, left, handles the ball against Detroit Pistons center Jalen Duren (0) in the first half of an NBA basketball game Friday, April 5, 2024, in Memphis, Tenn. (AP Photo/Brandon Dill)
Memphis Grizzlies guard Jordan Goodwin (4) handles the ball against Detroit Pistons guard Jaden Ivey (23) in the first half of an NBA basketball game Friday, April 5, 2024, in Memphis, Tenn. (AP Photo/Brandon Dill)
Detroit Pistons guard Jared Rhoden drives against the Memphis Grizzlies during the first half of an NBA basketball game Friday, April 5, 2024, in Memphis, Tenn. (AP Photo/Brandon Dill)
Detroit Pistons guard Jared Rhoden (8) passes around Memphis Grizzlies center Trey Jemison in the first half of an NBA basketball game Friday, April 5, 2024, in Memphis, Tenn. (AP Photo/Brandon Dill)
Detroit Pistons center Jalen Duren (0) handles the ball against Memphis Grizzlies center Trey Jemison (55) in the second half of an NBA basketball game Friday, April 5, 2024, in Memphis, Tenn. (AP Photo/Brandon Dill)
Memphis Grizzlies forward Maozinha Pereira (25), guard Zavier Simpson (2) and guard Scotty Pippen Jr., right, react in the second half of an NBA basketball game against the Detroit Pistons, Friday, April 5, 2024, in Memphis, Tenn. (AP Photo/Brandon Dill)
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — An Indigenous senator told King Charles III that Australia is not his land as the British royal visited Australia’s parliament on Monday.
Sen. Lidia Thorpe was escorted out of a parliamentary reception for the royal couple after shouting that British colonizers have taken Indigenous land and bones.
“You committed genocide against our people," she shouted. “Give us what you stole from us — our bones, our skulls, our babies, our people. You destroyed our land. Give us a treaty. We want a treaty.”
No treaty was ever struck between between British colonizers and Australia's Indigenous peoples.
Charles spoke quietly with Albanese while security officials stopped Thorpe from approaching.
“This is not your land. You are not my king,” Thorpe yelled as she was ushered from the hall.
Thorpe is renowned for high-profile protest action. When she was affirmed as a senator in 2022, she wasn't allowed to describe the then-monarch as “the colonizing Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.” She briefly blocked a police float in Sydney's Gay and Lesbian Madri Gras last year by lying on the street in front of it. Last year, she was also banned for life from a Melbourne strip club after video emerged of her abusing male patrons.
Albanese, who wants the country to become a republic with an Australian head of state, made an oblique reference to the issue in his speech welcoming the monarch.
“You have shown great respect for Australians, even during times when we have debated the future of our own constitutional arrangements and the nature of our relationship with the Crown,” Albanese said. But, he said, “nothing stands still.”
Opposition leader Peter Dutton, who wants to keep the British king as Australia’s monarch, said that many supporters of a republic were honored to attend a reception for the Charles and Queen Camilla at Parliament House in the capital Canberra.
“People have had haircuts, people have shined shoes, suits have been pressed and that’s just the republicans,” Dutton quipped.
But Australia’s six state government signaled their support for an Australian head of state by declining invitations to the reception. They each said they had more pressing engagements on Monday, but monarchists agreed the royals had been snubbed.
Charles used the start of his speech to thank Canberra Indigenous elder Auntie Violet Sheridan for her traditional welcome to the king and queen.
“Let me also say how deeply I appreciated this morning’s moving Welcome to Country ceremony, which offers me the opportunity to pay my respects to the traditional owners of the lands on which we meet, the Ngunnawal people, and all First Nations peoples who have loved and cared for this continent for 65,000 years,” Charles said.
“Throughout my life, Australia’s First Nations peoples have done me the great honor of sharing so generously their stories and cultures. I can only say how much my own experience has been shaped and strengthened by such traditional wisdom,” Charles added.
Australians decided in a referendum in 1999 to retain Queen Elizabeth II as head of state. That result is widely regarded to have been the consequence of disagreement about how a president would be chosen rather than majority support for a monarch.
Albanese has ruled out holding another referendum on the subject during his current three-year term in government. But it is a possibility if his center-left Labor Party is re-elected at elections due by May next year.
Charles was drawn into Australia’s republic debate months before his visit.
The Australian Republic Movement, which wants Australia to sever its constitutional ties with Britain, wrote to Charles in December last year requesting a meeting in Australia and for the king to advocate their cause. Buckingham Palace politely wrote back in March to say the king’s meetings would be decided upon by the Australian government. A meeting with the ARM does not appear on the official itinerary.
“Whether Australia becomes a republic is ... a matter for the Australian public to decide,” the Buckingham Palace letter said.
Earlier Monday, Charles and Camilla laid wreaths at the Australian War Memorial then shook hands with well-wishers on the second full day of their visit.
The memorial estimated 4,000 people had turned out to see the couple.
Charles, 75, is being treated for cancer, which has led to a scaled-down itinerary. It is Charles’ 17th trip to Australia and the first since he became king in 2022. It is the first visit to Australia by a reigning British monarch since his late mother Queen Elizabeth II traveled to the distant nation in 2011.
Charles and Camilla rested the day after their arrival late Friday before making their first public appearance of the trip at a church service in Sydney on Sunday. They then flew to Canberra where they visited the Tomb of the Unknown Australian Soldier and a reception at Parliament House.
Before leaving the war memorial, they stopped to greet hundreds of people who gathered under clear skies flying Australian flags. The temperature was forecast to reach a mild high of 24 degrees Celsius (75 degrees Fahrenheit).
On Wednesday, Charles will travel to Samoa, where he will open the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting.
Police keep watch as people wait to see Britain's King Charles III and Queen Camilla outside Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, Monday, Oct. 21, 2024. (David Gray/Pool Photo via AP)
Britain's King Charles III, and Queen Camilla, chats as they walk through the Rainforest Gully at the Australian National Botanic Gardens in Canberra, Monday, Oct. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Mark Baker, Pool)
Britain's King Charles III, and Queen Camilla walk through the Rainforest Gully at the Australian National Botanic Gardens in Canberra, Monday, Oct. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Mark Baker, Pool)
Britain's King Charles III listens to research scientist Dr. Matt Plucinski describe the "Pyrotron" combustion wind tunnel during a visit to the CSIRO National Bushfire Behaviour Research Laboratory in Canberra, Monday, Oct. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Tracey Nearmy, Pool)
Britain's King Charles III, 2nd left, plants a tree as Queen Camilla, right, and Australia's Governor-General Sam Mostyn, center, watch at Government House in Canberra, Australia, Monday, Oct. 21, 2024. (Saeed Khan/Pool Photo via AP)
Britain's King Charles III, center, Queen Camilla, 2nd left, and Australia's Governor-General Sam Mostyn walk to take part in a tree planting ceremony at Government House in Canberra, Australia, Monday, Oct. 21, 2024. (Saeed Khan/Pool Photo via AP)
Australian Senator Lidia Thorpe, centre, is ushered away as she disrupts proceedings while Britain's King Charles and Queen Camilla attend a Parliamentary reception hosted by Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and partner Jodie Haydon at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, Monday, Oct. 21, 2024. (Lukas Coch/Pool Photo via AP)
Australian Senator Lidia Thorpe, left, disrupts proceedings as Britain's King Charles and Queen Camilla attend a Parliamentary reception hosted by Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and partner Jodie Jaydon at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, Monday, Oct. 21, 2024. (Lukas Coch/Pool Photo via AP)
Britain's King Charles III shakes hands with Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, right, at Government House in Canberra, Australia, Monday, Oct. 21, 2024. (Saeed Khan/Pool Photo via AP)
Britain's King Charles III, center, inspect plants during a visit to Australian National Botanic Gardens in Canberra, Monday, Oct. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Mark Baker, Pool)
Britain's King Charles III, 2nd from right, talk with Australian Andrew Forrest, 2nd from left, before entering Australian National Botanic Gardens in Canberra, Monday, Oct. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Mark Baker, Pool)
Australian Senator Lidia Thorpe, center, disrupts proceedings as Britain's King Charles III and Queen Camilla attend a Parliamentary reception hosted by Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and partner Jodie Jaydon at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, Monday, Oct. 21, 2024. (Lukas Coch/Pool Photo via AP)
Australian Senator Lidia Thorpe, center, disrupts proceedings as Britain's King Charles III and Queen Camilla attend a Parliamentary reception hosted by Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and partner Jodie Jaydon at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, Monday, Oct. 21, 2024. (Lukas Coch/Pool Photo via AP)
Britain's King Charles III, left, talks with staff during a visit to Australian National Botanic Gardens in Canberra, Monday, Oct. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Mark Baker, Pool)
Queen Camilla, right, takes part in a discussion on family and domestic violence at Government House in Yarralumla at Canberra, Australia, Monday, Oct. 21, 2024. (Brook Mitchell/Pool Photo via AP)
Britain's King Charles III and Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese sign royal warrants granting the Great Seal of Australia at Government House in Canberra, Australia, Monday, Oct. 21, 2024. (Saeed Khan/Pool Photo via AP)
Australian Senator Lidia Thorpe, center, disrupts proceedings as Britain's King Charles III and Queen Camilla attend a Parliamentary reception hosted by Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and partner Jodie Jaydon at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, Monday, Oct. 21, 2024. (Lukas Coch/Pool Photo via AP)
Royal supporters with greeting plate card to at Australian War Memorial to welcome Britain's King Charles and Queen Camilla visit in Canberra, Australia, Monday, Oct. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Mark Baker, Pool)
Britain's King Charles III, center left, and Queen Camilla, center right, arrive to lay a wreath at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra, Australia, Monday, Oct. 21, 2024. (Brook Mitchell/Pool Photo via AP)
King Charles III and Queen Camilla arrive at the Australian War Memorial accompanied by Australian War Memorial Council Chair Kim Beazley, left, in Canberra, Australia, Monday, Oct. 21, 2024. (Brook Mitchell/ Pool Photo via AP)
Kim Beazley, third left, chair of Australian War Memorial Council, meets Britain's King Charles III, center, on the king's arrival with Queen Camilla, partially seen at rear center, in Canberra, Australia, Monday, Oct. 21, 2024.
Kim Beazley, third left, chair of Australian War Memorial Council, meets Britain's King Charles III, center, on the king's arrival with Queen Camilla, partially seen at rear center, in Canberra, Australia, Monday, Oct. 21, 2024.
Kim Beazley, third left, chair of Australian War Memorial Council, meets Britain's King Charles III, right, on the king's arrival with Queen Camilla in Canberra, Australia, Monday, Oct. 21, 2024.
Britain's King Charles III, center, and Queen Camilla arrive at Defense Establishment Fairbairn in Canberra, Australia, Monday, Oct. 21, 2024. (Saeed Khan/Pool Photo via AP)
Australia's Governor-General Sam Mostyn, right, escorts Britain's King Charles III, front center, and Queen Camilla as they arrive at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra Monday, Oct. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Mark Baker, Pool)
Britain's King Charles III, right, and Queen Camilla, center, receive flowers after arriving at Defense Establishment Fairbairn in Canberra, Australia, Monday, Oct. 21, 2024. (Saeed Khan/Pool Photo via AP)
Britain's King Charles III, tight, chat with owner of alpaca before leave the Australian War Memorial in Canberra, Monday, Oct. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Mark Baker, Pool)
King Charles III and Queen Camilla arrive at the Australian War Memorial accompanied by Australian War Memorial Council Chair Kim Beazley, left, in Canberra, Australia, Monday, Oct. 21, 2024. (Brook Mitchell/Pool Photo via AP)
Britain's King Charles III, and Queen Camilla chats with public before they leave the Australian War Memorial in Canberra, Monday, Oct. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Mark Baker, Pool)
