This early in the NBA season, its hard for teams to get familiar with each other. The Minnesota Timberwolves and Memphis Grizzlies are the exception.The two teams play in Memphis for the second time this season on Saturday night. It will be third regular-season meeting after Minnesota and Memphis also met in the preseason. The two teams have split the first two regular-season games, each winning on its home court.The Grizzlies (7-5) will be happy to head home after finishing a four-game road trip in Dallas on Friday night. Memphis finished the road trip with three straight wins after beating the Mavericks 80-64.I was happy to see our defense, Grizzlies coach David Fizdale said. I always tell the guys our defense will travel. Your offense dont always get on the plane with you. But our defense was really stingy tonight.Parsons return to Dallas was one of Fridays storylines. The familiarity between teams played a part in the first half, in which neither team scored more than 19 points in the first two quarters.We stopped being friendly, Fizdale said. If you watched the first quarter, everybody was having conversations with the other team like they were all pals. And we dont have the luxury to be buddies.I think we took it light, like thinking they didnt have their players, but this (Mavericks) is an NBA team with NBA players. We didnt show them respect by playing like that. So I got after them pretty good and they came out in the second half and got after it.Familiarity with Minnesota could breed contempt.The Timberwolves (4-7) opened the season at Memphis and led by as many as 17 early before losing 102-98 as the Grizzlies charged back. Minnesota won the second game handily 116-80 at home as Memphis rested point guard Mike Conley and center Marc Gasol.Fizdale didnt play any of his starters more than 32 minutes on Friday with the back-to-back scheduled against the Timberwolves.Memphis also got guard Tony Allen back after he missed four games with a strained right groin. Allen scored 11 points off the bench in Fridays win.Well have to wait and see how I feel tomorrow, Allen said. I thought I did a good job of icing and stretching. Ill get some rest tonight and see how I feel tomorrow.Minnesota has won three of its past five games, including Thursdays 110-86 dismantling of Philadelphia in which three players posted double-doubles. Andrew Wiggins scored 35 points and tied a career high with 10 rebounds. Karl-Anthony Towns had 25 points and 10 rebounds, and Gorgui Dieng added 12 points and 10 rebounds.I think we character this game as a point in the road that we have to look back and we have to understand and grow from this, Towns said. We held them to, I think, 33 points in the first half. Thats very good for us to do. Weve got to do a better job from here on out, especially in the third quarter.The Timberwolves started Friday as the sixth-highest scoring team in the league. They were also the highest-scoring team in the first quarter. But theyve been the worst in the third quarter, blowing several leads along the way.Wiggins has been the biggest factor in Minnesotas offensive surge. He has scored more than 30 points in three of his past six games. During that stretch, Wiggins has scored 33 points, grabbed 5.3 rebounds and passed out 3.5 assists per game. 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LAHAINA, Hawaii -- Oklahoma State coach Brad Underwood motioned his team over for an early timeout, slammed his clipboard to the hardwood and began screaming.The Cowboys were lethargic, seemingly uninterested in playing defense.Once Underwood lit into them and replaced four starters, the Cowboys couldnt be stopped.Jeffrey Carroll had 20 points and Oklahoma State racked up 19 steals in a 97-70 win over Georgetown on Wednesday in the third-place game of the Maui Invitational.We didnt guard anybody. We didnt do anything we talked about. We were flat emotionally, Underwood said. There was just no energy. And the one thing I know Im going to get from my bench is energy.Oklahoma State (5-1) bounced back from a 32-point demolishing by No. 4 North Carolina in the semifinals by revving up its pressure defense -- after Underwoods outburst.With Jawun Evans as the only starter left, the Cowboys harassed the Hoyas into one mistake after another and raced off to the other end for easy baskets.Oklahoma State forced 28 turnovers and converted those into 41 points. Thanks to Underwoods lineup change, the Cowboys had a 59-16 advantage in bench points and rode out of Maui with a resounding victory.Evans had 13 points and Brandon Averette 12 for Oklahoma State.For the most part, very, very pleased, Underwood said. Were getting better defensively. Were still making too many silly fouls, but well clean that up.Georgetown (2-4) lost to No. 16 Wisconsin in the semifinals because of rebounding and to Oklahoma State due to turnovers.The Hoyas shot 51 percent, but the problem was the shots they couldnt get up from the multitude of turnovers that had coach John Thompson III shaking his fists in anger at times on the sideline.Rodney Pryor led the Hoyas with 15 points and Bradley Hayes added 133.ddddddddddddWe did not do a good job of protecting the ball, Thompson said. We did not do a good job of keeping our dribble, maintaining our dribble. Once you pick it up, youre dead.Oklahoma States press was at its best in a tournament-opening win over UConn, but did little good in a 107-75 loss to North Carolina in the semifinals.The Hoyas struggled with the Cowboys pressure in the third-place game, leading to turnovers and breakouts in transition that came in bunches.Cameron McGriff had one of the best dunks of the tournament with a tomahawk-and-foul over Pryor, and Carroll had another backboard shaker with a two-handed putback slam.Oklahoma State forced 14 turnovers in the first half -- 11 on steals -- that led to 18 points and a 50-35 lead after Thomas Dziagwas buzzer-beating 3-pointer.The second half was more UConn turnovers, more points in transition for Oklahoma State.Evans had one steal in UConns end early in the half, fed the ball to Forte and ran back without looking as his backcourt mate drained a 3-pointer in transition.This is not me making excuses, but we had some guys out there that were in that situation for the first time, the first time, either a freshman, or it was their first time with us, Thompson said. And so its a learning experience for them.BIG PICTUREConnecticut: Had a solid opening win over No. 13 Oregon in Maui, but consecutive lopsided losses show theres still plenty of work to do.Oklahoma State: Played two solid games sandwiched around a what-can-you-do loss to one of the best teams in the nation. A solid trip to Maui.UP NEXTGeorgetown: Hosts Howard on Sunday.Oklahoma State: Hosts Rogers State on Nov. 30. Wholesale Jerseys Wholesale Jerseys cheap jerseys Cheap Jersyes Cheap Basketball Jerseys Cheap NHL Jerseys cheap jerseys Cheap Jerseys Cheap Jerseys Cheap Jerseys From China Cheap NFL Jerseys ' ' '