Grizzlies run win streak to five by beating Pelicans

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Jaren Jackson Jr. scored 29 points with seven assists and Luke Kennard added a season-high 27 as the host Memphis Grizzlies won their fifth straight with a 139-126 victory Friday over the New Orleans Pelicans.

The Pelicans had their season-best four-game win streak snapped.

Desmond Bane added 20 points -- his seventh-straight game with at least 20 -- and 14 assists for the Grizz