Courtney Lee scored 13 points and Zach Randolph added 10 and eight rebounds for the Grizzlies, who extended their franchise-record home winning streak to 22 games and their NBA-best record to 12-2. Gasol, who shot 13-of-18 from the floor, tied his career high with 32 points on 13-of-22 shooting Friday against Boston and has scored 84 points in his last three games.

Chris Paul scored 15 of his 22 points during a 6:15 stretch bridging the second and third quarters that cut a 15-point deficit to 10, but the Clippers couldn't get much closer and fell to 2-1 on a seven-game road trip. Blake Griffin was miserable, scoring 12 points on 5-of-17 shooting with just four rebounds for the Clippers, who allowed the Grizzlies to shoot 49.4 percent and were bludgeoned 52-32 on the boards.

Gasol scored 12 points in the first seven minutes of the game as Memphis jumped on top, and the 7-footer added eight quick points over a four-minute span after returning from taking a rest that pushed the Grizzlies six-point lead to 43-28. Meanwhile, the Grizzlies' patented gritty defense held the Clippers to 4-of-17 shooting in the period - including a 5 1/2-minute drought without a hoop - to take a 53-40 lead into intermission.

The Clippers got within eight late in the third due to 13 points from Paul, but Beno Udrih and Lee hit 3-pointers to spark a 10-2 closing run that gave Memphis an 88-72 leading entering the fourth. Consecutive 3-pointers from Quincy Pondexter, Lee and Jon Leuer over a 60-second span pushed the edge to 103-78 and Memphis coasted the final eight minutes.

GAME NOTEBOOK: A stomach virus that forced five players to miss Wednesday's game at Toronto and kept Tony Allen and Pondexter out of Friday's win versus Boston, had no victims Sunday. … Memphis improved to 49-17 in the calendar year - best in the NBA. … Memphis outscored Los Angeles 52-32 in the paint and won the battle of the offensive boards 12-5