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PHILADELPHIA -- The Grizzlies proved again they can win close games. It didnt hurt that they didnt have to face Joel Embiid in the second overtime.Marc Gasol scored 27 points, Mike Conley had 25 and the Grizzlies beat the Philadelphia 76ers 104-99 on Wednesday night for their sixth straight victory.Conley added nine rebounds and nine assists for the Grizzlies, who came back from an 11-point, second-half deficit for their eighth consecutive win against Philadelphia.Most of the games we play are close, so were used to it, Gasol said. We feel very comfortable in those situations.Ersan Ilyasova had 22 points and 12 rebounds for Philadelphia, which was looking for its first three-game winning streak in nearly three years. The 76ers had their four-game home winning streak snapped.Embiid had 12 points and 11 rebounds but didnt play in the second overtime. The rookie center is on a minutes restriction after missing the last two seasons with a foot injury. He finished with 27 minutes.Theres a human side to all of this, Philadelphia coach Brett Brown said. There it is 10 feet from you. Its tempting but not wise. Thats the discipline we have to have.Embiid lobbied to enter in the second overtime but was denied.It was frustrating but those guys care about me and are looking out for me, he said.Asked if he was looking forward to having free rein with his minutes, Embiid said, I cant wait for that day to come.Zach Randolph scored the first four points of the second overtime to give Memphis a 95-91 lead. Philadelphia cut it to 99-98 after Jerryd Bayless layup with 23 seconds remaining. Conleys two free throws pushed Memphis lead back to three and Philadelphia never got closer.When you get to April, these are the games you look back on, Memphis coach David Fizdale said. You preach to your team they have another level to go to. It becomes habit.The teams were a combined 1 for 11 from the field in the first OT before Randolph put Memphis ahead 91-88 with 49 seconds left when he converted over Embiid on a drive. Bayless tied it with a 3 from the top of the key with 43 seconds left before Conleys turnover gave Philadelphia the ball back.Bayless misfired on a midrange shot that wouldve won it, and Embiid couldnt convert on a baseline jumper after an inbounds play with 1.3 seconds left.Embiid had the final shot of regulation, but his over-the-head try against the defense of Gasol went off the backboard.I dont know if Im going to get fined for this but I thought I got fouled, Embiid said.RESPECT GIVENThe Grizzlies lauded the play of Embiid and the 76ers, who dont resemble the sad-sack bunch that won 47 games combined the previous three seasons.You know youre going to have a tough night, no matter what, because they dont stop playing until that final whistle, Conley said. They scrap and claw for every little bit. 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Western Sydney striker Kerem Bulut was removed from Saturdays A-League squad because hes one of a few players who need to deliver more during training, says coach Tony Popovic.Bulut and Uruguayan midfielder Bruno Pinatares were erased from the matchday line-up just hours before kick-off against Central Coast at Spotless Stadium.Despite suffering from no known fitness issues the 24-year-old, who started the Wanderers first three games, watched the 1-1 draw dressed in a suit from the Spotless Stadium stands.Popovic said the call was a footballing decision just as it was to take out Bruno and, earlier, Shannon Cole.We feel we want more in training, Popovic said.Theyre in the same bracket, whether its Kerem, Shannon, Bruno, other players who didnt make the squad, theres an expectation that we have.Theyre training every day and we want to see more from certain players.Kerem is just in that group.Popovic staunchly denied the surprising omission had anything to do with attitude.I dont think we should say attitude because we dont say attitude about Bruno or Shannon but immediately we say attitude about Kerem Bulut, he said.I dont know why its different.Super-sub Brendon Santalab vindicated Popovics decision to give him a start in place of Bulut, scoring the Wandererrs quickest A-League goal with 82 seconds gone.dddddddddddd.But a commanding start fell away for the home side, undone by frustratingly wasteful finishing and Robbie Cornthwaites costly defensive error that gifted the Mariners a second-half equaliser.It was the clubs second successive failure to convert a lead into victory and leaves last seasons grand finalists in fifth with five points from their first four games before travelling to Perth next weekend.Yet Popovic was encouraged results would come for his notoriously slow starters.Football can be cruel sometimes - you can play well and not get the result you want.We havent got the number of points we want but weve gone three games now without a defeat.The players will keep believing and it will turn ... and we will put someone away soon if we keep playing that way.Popovic also took a positive from the excellent starting debut of marquee playmaker Nicolas Martinez, who was hardworking and a picture of creativity during his hour-long appearance.He was tired in the second half but you expect that, Popovic said.But hell just get better and better ... its just the beginning for him. 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