SALT LAKE CITY -- Even as the Memphis Grizzlies transition under first-year coach David Fizdale, the old guard of Marc Gasol, Mike Conley and Zach Randolph is still leading the way.Gasol scored a season-high 22 points and the Grizzlies beat the Utah Jazz 102-96 on Monday night.I feel like this is the best four quarters weve put together, Fizdale said. Guys, they want to win. They really want this and weve worked really hard over the past couple days to clean things up.The Grizzlies used a 9-2 run sparked by Mike Conleys step-back 3-pointer and a three-point play by Gasol to take a 94-88 lead with 1:25 remaining. Memphis led by as many as 13, but the Jazz kept answering with big plays from Joe Ingles and Trey Lyles.I always try to lead my team, Gasol said. Im trying be more vocal with the guys and keep us stable.By my play, I always try to find the right play, the right open guy.Conley had 18 points and seven assists, and Randolph added 18 points and 10 rebounds off the bench.Ingles scored a career-high 20 points and Lyles chipped in 18.The Grizzlies led 56-48 at halftime behind a 56.8 shooting percentage, their best in any half this season. They also contained Utahs best players -- Gordon Hayward, Derrick Favors and Rudy Gobert -- to 13 combined points on 4-of-12 shooting in the first 24 minutes.(The defense) was porous in the first quarter, to say the least, Jazz coach Quin Snyder said. That was the nuts and bolts of the game -- there were times we got a stop and couldnt secure the ball. ... I didnt think we were as physical as we needed to be to close possessions.TIP INSGrizzlies: Gasol has extended his range. After making 12 3-pointers over his first eight seasons combined, he made two Monday to bring his season total to 12. ... Vince Carter scored 20 points off the bench. ... Memphis outrebounded the Jazz 44-29.Jazz: Rodney Hood (illness) and George Hill (thumb) did not play. It was Hills fifth consecutive game out. ... Boris Diaw returned from a right leg contusion after missing eight games. ... Favors left the game in the fourth quarter with left knee soreness and did not return.HOME SWEET HOMEThe Jazz returned home after a five-game road trip on which they went 4-1. Snyder was asked if he was sure he wanted to return to Salt Lake City?You always want to be at home, Snyder said. The whole thing about any game, and particularly a longer road trip, is hopefully you can get better. In our case, that means getting healthy. Try to learn how to win when youre not at full strength, which has unfortunately been a theme for us so far this year.I think guys support each other and sometimes thats the most important thing for guys that are thrust into roles that arent as permanent and theyre able to get confidence and confidence is a big thing. Coach can try to give it to you. You can find it on your own and teammates can help you locate it. I think thats one of the things weve got going.CULTURE CHANGEThe Grizzlies made a coaching change after last season despite making the playoffs for six consecutive seasons. Fizdale said they have to be patient while adapting to a new culture and new roles. However, the days of Grit and Grind from coach Dave Joergers era arent all the way over.I dont want to subtract from any of that, Fizdale said. I still want it to be gritty. I just dont want our offense to be in a grind. I want to be able to get the ball up the court and score more points. Our field goal attempts are where they need to be, we just arent shooting the ball great. ... A lot of that is chemistry and sometimes the shots just dont fall.QUOTABLEWe rely on our older guys for leadership, Conley said. We have guys that have played 15-plus years in the league and have done everything. We use that to our advantage but we dont want to use them too much. ... So hopefully we can get more out of young guys and let the old guys rest a bit as we go along.UP NEXTGrizzlies: Memphis travels to face the Clippers on Wednesday night in the third game of a four-game trip. The Clippers began Monday with the best record in the Western Conference at 9-1.Jazz: Utah hosts the Bulls on Thursday night, facing Dwyane Wade in Chicago for the first time. Air Max 2018 Elite . "Were just throwing s--- at the wall hoping something sticks," said Tortorella about the possible line combinations for Fridays game against Columbus. 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The Black Caps will be aiming to add the Trans-Tasman Trophy - a crown they have been unable to claim since losing to the Baggy Greens in 1993-94 - to the Chappell-Hadlee Trophy they retained by beating their rivals 2-1 in the one-day series.Australia have dominated their recent five-day tussles with the Kiwis, winning 18 and losing just one of the sides previous 26 meetings either home or away.To see if New Zealand can end that hoodoo is reason enough to watch the series live on Sky Sports, but when you chuck in the fact that some of the finest batsmen on the planet will be in action - one of them for the final time - then youd be mad not to tune in…Reason #1 - Three of the top-five ranked batsman are on showAustralia captain Steve Smith is at the summit of the Test standings, his rating of 899 placing him 10 points ahead of Englands Joe Root and the man he will meet in this series, New Zealands unflappable No3 - and probable captain -elect, Kane Williamson. Smiths vice-captain, David Warner, meanwhile, is two spots further back, marginally in arrears of South Africas Hashim Amla. Kane Williamson has stroked 13 hundreds in 46 Tests Smiths stats over the last two years have been sensational, the right-hander averaging more than 81 in nine Tests in 2014 and over 73 in 13 Tests in 2015, with 11 hundreds added into the mix in that time. Williamson racked up 1,172 runs in just eight games in 2015 at an average in excess of 90, while Warner plundered three successive centuries in the reverse series with the Black Caps earlier this winter, taking his career average versus New Zealand to a ludicrous 93.12 from five games.Reason #2 - McCullums last standArguably one the modern games most destructive batsman as well as its most innovative and effective captain, McCullum will quit the international scene after the second Test against Australia, his 101st in a white flannel. Plenty of the 34-year-olds pyrotechnics have come in the limited-over formats - who can forget the way he marmalised Englands attack, Steve Finn, in particular, with 77 from 25 balls in the 2015 World Cup? - but his swashbuckling style has also been evident in Tests. Nasser Hussain and Nick Knight discuss the impact Brendon McCullum has had on the international game as he prepares for retirement McCulllum has played a number of bruising knocks, including 202 from just 188 balls against Pakistan in Sharjah and a staggering 195 from 134 against Sri Lanka in Christchurch, both of those efforts containing a whopping 11 sixes.dddddddddddd New Zealand have also prospered under his leadership, playing a breathtaking brand of cricket that England, for one, seem to have followed, with the Black Caps now unbeaten at home since they were pipped by South Africa in 2011-12. McCullum shall be missed.Reason #3 - Youll see how strong Australias pace reserves areMitchell Johnson is swinging to the left and right no longer in international cricket having retired partway through the home clash with New Zealand, while Mitchell Starc - who bowled close to 100 miles per hour against the Black Caps in Perth in November, as well as taking 13 wickets across the series - is another absentee as he recovers from ankle surgery. Australia seamer Chadd Sayers could win his first cap against New Zealand Uncapped Chadd Sayers, a 28-year-old right-armer with 148 first-class scalps in 39 matches and a best of 6-34, has been drafted in to the squad, alongside Jackson Bird and James Pattinson, two players just as familiar with the inside of the treatment room as the cricket pitch following sustained injury sabbaticals. Talented they may be but Australia will probably need the dogged and metronomic Josh Hazlewood and Peter Siddle to do the grunt work.Reason #4 - The last series was brilliantThe three-Test series on Australian soil a few months back produced some scintillating cricket. Warner biffed centuries in each innings of the opener in Brisbane - becoming only the third batsman to do that on three occasions in a Test, after Sunil Gavaskar and countryman Ricky Ponting - while Joe Burns and the in-form Usman Khawaja nailed maiden Test tons for Australia as the hosts secured a comfortable 208-run triumph, despite Williamson plundering 140. Adelaide Oval heled the first day-night Test in November Game two at the WACA was a drawn run-fest, with Warner blasting a maiden double hundred and New Zealands Ross Taylor a second, while Williamson, Smith, Khawaja and Australia veteran Adam Voges scored centuries, keeping things interesting for the inaugural day-night Test in Adelaide. Sceptics of the idea were quickly silenced as in front of some beautiful South Australia sunsets, not to mention huge crowds, the Baggy Greens won a thrilling, bowler-dominated encounter by three wickets on the third evening, with Siddle and a limping Starc dragging their side over the line and to a 2-0 series victory.Watch New Zealand and Australias Test series on Sky Sports, starting with the opener, in Wellington, from 9.25pm, Thursday, Sky Sports 3. Watch Brendon McCullums final Test series on Sky Sports Also See: New Zealand fixtures/results McCullum wins final ODI Australia fixtures/results WATCH: Toe end for Marsh ' ' '