Six Grizzlies scored in double figures as Memphis won for the seventh time in eight games.
Memphis shot 61 percent from the field.
The Grizzlies had an 23-2 run late in the first quarter, including 15 straight for an 18-point advantage after 12 minutes. Cleveland never recovered, trailing by as many as 22 in the first half and 30 in the fourth quarter.
Carlos Boozer, the league's leading field goal shooter among rookies (53 percent), shot 12-of-15 from the field to lead the Cavaliers with 27 points.
Hornets 101, Knicks 96
In New Orleans, Jamal Mashburn scored 25 and Baron Davis added 23 in his first start in nearly two months as New Orleans beat New York.
Mashburn finished off his scoring with a crucial fadeaway jump shot in the final two minutes that gave New Orleans 96-89 lead. He also had eight rebounds and eight assists to help overcome the absence of David Wesley (bruised foot).
The victory moved New Orleans ahead of Boston and into fifth place in the East, while New York dropped three games behind eighth-place Milwaukee. Allan Houston, coming off 50- and 36-point performances in New York's previous two games, scored 29 but had only four points in the fourth quarter on 2-of-7 shooting.
Jazz 99, Suns 86
In Phoenix, Karl Malone scored 20 of his 34 points in the second half, and Mart Harpring added 24 as Utah beat Phoenix for its second consecutive game to pull even with Los Angeles Lakers for sixth place in the Western Conference.
Shawn Marion scored 22 points and Amare Stoudemire added 17 points and 12 rebounds for the Suns, who have lost four of their last six. They remained tied with Houston for eighth place in the West.
Malone was 7-for-14 from the floor in the second half as Utah extended a one-point halftime lead to as many as nine. Malone hit consecutive shots at the start of the fourth and Andrei Kirilenko added a jump shot as Utah opened a 79-69 lead with 7:43 remaining. The Suns never got closer than seven after that.
Warriors 105, SuperSonics 99
In Oakland, California, Antawn Jamison had 28 points and 12 rebounds, and Jason Richardson scored 25 as Golden State defeated Seattle.
Bob Sura added 15 points for the Warriors, who had their second win in five days over Seattle following a 14-game losing streak to their Pacific Division rivals. Golden State had lost seven consecutive home games to the Sonics.
Seattle led by a point with five-and-a-half minutes remaining, but the Warriors had a 10-2 run with six points from Richardson. Sura scored on an acrobatic tip basket with 3:16 remaining, and Golden State held Seattle scoreless for more than three minutes to win at home for the sixth time in seven games.
Clippers 91, Nuggets 78
In Los Angeles, Wang ZhiZhi scored a career-high 21 points and rookie Marko Jaric scored nine of his 13 points during a 3:45 span of the fourth quarter as the Clippers beat Denver.
Lamar Odom added 13 points for the Clippers, who won for only the sixth time in 27 games and are 3-7 since Dennis Johnson replaced Alvin Gentry as head coach on March 3.
One night after losing at Utah for the 14th straight time.
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