"Rudy Gay arrived to work early, launched shots and tried to muster enough energy to play.

The Grizzlies' leading scorer couldn't get around the defense that a stomach virus put on him.

His teammates almost had better luck against the predictably tough Utah Jazz. However, Memphis left EnergySolutions Arena with a 98-92 loss Saturday night as Gay sat out for the second time this season.

The Griz had just 10 players available and used their ninth different starting lineup. Sam Young and O.J. Mayo stepped in for Gay and injured rookie Xavier Henry, who missed his third straight game with a sore right knee.

"We didn't make enough plays," Griz coach Lionel Hollins said. "We were getting stops and then we were turning the ball over. Then when we started scoring we couldn't get stops. … And our problem (with being shorthanded) is we only had a couple of perimeter players on the bench. We had too many bigs and no place to play them."

The game was knotted at 83 with about six minutes left when the Jazz pulled away behind Deron Williams' clutch baskets.

Williams' 19 points complemented Paul Millsap, who added 22 points and 10 rebounds for Utah. Zach Randolph's 27 points and 16 boards paced the Griz, who also got 18 points from O.J. Mayo.

Memphis (14-19) wouldn't go away in this one despite shooting 42.9 percent.

The Griz were also their worst enemies at times. Take this sequence: Trailing 76-74, Tony Allen stole the ball near midcourt but threw a pass too low for a streaking Darrell Arthur to handle."