Despite two subpar first halves, New Jersey has won its last two home games.

The Nets are hoping for a 48-minute effort on Wednesday night at the IZOD Center as they face a Memphis Grizzlies team that's won only twice on the road this season.

New Jersey (17-18) is coming off a 98-90 win over Sacramento on Monday as it won back-to-back home games for the first time this season. The Nets had lost their previous four home contests by an average of 11.8 points.

Vince Carter scored 17 of his team-high 29 points in the second half on Monday as New Jersey rallied from a 55-43 halftime deficit with Devin Harris sidelined with an aggravated right hamstring. Harris, among the league leaders with 23.1 points per game, had four points and seven assists in 19 minutes against the Kings before getting treatment on the injury suffered in Friday's 93-91 overtime win over Atlanta.

Harris, who missed Saturday's 101-96 overtime loss at Miami with the injury, is questionable for Wednesday.

"Devin didn't seem like himself, his hamstring was bothering him, so it was important for us to step it up a notch,'' said Carter, who hit 9-of-18 from the field against Sacramento after shooting 27.7 percent in his previous three games. "In the second half, especially, we had not played well as a team and as individuals at home, so it was important for everybody to do a little more."

Lately, though, the Nets haven't done much in the first half at home. New Jersey trailed the Hawks 49-29 after 24 minutes on Friday, then were outscored 37-20 in the second quarter by the Kings.

Yi Jianlian, though, had 15 of his 22 points in the second half and 10 of his season-high 13 boards in the final two quarters as New Jersey improved to 7-12 at home.

"(Yi) has the ability,'' said Carter, held to 12 points in the Nets' last meeting with the Grizzlies - a 100-93 loss in Memphis on March 5. "Sometimes, he gets down on himself. It's just great to see him show it all tonight. He showed his complete game tonight."

Memphis' O.J. Mayo has been doing that all season, even if the Grizzlies haven't.

Mayo had 20 points, a team-high eight rebounds and five assists on Tuesday as the Grizzlies (11-24) lost their ninth in 11 games, 94-87 to Minnesota. Mayo, who leads all rookies in scoring at 19.7 points per game, had his shot blocked by Randy Foye with 33 seconds left as the Timberwolves scored the game's final seven points in the final 40 seconds.

"It was a very inconsistent effort as a result of a very inconsistent performance,'' said Memphis coach Marc Iavaroni, whose team has lost three straight away from FedEx Forum since defeating Oklahoma City 108-102 on Dec. 10. "We got off to a poor start. We were just scratching and clawing all the way back. They just did a better job of executing."

Hakim Warrick led the Grizzlies with 22 points off the bench on Tuesday. He is averaging 17.9 points in his last nine games.

"(Minnesota) did a really good job of executing," said Warrick, who paced the Grizzlies with 25 points in their last matchup with New Jersey. "It seemed like they got every loose ball, and they just really hustled."

Memphis has won two straight versus the Nets, including the last meeting in New Jersey - 110-103 on Nov. 27, 2007.