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NBA 2026-27 · Regular season · NBA Cup · West Group B · Meeting 1 of the season

What does Thunder vs Grizzlies change in the NBA playoff race?

Thunder

Oklahoma City Thunder

5-2

8:00 PM ET

Scheduled

Grizzlies

Memphis Grizzlies

6-0

Fri, Nov 6, 2026 · 8:00 PM ET (Nov 7, 10:00 KST)FedExForum, Memphis

What's at stake

Current standings (93 games played league-wide) plus this one result, recomputed for the 15 West teams. Arithmetic, not odds.

Thunder win

Grizzlies win

  • GrizzliesMagic 74→73Top-6 magic 75→74
  • ThunderWest #5→#7top 6→play-in (7–10)Magic 75→-
  • SpursWest #6→#5
  • MavericksWest #7→#6play-in (7–10)→top 6

Both teams going in

TeamMagicTragicTop-6 magic
ThunderWest #5 · 5-275--
GrizzliesWest #1 · 6-074-75

Magic number = wins left to lock a top-10 (play-in) finish (top-6 magic: a direct berth); tragic number = losses left until elimination. Ties count against the team. How we calculate →

Season series

Meeting 1 of 4 this season

Thunder 0Grizzlies 0

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Fri, Nov 6 game · Memphis

Local date

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Team records

Season records counted by this site from BALLDONTLIE results.

Injury report

Thunder

  • Cason WallaceOut
  • Jalen WilliamsOut
  • Chet HolmgrenOut
  • Thomas SorberOut
  • Nikola TopicOut
  • Alex CarusoOut

Grizzlies

  • Quinten PostOut
  • Scotty Pippen Jr.Out
  • Javon SmallOut

BALLDONTLIE injury report (status only). It can change before tip-off.

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Game data: BALLDONTLIE. Magic and tragic numbers are computed by this site.