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NBA 2026-27 · Regular season · Meeting 2 of the season

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

Cavaliers

Cleveland Cavaliers

5-5

8:00 PM ET

Scheduled

Grizzlies

Memphis Grizzlies

6-3

Sat, Jan 16, 2027 · 8:00 PM ET (Jan 17, 10:00 KST)FedExForum, Memphis

What's at stake

Current standings (146 games played league-wide) plus this one result, recomputed for all 30 teams in both conferences. Arithmetic, not odds. Interconference game: each result moves one team in each conference.

Cavaliers win

Grizzlies win

  • GrizzliesWest #7→#6play-in (7–10)→top 6Magic 72→71
7 more teams

Both teams going in

TeamMagicTragicTop-6 magic
CavaliersEast #7 · 5-571--
GrizzliesWest #7 · 6-372--

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 2 of 2 this season

Cavaliers 0Grizzlies 0

Before this game

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Sat, Jan 16 game · Memphis

Local date

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Team records

Season records counted by this site from BALLDONTLIE results.

Injury report

Cavaliers

  • Jaylon TysonOut
  • Jarrett AllenAvailable
  • Sam MerrillOut
  • Khalifa DiopOut
  • Nae'Qwan TomlinOut
  • Ernest Udeh, Jr.Out

Grizzlies

  • Scotty Pippen Jr.Out
  • Isaiah StewartOut
  • Karim LopezOut
  • Richie SaundersOut
  • Jahmai MashackOut

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.