NBA 2026-27 · Regular season · Meeting 2 of the season
What does Grizzlies vs Thunder change in the NBA playoff race?
Fri, Jan 22, 2027 · 8:00 PM ET (Jan 23, 10:00 KST)Paycom Center, Oklahoma City
What's at stake
Current standings (103 games played league-wide) plus this one result, recomputed for the 15 West teams. Arithmetic, not odds.
Grizzlies win
6 more teams
- RocketsTop-6 magic 74→73
- Trail BlazersTop-6 magic 77→76
- SpursTop-6 magic -→75
- LakersTop-6 magic -→75
- TimberwolvesWest #7→#6play-in (7–10)→top 6
- NuggetsTop-6 magic -→77
Thunder win
- GrizzliesWest #2→#3Top-6 magic 75→-
- ThunderWest #6→#4Magic 75→74
- Trail BlazersWest #3→#2
- SpursWest #4→#5
- LakersWest #5→#6
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 4 this season
Grizzlies 0Thunder 0
Before this game
- Nov 6 Thunder @ Grizzlies (Scheduled)
- Jan 22 Grizzlies @ Thunder (Scheduled)
- Jan 28 Grizzlies @ Thunder (Scheduled)
- Mar 20 Thunder @ Grizzlies (Scheduled)
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Team records
Injury report
Grizzlies
- Quinten PostOut
- Scotty Pippen Jr.Out
Thunder
- Cason WallaceOut
- Jalen WilliamsOut
- Chet HolmgrenOut
- Thomas SorberOut
- Nikola TopicOut
- Alex CarusoOut
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.