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NBA 2026-27 · Regular season · Meeting 3 of the season

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

Grizzlies

Memphis Grizzlies

6-1

8:00 PM ET

Scheduled

Thunder

Oklahoma City Thunder

5-2

Thu, Jan 28, 2027 · 8:00 PM ET (Jan 29, 10:00 KST)Paycom Center, Oklahoma City

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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

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

Thunder win

Both teams going in

TeamMagicTragicTop-6 magic
GrizzliesWest #2 · 6-174-75
ThunderWest #6 · 5-275--

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 3 of 4 this season

Grizzlies 0Thunder 0

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Team records

Season records counted by this site from BALLDONTLIE results.

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.

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