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NBA 2026-27 · Regular season · Meeting 4 of the season

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

Pelicans

New Orleans Pelicans

3-4

8:00 PM ET

Scheduled

Grizzlies

Memphis Grizzlies

6-0

Sat, Mar 6, 2027 · 8:00 PM ET (Mar 7, 10:00 KST)FedExForum, Memphis

What's at stake

Current standings (101 games played league-wide) plus this one result, recomputed for the 15 West teams. Arithmetic, not odds.

Pelicans win

7 more teams

Grizzlies win

Both teams going in

TeamMagicTragicTop-6 magic
PelicansWest #11 · 3-4-75-
GrizzliesWest #1 · 6-174-75

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 4 of 4 this season

Pelicans 0Grizzlies 0

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Sat, Mar 6 game · Memphis

Local date

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Team records

Season records counted by this site from BALLDONTLIE results.

Injury report

Pelicans

  • Yves MissiOut
  • Jordan PooleOut
  • Malik DiaOut
  • Trey Murphy IIIAvailable
  • Jaron Pierre Jr.Out
  • Julian ReeseAvailable
  • Dejounte MurrayOut

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.