Grizzlies and Thunder meet Friday in NBA Cup group stage

Oklahoma City Thunder (6-2, fourth in the Western Conference) vs. Memphis Grizzlies (6-2, sixth in the Western Conference)

Memphis, Tennessee; Friday, 8 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: The Oklahoma City Thunder travel to face the Oklahoma City Thunder in an NBA Cup in-season tournament group play matchup.

Memphis finished 25-57 overall and 19-33 in Western Conference games a season ago. The Grizzlies shot 45.6% from the field and 35.3% from 3-point range last season.

Oklahoma City went 64-18 overall and 41-11 in Western Conference play during the 2025-26 season. The Thunder averaged 119.0 points per game last season, 49.2 in the paint, 22.0 off of turnovers and 14.0 on fast breaks.

INJURIES: Grizzlies: Scotty Pippen Jr.: day to day (back), Isaiah Stewart: day to day (knee).

Thunder: Cason Wallace: out (shoulder), Nikola Topic: day to day (back), Thomas Sorber: day to day (knee), Chet Holmgren: out (knee), Jaylin Williams: day to day (back), Jalen Williams: out (ankle).

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.