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Pelicans-Grizzlies, Nets-Kings highlight NBA doubleheader

This is not your father’s TNT doubleheader. Tonight, the NBA will feature some of its rising stars and an old dog who is still tearing up the league. The first game will feature the Memphis Grizzlies visiting the New Orleans Pelicans and more notably, Zion Williamson hosting Ja Morant. The #1 and #2 picks in the 2019 NBA Draft will be facing each other for only the fifth time in their young careers with Zion winning all four previous head-to-heads. Both teams have weathered injuries to start the season — Williamson is questionable with a right ankle sprain, but Jaren Jackson Jr.