Pelicans End Grizzlies' Perfect Start in 135-134 Overtime Thriller

The NBA no longer has an unbeaten team. Memphis arrived in New Orleans at 6-0, the league's last perfect record, and left with a 135-134 overtime defeat after a wild night that swung back and forth until the final possessions. The Pelicans refused to be overawed by the visitors' start to the season and found a way to win a game that could easily have slipped away. Overtime games are often decided by composure rather than talent alone, and New Orleans held theirs when it mattered most. Memphis had made a habit of finding answers early in the season, but this time the Pelicans had the last one, closing out a one-point win in front of their own crowd. The result changes the early-season picture in the West. Memphis remains a strong side with plenty to like about its opening weeks, but the aura of invincibility is gone, and every opponent now has a blueprint for how to stay with them. For New Orleans, beating the league's form team is the kind of win that can lift a whole stretch of the season. It was not a blowout or a comfortable night; it was a grind, decided in overtime, and those are the victories that build belief inside a locker room.