The Memphis Grizzlies had to come from behind to beat the New Orleans Pelicans on Friday, showing their unselfishness in the process.

Brandon Clarke praised the Memphis Grizzlies' unselfish play after earning their fifth win in a row by beating the New Orleans Pelicans on Friday.

The Grizzlies had to overcome a nine-point half-time deficit but put in a big second-half performance to triumph 139-126 at home.

Jaren Jackson Jr impressed as he scored 15 of his 29 points in the third quarter. Desmond Bane also finished with 20, while Luke Kennard recorded a season-high 27 points to help the Grizzlies to the win.

Perhaps more impressive though was that Memphis racked up a combined 38 assists, with Bane notching 14 on his own.

"I think [the assists] show that we're playing our ball well, we pass the ball well," Clarke said. "We've got guys that are really, really good.

"We've got Luke [Kennard], Jaren [Jackson Jr], Dez [Desmond Bane], all those guys. It's hard to guard them, but our team is very unselfish, and we play to win every night. That's all it is.

"We were mad [at half-time] because we know how much better we can be. We were just talking about things that we could fix to be better in the second half.

"[The second half changed because they were] getting stops, [doing] stuff that makes us, us."

It was Jackson's influence that spurred Memphis, who are third in the Western Conference, to the win.

Asked if the Grizzlies had a chance to make it out of the West in the playoffs this season, Jackson said: "100%.

"That's the main goal, so we don't really care about anything else if I'm being honest."