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NBA 2026-27 · Regular season · Meeting 1 of the season

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

Nets

Brooklyn Nets

1-5

8:00 PM ET

Scheduled

Pelicans

New Orleans Pelicans

2-4

Wed, Nov 11, 2026 · 8:00 PM ET (Nov 12, 10:00 KST)Smoothie King Center, New Orleans

What's at stake

Current standings (93 games played league-wide) plus this one result, recomputed for all 30 teams in both conferences. Arithmetic, not odds. Interconference game: each result moves one team in each conference.

Nets win

Pelicans win

Both teams going in

TeamMagicTragicTop-6 magic
NetsEast #13 · 1-5-75-
PelicansWest #11 · 2-4-75-

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 1 of 2 this season

Nets 0Pelicans 0

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Wed, Nov 11 game · New Orleans

Local date

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Team records

Season records counted by this site from BALLDONTLIE results.

Injury report

Nets

  • Tyler BilodeauOut
  • Egor DeminOut
  • Joshua JeffersonOut
  • Grant NelsonOut
  • Ben SarafOut

Pelicans

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

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.