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NBA 2026-27 · Regular season · Meeting 3 of the season

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

Nuggets

Denver Nuggets

3-2

7:00 PM ET

Scheduled

Pelicans

New Orleans Pelicans

3-4

Sat, Nov 14, 2026 · 7:00 PM ET (Nov 15, 09:00 KST)Smoothie King Center, New Orleans

What's at stake

Current standings (101 games played league-wide) plus this one result, recomputed for the 15 West teams. Arithmetic, not odds.

Nuggets win

5 more teams

Pelicans win

  • NuggetsWest #8→#11play-in (7–10)→outside the top 10Magic 77→-Tragic 77→75
  • PelicansWest #11→#10outside the top 10→play-in (7–10)Tragic 75→-
12 more teams

Both teams going in

TeamMagicTragicTop-6 magic
NuggetsWest #8 · 3-27777-
PelicansWest #11 · 3-4-75-

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 3 of 4 this season

Nuggets 2Pelicans 0

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Sat, Nov 14 game · New Orleans

Local date

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Team records

Season records counted by this site from BALLDONTLIE results.

Injury report

Nuggets

  • Spencer JonesOut
  • Julian StrawtherOut
  • Alpha DialloAvailable

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.