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NBA 2026-27 · Regular season · Meeting 2 of the season

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

Warriors

Golden State Warriors

4-3

8:00 PM ET

Scheduled

Pelicans

New Orleans Pelicans

3-4

Mon, Nov 16, 2026 · 8:00 PM ET (Nov 17, 10:00 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.

Warriors win

Pelicans win

13 more teams

Both teams going in

TeamMagicTragicTop-6 magic
WarriorsWest #9 · 4-3---
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 2 of 3 this season

Warriors 0Pelicans 0

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Mon, Nov 16 game · New Orleans

Local date

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Team records

Season records counted by this site from BALLDONTLIE results.

Injury report

Warriors

  • Kristaps PorzingisOut
  • Jimmy ButlerOut
  • Moses MoodyOut
  • Gui SantosOut
  • Al HorfordOut
  • Brandon WilliamsOut

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.