NBA 2026-27 · Regular season · Meeting 1 of the season
What does Hornets vs Lakers change in the NBA playoff race?
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.
Hornets win
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
Before this game
- Nov 17 Hornets @ Lakers (Scheduled)
- Jan 31 Lakers @ Hornets (Scheduled)
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Tue, Nov 17 game · Los Angeles
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Team records
Injury report
Hornets
- Kon KnueppelOut
- Grant WilliamsOut
Lakers
- Adou ThieroOut
- Walker KesslerAvailable
BALLDONTLIE injury report (status only). It can change before tip-off.
Game data: BALLDONTLIE. Magic and tragic numbers are computed by this site.