NBA 2026-27 · Regular season · Meeting 1 of the season
What does Pelicans vs Spurs change in the NBA playoff race?
Sat, Nov 21, 2026 · 8:00 PM ET (Nov 22, 10:00 KST)Frost Bank Center, San Antonio
What's at stake
Current standings (146 games played league-wide) plus this one result, recomputed for the 15 West teams. Arithmetic, not odds.
Pelicans win
- SpursWest #2→#4Top-6 magic 72→-
- ThunderWest #3→#2
- TimberwolvesWest #4→#3
- NuggetsTragic -→74
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 4 this season
Pelicans 0Spurs 0
Before this game
- Nov 21 Pelicans @ Spurs (Scheduled)
- Dec 20 Spurs @ Pelicans (Scheduled)
- Jan 14 Pelicans @ Spurs (Scheduled)
- Jan 17 Spurs @ Pelicans (Scheduled)
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Team records
Injury report
Pelicans
- Yves MissiOut
Spurs
- Jayden QuaintanceOut
- Tobias HarrisOut
- Maliq BrownOut
- Ja'Kobi GillespieOut
- Devin VassellQuestionable
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.