NBA

NBA 2026-27 · Regular season · NBA Cup · West Group B · Meeting 2 of the season

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

Pelicans

New Orleans Pelicans

3-4

9:30 PM ET

Scheduled

Clippers

LA Clippers

1-5

Fri, Nov 27, 2026 · 9:30 PM ET (Nov 28, 11:30 KST)Intuit Dome, Los Angeles

This weekend in Around San Diego · 2 games · See routes →

What's at stake

Current standings (98 games played league-wide) plus this one result, recomputed for the 15 West teams. Arithmetic, not odds.

Pelicans win

Clippers win

Both teams going in

TeamMagicTragicTop-6 magic
PelicansWest #11 · 2-4-75-
ClippersWest #13 · 1-5-74-

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 2 of 3 this season

Pelicans 0Clippers 0

Before this game

Plan a trip to this game

Team records

Season records counted by this site from BALLDONTLIE results.

Injury report

Pelicans

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

Clippers

  • Bradley BealOut
  • Yanic Konan NiederhauserOut
  • Brandon IngramOut
  • Jordan MillerOut
  • Derrick Jones Jr.Out
  • Rui HachimuraOut

BALLDONTLIE injury report (status only). It can change before tip-off.

Game data: BALLDONTLIE. Magic and tragic numbers are computed by this site.