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

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

Pelicans

New Orleans Pelicans

4-6

2:00 PM ET

Scheduled

Spurs

San Antonio Spurs

8-2

Thu, Jan 14, 2027 · 2:00 PM ET (Jan 15, 04:00 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

Spurs win

  • SpursWest #2→#1Magic 70→69Top-6 magic 72→71
  • PelicansWest #11→#12Tragic 71→70
  • LakersWest #1→#2
  • SunsWest #12→#11

Both teams going in

TeamMagicTragicTop-6 magic
PelicansWest #11 · 4-6-71-
SpursWest #2 · 8-270-72

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

Pelicans 0Spurs 0

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Team records

Season records counted by this site from BALLDONTLIE results.

Injury report

Pelicans

  • Yves MissiOut
  • Malik DiaOut
  • Trey Murphy IIIOut
  • Jaron Pierre Jr.Out
  • Trendon WatfordOut
  • Zion WilliamsonOut

Spurs

  • Jayden QuaintanceOut
  • Tobias HarrisOut
  • Maliq BrownOut
  • Ja'Kobi GillespieOut
  • Devin VassellOut

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

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