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

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

Clippers

LA Clippers

1-5

2:00 PM ET

Scheduled

Pelicans

New Orleans Pelicans

3-4

Sun, Feb 14, 2027 · 2:00 PM ET (Feb 15, 04:00 KST)Smoothie King Center, New Orleans

What's at stake

Current standings (103 games played league-wide) plus this one result, recomputed for the 15 West teams. Arithmetic, not odds.

Clippers win

Pelicans win

4 more teams

Both teams going in

TeamMagicTragicTop-6 magic
ClippersWest #13 · 1-5-74-
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 3 of 3 this season

Clippers 0Pelicans 0

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Sun, Feb 14 game · New Orleans

Local date

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Team records

Season records counted by this site from BALLDONTLIE results.

Injury report

Clippers

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

Pelicans

  • Yves MissiOut
  • Jordan PooleOut
  • 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.