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NBA 2026-27 · Regular season · Meeting 4 of the season

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

Pelicans

New Orleans Pelicans

4-6

5:00 PM ET

Scheduled

Thunder

Oklahoma City Thunder

8-2

Sat, Apr 3, 2027 · 5:00 PM ET (Apr 4, 06:00 KST)Paycom Center, Oklahoma City

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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

Thunder win

  • ThunderWest #3→#2Magic 70→69Top-6 magic 72→71
  • PelicansWest #11→#12Tragic 71→70
  • SpursWest #2→#3
  • SunsWest #12→#11

Both teams going in

TeamMagicTragicTop-6 magic
PelicansWest #11 · 4-6-71-
ThunderWest #3 · 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 4 of 4 this season

Pelicans 0Thunder 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

Thunder

  • Cason WallaceOut
  • Jalen WilliamsOut
  • Chet HolmgrenOut
  • Thomas SorberOut
  • Jaylin WilliamsOut

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

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