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

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

Pelicans

New Orleans Pelicans

3-4

9:00 PM ET

Scheduled

Jazz

Utah Jazz

1-6

Thu, Apr 8, 2027 · 9:00 PM ET (Apr 9, 10:00 KST)Delta Center, Salt Lake City

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What's at stake

Current standings (107 games played league-wide) plus this one result, recomputed for the 15 West teams. Arithmetic, not odds.

Pelicans win

  • PelicansWest #11→#10outside the top 10→play-in (7–10)Tragic 75→-
  • JazzWest #14→#15Tragic 73→71
4 more teams
  • NuggetsWest #10→#11play-in (7–10)→outside the top 10Tragic 76→75
  • SunsTragic 75→74
  • ClippersTragic 73→72
  • KingsWest #15→#14Tragic 73→72

Jazz win

Both teams going in

TeamMagicTragicTop-6 magic
PelicansWest #11 · 3-4-75-
JazzWest #14 · 1-6-73-

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 0Jazz 1

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Thu, Apr 8 game · Salt Lake City

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Team records

Season records counted by this site from BALLDONTLIE results.

Injury report

Pelicans

  • Yves MissiOut
  • Jordan PooleProbable
  • Malik DiaDoubtful
  • Trey Murphy IIIProbable
  • Jaron Pierre Jr.Doubtful
  • Julian ReeseProbable

Jazz

  • Jusuf NurkicOut
  • Trey AlexanderOut
  • Jaren Jackson Jr.Out
  • Mo BambaQuestionable
  • Harrison IngramOut

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.