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The New Orleans Pelicans will play their most important game of the season tonight vs. the Golden State Warriors.
The Pelicans are trying to claw their way into the play-in tournament and find themselves just 2.5 games back of the Spurs and three behind the Warriors for one of the final two spots with just eight games left to play.
The possibility of the play-in games has given the late season some meaning for the Pelicans, who would be long out of it under the normal rules.