The Oklahoma City Thunder and the New Orleans Pelicans meet three or four times a regular season, depending on where the league’s conference rotation puts them. Of the ten conference clubs outside its own division, each team plays six four times and four of them three times, and which group a given opponent falls into rotates from season to season — so a Thunder vs Pelicans season is either three games or four, and which one is a property of that year’s schedule rather than of the pairing.

Are the Thunder and Pelicans in the same division?

No. The Oklahoma City Thunder play in the Northwest Division and the New Orleans Pelicans in the Southwest. Both divisions sit in the Western Conference, so this is a conference game between clubs from different divisions rather than a division rivalry — it counts in each club’s conference record but not in its division one.

What is at stake when the Thunder play the Pelicans?

Conference seeding. The Thunder and the Pelicans are both Western Conference clubs, so the result goes into the conference record that separates them in the standings, and with it the difference between a top-six seed, a play-in place at seventh to tenth, and no postseason at all. If these two finish level, their head-to-head result is read before that record is.

Can the Thunder and Pelicans meet in the playoffs?

Yes. Both clubs are in the Western Conference, so a Thunder vs Pelicans playoff series is possible anywhere from the first round through the Western Conference Finals, on top of the regular-season meetings — and they can meet in the play-in tournament before that if both finish seventh to tenth.

Where can I follow the Thunder and Pelicans for the rest of the season?

Every Thunder and Pelicans game Kalshi lists has its own market page, with the moneyline, the spread, the total and the player props built on that fixture. The NBA market index carries the rest of the league, and the matchup index carries every other pairing the Oklahoma City Thunder and the New Orleans Pelicans are in.