New Orleans is eliminated from first place.
New Orleans can finish the season with at most 42 + 0 = 42 wins and will finish the season behind the following teams:
1: Denver already has 53 wins.
2: Memphis already has 51 wins.
3: Sacramento already has 48 wins.
4: Phoenix already has 45 wins.
5: Golden State already has 44 wins.
6: the LA Clippers already have 44 wins.
7: the LA Lakers already have 43 wins.
8: Minnesota already has 42 wins and has won the tie-breaker with New Orleans.