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.