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NBA 2026-27 · Regular season · Meeting 2 of the season

What does Cavaliers vs Thunder change in the NBA playoff race?

Cavaliers

Cleveland Cavaliers

4-2

8:00 PM ET

Scheduled

Thunder

Oklahoma City Thunder

5-2

Wed, Nov 4, 2026 · 8:00 PM ET (Nov 5, 10:00 KST)Paycom Center, Oklahoma City

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What's at stake

Current standings (93 games played league-wide) plus this one result, recomputed for all 30 teams in both conferences. Arithmetic, not odds. Interconference game: each result moves one team in each conference.

Cavaliers win

  • CavaliersMagic 75→74Top-6 magic 75→74
  • ThunderWest #5→#7top 6→play-in (7–10)Magic 75→-
  • SpursWest #6→#5
  • MavericksWest #7→#6play-in (7–10)→top 6

Thunder win

Both teams going in

TeamMagicTragicTop-6 magic
CavaliersEast #4 · 4-375-75
ThunderWest #5 · 5-275--

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 2 of 2 this season

Cavaliers 0Thunder 1

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Team records

Season records counted by this site from BALLDONTLIE results.

Injury report

Cavaliers

  • Jaylon TysonOut
  • Peyton WatsonOut

Thunder

  • Cason WallaceOut
  • Jalen WilliamsOut
  • Chet HolmgrenOut
  • Thomas SorberOut
  • Nikola TopicOut
  • Alex CarusoOut

BALLDONTLIE injury report (status only). It can change before tip-off.

Game data: BALLDONTLIE. Magic and tragic numbers are computed by this site.