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NBA 2026-27 · Regular season · NBA Cup · West Group A · Meeting 1 of the season

What does Jazz vs Mavericks change in the NBA playoff race?

Jazz

Utah Jazz

1-5

8:00 PM ET

Scheduled

Mavericks

Dallas Mavericks

4-2

Fri, Nov 6, 2026 · 8:00 PM ET (Nov 7, 10:00 KST)American Airlines Center, Dallas

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What's at stake

Current standings (98 games played league-wide) plus this one result, recomputed for the 15 West teams. Arithmetic, not odds.

Jazz win

5 more teams

Mavericks win

  • MavericksWest #7→#5play-in (7–10)→top 6Magic 76→75
  • JazzTragic 74→73
  • ThunderWest #5→#6
  • SpursWest #6→#7top 6→play-in (7–10)

Both teams going in

TeamMagicTragicTop-6 magic
JazzWest #14 · 1-5-74-
MavericksWest #7 · 4-276--

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 1 of 3 this season

Jazz 0Mavericks 0

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Team records

Season records counted by this site from BALLDONTLIE results.

Injury report

Jazz

  • Jusuf NurkicOut
  • Trey AlexanderOut
  • Jaren Jackson Jr.Out
  • Kobe BufkinAvailable
  • Harrison IngramOut

Mavericks

  • Santi AldamaOut
  • Dereck Lively IIOut
  • Tarik BiberovicOut
  • Sergio De LarreaOut
  • Kyrie IrvingOut
  • Caleb MartinAvailable

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

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