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NBA 2026-27 · Regular season · Meeting 1 of the season

What does Nuggets vs Pacers change in the NBA playoff race?

Nuggets

Denver Nuggets

3-2

5:00 PM ET

Scheduled

Pacers

Indiana Pacers

2-5

Sat, Nov 7, 2026 · 5:00 PM ET (Nov 8, 07:00 KST)Gainbridge Fieldhouse, Indianapolis

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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.

Nuggets win

5 more teams

Pacers win

  • PacersEast #12→#9outside the top 10→play-in (7–10)Tragic 75→-
  • NuggetsWest #8→#10Magic 77→-
5 more teams

Both teams going in

TeamMagicTragicTop-6 magic
NuggetsWest #8 · 3-277--
PacersEast #12 · 2-5-75-

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 2 this season

Nuggets 0Pacers 0

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Team records

Season records counted by this site from BALLDONTLIE results.

Injury report

Nuggets

  • Spencer JonesOut
  • Julian StrawtherOut
  • Alpha DialloAvailable

Pacers

  • T.J. McConnellOut
  • Johnny FurphyOut
  • Ben SheppardOut
  • Ivica ZubacOut
  • Tyrese HaliburtonOut
  • Obi ToppinOut
  • Larry Nance Jr.Out
  • Andrew NembhardOut
  • Aaron NesmithOut
  • Pascal SiakamOut
  • Kelly Oubre Jr.Out

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

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