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

What does Nets vs Hawks change in the NBA playoff race?

Nets

Brooklyn Nets

1-5

7:30 PM ET

Scheduled

Hawks

Atlanta Hawks

3-4

Sat, Nov 7, 2026 · 7:30 PM ET (Nov 8, 09:30 KST)State Farm Arena, Atlanta

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What's at stake

Current standings (93 games played league-wide) plus this one result, recomputed for the 15 East teams. Arithmetic, not odds.

Nets win

10 more teams

Hawks win

  • HawksEast #7→#6play-in (7–10)→top 6
  • NetsEast #13→#15Tragic 75→74
  • WizardsEast #6→#7top 6→play-in (7–10)
  • BucksEast #14→#13
  • BullsEast #15→#14

Both teams going in

TeamMagicTragicTop-6 magic
NetsEast #13 · 1-5-75-
HawksEast #7 · 3-4---

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

Nets 0Hawks 0

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Team records

Season records counted by this site from BALLDONTLIE results.

Injury report

Nets

  • Tyler BilodeauOut
  • Egor DeminOut
  • Joshua JeffersonOut
  • Grant NelsonOut
  • Ben SarafOut

Hawks

  • Henri VeesaarOut
  • Mouhamed GueyeOut
  • Jock LandaleOut
  • Jalen JohnsonOut
  • Keshon GilbertOut
  • Jalen WilsonOut
  • Kingston FlemingsOut

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

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