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

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

Pacers

Indiana Pacers

2-5

8:00 PM ET

Scheduled

Mavericks

Dallas Mavericks

4-2

Mon, Nov 9, 2026 · 8:00 PM ET (Nov 10, 10:00 KST)American Airlines Center, Dallas

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What's at stake

Current standings (92 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.

Pacers win

  • PacersEast #12→#9outside the top 10→play-in (7–10)Tragic 75→-
  • MavericksWest #6→#10top 6→play-in (7–10)Magic 76→-
7 more teams

Mavericks win

Both teams going in

TeamMagicTragicTop-6 magic
PacersEast #12 · 2-5-75-
MavericksWest #6 · 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 2 of 2 this season

Pacers 0Mavericks 1

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Team records

Season records counted by this site from BALLDONTLIE results.

Injury report

Pacers

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

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.

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