NBA 2026-27 · Regular season · Meeting 1 of the season
What does Mavericks vs Cavaliers change in the NBA playoff race?
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.
Mavericks win
Cavaliers win
- CavaliersMagic 75→74Top-6 magic 75→74
- MavericksWest #7→#10Magic 76→-
- NuggetsWest #8→#7
- TimberwolvesWest #9→#8
- WarriorsWest #10→#9
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
Before this game
- Nov 14 Mavericks @ Cavaliers (Scheduled)
- Jan 23 Cavaliers @ Mavericks (Scheduled)
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Sat, Nov 14 game · Cleveland
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Team records
Injury report
Mavericks
- Santi AldamaOut
- Dereck Lively IIOut
- Tarik BiberovicOut
- Sergio De LarreaOut
- Kyrie IrvingOut
- Caleb MartinAvailable
Cavaliers
- Jaylon TysonOut
- Peyton WatsonOut
BALLDONTLIE injury report (status only). It can change before tip-off.
Game data: BALLDONTLIE. Magic and tragic numbers are computed by this site.