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

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

Mavericks

Dallas Mavericks

4-2

6:00 PM ET

Scheduled

Celtics

Boston Celtics

5-1

Sun, Nov 15, 2026 · 6:00 PM ET (Nov 16, 08:00 KST)TD Garden, Boston

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.

Mavericks win

Celtics win

  • CelticsEast #2→#1Magic 74→73Top-6 magic 74→73
  • MavericksWest #6→#10top 6→play-in (7–10)Magic 76→-
5 more teams

Both teams going in

TeamMagicTragicTop-6 magic
MavericksWest #6 · 4-276--
CelticsEast #2 · 5-174-74

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

Mavericks 0Celtics 0

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Sun, Nov 15 game · Boston

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Team records

Season records counted by this site from BALLDONTLIE results.

Injury report

Mavericks

  • Santi AldamaDoubtful
  • Dereck Lively IIOut
  • Tarik BiberovicOut
  • Sergio De LarreaOut
  • Kyrie IrvingQuestionable
  • Caleb MartinAvailable

Celtics

  • Devin CarterOut
  • Mitchell RobinsonOut

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.