NBA 2026-27 · Regular season · Meeting 1 of the season
What does Rockets vs Wizards 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.
Rockets win
Wizards win
- WizardsEast #6→#5Magic 76→75Top-6 magic 76→75
- RocketsWest #2→#3Top-6 magic 75→-
- RaptorsEast #5→#6
- Trail BlazersWest #3→#2
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 15 Rockets @ Wizards (Scheduled)
- Jan 15 Wizards @ Rockets (Scheduled)
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Sun, Nov 15 game · Washington DC
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Team records
Injury report
Rockets
- Steven AdamsOut
- Reed SheppardAvailable
- Clint CapelaOut
- Quadir CopelandOut
- Julian PhillipsOut
Wizards
- Tristan VukcevicOut
- Jamir WatkinsOut
- Justin ChampagnieOut
- Anthony GillOut
- Alexandre SarrOut
- Reece BeekmanOut
BALLDONTLIE injury report (status only). It can change before tip-off.
Game data: BALLDONTLIE. Magic and tragic numbers are computed by this site.