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

What does Thunder vs Kings change in the NBA playoff race?

Thunder

Oklahoma City Thunder

5-2

9:00 PM ET

Scheduled

Kings

Sacramento Kings

0-6

Sun, Nov 15, 2026 · 9:00 PM ET (Nov 16, 11:00 KST)Golden 1 Center, Sacramento

What's at stake

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

Thunder win

Kings win

  • ThunderWest #5→#7top 6→play-in (7–10)Magic 75→-
  • SpursWest #6→#5
  • MavericksWest #7→#6play-in (7–10)→top 6

Both teams going in

TeamMagicTragicTop-6 magic
ThunderWest #5 · 5-275--
KingsWest #15 · 0-6-73-

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 4 this season

Thunder 0Kings 0

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Team records

Season records counted by this site from BALLDONTLIE results.

Injury report

Thunder

  • Cason WallaceOut
  • Jalen WilliamsOut
  • Chet HolmgrenOut
  • Thomas SorberOut
  • Nikola TopicOut
  • Alex CarusoOut

Kings

  • Dylan CardwellOut
  • Maxime RaynaudOut
  • Ben SimmonsOut
  • Keegan MurrayOut
  • Zach LaVineAvailable
  • Sean PedullaOut

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

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