NBA 2026-27 · Regular season · Meeting 1 of the season
What does Warriors vs Mavericks change in the NBA playoff race?
Wed, Nov 18, 2026 · 9:30 PM ET (Nov 19, 11:30 KST)American Airlines Center, Dallas
What's at stake
Current standings (103 games played league-wide) plus this one result, recomputed for the 15 West teams. Arithmetic, not odds.
Warriors win
- WarriorsWest #9→#8Magic -→74
9 more teams
- RocketsMagic 73→72
- GrizzliesMagic 74→73
- Trail BlazersMagic 76→75
- SpursMagic 75→74
- LakersMagic 75→74
- ThunderMagic 75→74
- TimberwolvesMagic -→74
- NuggetsWest #8→#9Magic 77→76
- SunsMagic -→78
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
Warriors 0Mavericks 0
Before this game
- Nov 18 Warriors @ Mavericks (Scheduled)
- Dec 22 Mavericks @ Warriors (Scheduled)
- Feb 25 Mavericks @ Warriors (Scheduled)
- Mar 2 Warriors @ Mavericks (Scheduled)
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Team records
Injury report
Warriors
- Kristaps PorzingisOut
- Jimmy ButlerOut
- Moses MoodyOut
- Gui SantosOut
- Al HorfordOut
- Brandon WilliamsOut
Mavericks
- Santi AldamaOut
- Dereck Lively IIOut
- Tarik BiberovicOut
- Sergio De LarreaOut
- Kyrie IrvingOut
- Max ChristieDay-To-Day
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.