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

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

Suns

Phoenix Suns

1-3

10:00 PM ET

Scheduled

Kings

Sacramento Kings

1-6

Wed, Nov 18, 2026 · 10:00 PM ET (Nov 19, 12:00 KST)Golden 1 Center, Sacramento

What's at stake

Current standings (103 games played league-wide) plus this one result, recomputed for the 15 West teams. Arithmetic, not odds.

Suns win

Kings win

  • SunsWest #12→#13Tragic 76→75
  • KingsWest #15→#12
12 more teams

Both teams going in

TeamMagicTragicTop-6 magic
SunsWest #12 · 1-3-76-
KingsWest #15 · 1-6-73-

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

Suns 0Kings 0

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Wed, Nov 18 game · Sacramento

Local date

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Team records

Season records counted by this site from BALLDONTLIE results.

Injury report

Suns

  • Mark WilliamsOut
  • Drew TimmeOut
  • Duop ReathOut
  • Pat SpencerOut

Kings

  • Dylan CardwellOut
  • Maxime RaynaudOut
  • Ben SimmonsOut
  • Keegan MurrayOut

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.