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NBA 2026-27 · Regular season · NBA Cup · West Group A · Meeting 2 of the season

What does Rockets vs Nuggets change in the NBA playoff race?

Rockets

Houston Rockets

6-1

10:00 PM ET

Scheduled

Nuggets

Denver Nuggets

3-3

Fri, Nov 20, 2026 · 10:00 PM ET (Nov 21, 12:00 KST)Ball Arena, Denver

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What's at stake

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

Rockets win

  • RocketsMagic 73→72Top-6 magic 74→72
  • NuggetsWest #8→#10Magic 77→-Tragic 77→76
7 more teams

Nuggets win

  • RocketsWest #1→#3Top-6 magic 74→-
  • NuggetsWest #8→#7Magic 77→76Tragic 77→-
8 more teams

Both teams going in

TeamMagicTragicTop-6 magic
RocketsWest #1 · 7-173-74
NuggetsWest #8 · 3-27777-

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 2 of 3 this season

Rockets 0Nuggets 0

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Team records

Season records counted by this site from BALLDONTLIE results.

Injury report

Rockets

  • Steven AdamsOut
  • Reed SheppardAvailable
  • Clint CapelaOut
  • Quadir CopelandOut
  • Julian PhillipsOut

Nuggets

  • Spencer JonesOut
  • Julian StrawtherOut
  • Alpha DialloAvailable

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