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

What does Clippers vs Mavericks change in the NBA playoff race?

Clippers

LA Clippers

2-7

8:00 PM ET

Scheduled

Mavericks

Dallas Mavericks

6-4

Sat, Nov 21, 2026 · 8:00 PM ET (Nov 22, 10:00 KST)American Airlines Center, Dallas

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What's at stake

Current standings (146 games played league-wide) plus this one result, recomputed for the 15 West teams. Arithmetic, not odds.

Clippers win

Mavericks win

Both teams going in

TeamMagicTragicTop-6 magic
ClippersWest #13 · 2-7-70-
MavericksWest #10 · 6-472--

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 3 this season

Clippers 0Mavericks 0

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Team records

Season records counted by this site from BALLDONTLIE results.

Injury report

Clippers

  • Bradley BealOut
  • Yanic Konan NiederhauserOut
  • Brandon IngramOut
  • Jordan MillerOut
  • Isaiah JacksonOut

Mavericks

  • Dereck Lively IIOut
  • Tarik BiberovicOut
  • Sergio De LarreaOut

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

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