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

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

Thunder

Oklahoma City Thunder

8-2

6:00 PM ET

Scheduled

Heat

Miami Heat

4-6

Sun, Nov 22, 2026 · 6:00 PM ET (Nov 23, 08:00 KST)Kaseya Center, Miami

What's at stake

Current standings (146 games played league-wide) plus this one result, recomputed for all 30 teams in both conferences. Arithmetic, not odds. Interconference game: each result moves one team in each conference.

Thunder win

  • HeatMagic 72→-
  • ThunderWest #3→#2Magic 70→69Top-6 magic 72→71
  • SpursWest #2→#3

Heat win

Both teams going in

TeamMagicTragicTop-6 magic
ThunderWest #3 · 8-270-72
HeatEast #9 · 4-672--

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 2 this season

Thunder 0Heat 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
  • Jaylin WilliamsOut

Heat

No injuries listed

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

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