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NBA 2026-27 · Regular season · Meeting 2 of the season

What does Magic vs Wizards change in the NBA playoff race?

Magic

Orlando Magic

2-5

7:00 PM ET

Scheduled

Wizards

Washington Wizards

4-3

Sun, Nov 22, 2026 · 7:00 PM ET (Nov 23, 09:00 KST)Capital One Arena, Washington DC

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What's at stake

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

Magic win

  • WizardsEast #5→#6Top-6 magic 75→-
  • MagicEast #11→#9outside the top 10→play-in (7–10)Tragic 75→-
7 more teams

Wizards win

  • WizardsEast #5→#4Magic 74→72Top-6 magic 75→74
  • MagicEast #11→#12Tragic 75→74
10 more teams

Both teams going in

TeamMagicTragicTop-6 magic
MagicEast #11 · 2-5-75-
WizardsEast #5 · 4-374-75

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 4 this season

Magic 0Wizards 1

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Team records

Season records counted by this site from BALLDONTLIE results.

Injury report

Magic

  • Jonathan IsaacOut
  • Izaiyah NelsonOut
  • Noah PendaOut
  • Paolo BancheroOut
  • Jalen SuggsOut
  • Anthony BlackOut

Wizards

  • Tristan VukcevicOut
  • Jamir WatkinsOut
  • Justin ChampagnieOut
  • Anthony GillOut
  • Alexandre SarrOut
  • Reece BeekmanOut

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

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