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

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

Nuggets

Denver Nuggets

5-3

7:00 PM ET

Scheduled

Bulls

Chicago Bulls

1-8

Sun, Nov 22, 2026 · 7:00 PM ET (Nov 23, 09:00 KST)United Center, Chicago

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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.

Nuggets win

6 more teams

Bulls win

Both teams going in

TeamMagicTragicTop-6 magic
NuggetsWest #9 · 5-373--
BullsEast #14 · 1-8-71-

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

Nuggets 0Bulls 0

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Team records

Season records counted by this site from BALLDONTLIE results.

Injury report

Nuggets

  • Julian StrawtherOut
  • Christian BraunQuestionable
  • DeMar DeRozanQuestionable
  • Aaron GordonQuestionable
  • Cameron JohnsonQuestionable
  • Nikola JokicQuestionable
  • Jamal MurrayQuestionable

Bulls

  • Zach CollinsOut
  • Norman PowellOut

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.