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

What does Celtics vs Warriors change in the NBA playoff race?

Celtics

Boston Celtics

8-2

8:30 PM ET

Scheduled

Warriors

Golden State Warriors

7-3

Sun, Nov 22, 2026 · 8:30 PM ET (Nov 23, 10:30 KST)Chase Center, San Francisco

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.

Celtics win

Warriors win

Both teams going in

TeamMagicTragicTop-6 magic
CelticsEast #2 · 8-268-70
WarriorsWest #6 · 7-371--

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

Celtics 0Warriors 0

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Team records

Season records counted by this site from BALLDONTLIE results.

Injury report

Celtics

No injuries listed

Warriors

  • Kristaps PorzingisOut
  • Jimmy ButlerOut
  • Moses MoodyOut
  • Will RichardOut
  • Gui SantosProbable

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

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