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

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

Thunder

Oklahoma City Thunder

8-2

7:30 PM ET

Scheduled

Pacers

Indiana Pacers

3-7

Mon, Nov 23, 2026 · 7:30 PM ET (Nov 24, 09:30 KST)Gainbridge Fieldhouse, Indianapolis

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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.

Thunder win

  • PacersEast #10→#11play-in (7–10)→outside the top 10Tragic 72→71
  • ThunderWest #3→#2Magic 70→69Top-6 magic 72→71
  • HornetsEast #11→#10outside the top 10→play-in (7–10)
  • SpursWest #2→#3

Pacers win

6 more teams

Both teams going in

TeamMagicTragicTop-6 magic
ThunderWest #3 · 8-270-72
PacersEast #10 · 3-7-72-

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 0Pacers 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

Pacers

  • Johnny FurphyOut
  • Ben SheppardOut
  • Tyrese HaliburtonOut
  • T.J. McConnellQuestionable

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.