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NBA 2026-27 · Regular season · NBA Cup · West Group A · Meeting 1 of the season

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

Mavericks

Dallas Mavericks

6-4

10:00 PM ET

Scheduled

Nuggets

Denver Nuggets

5-3

Tue, Nov 24, 2026 · 10:00 PM ET (Nov 25, 12:00 KST)Ball Arena, Denver

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What's at stake

Current standings (146 games played league-wide) plus this one result, recomputed for the 15 West teams. Arithmetic, not odds.

Mavericks win

Nuggets win

5 more teams

Both teams going in

TeamMagicTragicTop-6 magic
MavericksWest #10 · 6-472--
NuggetsWest #9 · 5-373--

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 3 this season

Mavericks 0Nuggets 0

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Team records

Season records counted by this site from BALLDONTLIE results.

Injury report

Mavericks

  • Dereck Lively IIOut
  • Tarik BiberovicOut
  • Sergio De LarreaOut

Nuggets

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

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.