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NBA 2026-27 · Regular season · NBA Cup · East Group B · Meeting 1 of the season

What does Heat vs Knicks change in the NBA playoff race?

Heat

Miami Heat

5-6

7:00 PM ET

Scheduled

Knicks

New York Knicks

6-6

Fri, Nov 27, 2026 · 7:00 PM ET (Nov 28, 09:00 KST)Madison Square Garden, New York

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What's at stake

Current standings (176 games played league-wide) plus this one result, recomputed for the 15 East teams. Arithmetic, not odds.

Heat win

  • KnicksEast #5→#7top 6→play-in (7–10)
  • HeatEast #7→#6play-in (7–10)→top 6Magic 70→69Top-6 magic -→70
5 more teams

Knicks win

  • KnicksMagic 69→68Top-6 magic -→69
  • HeatEast #7→#8
6 more teams

Both teams going in

TeamMagicTragicTop-6 magic
HeatEast #7 · 5-670--
KnicksEast #5 · 6-669--

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

Heat 0Knicks 0

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Team records

Season records counted by this site from BALLDONTLIE results.

Injury report

Heat

  • Pelle LarssonOut
  • Klay ThompsonOut
  • Giannis AntetokounmpoAvailable
  • Vladislav GoldinOut

Knicks

No injuries listed

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

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