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

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

Mavericks

Dallas Mavericks

7-5

9:00 PM ET

Scheduled

Suns

Phoenix Suns

5-6

Fri, Nov 27, 2026 · 9:00 PM ET (Nov 28, 11:00 KST)Mortgage Matchup Center, Phoenix

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What's at stake

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

Mavericks win

9 more teams

Suns win

Both teams going in

TeamMagicTragicTop-6 magic
MavericksWest #10 · 7-570--
SunsWest #11 · 5-6-70-

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 0Suns 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
  • Max ChristieQuestionable
  • Morez JohnsonProbable
  • Caleb MartinAvailable

Suns

  • Mark WilliamsOut
  • Drew TimmeDay-To-Day

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.