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

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

Thunder

Oklahoma City Thunder

8-4

8:00 PM ET

Scheduled

Bucks

Milwaukee Bucks

1-12

Sat, Nov 28, 2026 · 8:00 PM ET (Nov 29, 10:00 KST)Fiserv Forum, Milwaukee

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What's at stake

Current standings (176 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

  • BucksTragic 65→64
  • ThunderWest #7→#6play-in (7–10)→top 6Magic 69→68
  • WarriorsWest #6→#7top 6→play-in (7–10)

Bucks win

Both teams going in

TeamMagicTragicTop-6 magic
ThunderWest #7 · 8-469--
BucksEast #15 · 1-12-65-

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 0Bucks 0

Before this game

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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
  • Ajay MitchellOut
  • Nikola TopicAvailable

Bucks

No injuries listed

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.