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

What does 76ers vs Rockets change in the NBA playoff race?

76ers

Philadelphia 76ers

10-3

8:30 PM ET

Scheduled

Rockets

Houston Rockets

9-3

Sat, Nov 28, 2026 · 8:30 PM ET (Nov 29, 10:30 KST)Toyota Center, Houston

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What's at stake

Current standings (174 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.

76ers win

Rockets win

Both teams going in

TeamMagicTragicTop-6 magic
76ersEast #2 · 10-365-67
RocketsWest #4 · 9-368-70

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 2 this season

76ers 0Rockets 0

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Team records

Season records counted by this site from BALLDONTLIE results.

Injury report

76ers

  • Dominick BarlowOut
  • Ariel HukportiOut
  • Adem BonaOut
  • LeBron JamesDay-To-Day

Rockets

  • Steven AdamsOut
  • Clint CapelaOut
  • Quadir CopelandOut
  • Julian PhillipsOut
  • Marcus SmartOut

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

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