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

What does Celtics vs Spurs change in the NBA playoff race?

Celtics

Boston Celtics

10-2

4:00 PM ET

Scheduled

Spurs

San Antonio Spurs

10-2

Sun, Nov 29, 2026 · 4:00 PM ET (Nov 30, 06:00 KST)Frost Bank Center, San Antonio

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.

Celtics win

  • CelticsMagic 65→64Top-6 magic 67→66

Spurs win

  • SpursWest #2→#1Magic 67→66Top-6 magic 69→68
  • LakersWest #1→#2

Both teams going in

TeamMagicTragicTop-6 magic
CelticsEast #1 · 10-265-67
SpursWest #2 · 10-267-69

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

Celtics 0Spurs 0

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Team records

Season records counted by this site from BALLDONTLIE results.

Injury report

Celtics

  • Paul GeorgeDay-To-Day

Spurs

  • Jayden QuaintanceOut
  • Tobias HarrisOut
  • Devin VassellAvailable
  • De'Aaron FoxAvailable

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

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