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NBA 2026-27 · Regular season · Meeting 2 of the season

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

Hawks

Atlanta Hawks

7-5

7:30 PM ET

Scheduled

Heat

Miami Heat

5-6

Tue, Dec 1, 2026 · 7:30 PM ET (Dec 2, 09:30 KST)Kaseya Center, Miami

What's at stake

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

Hawks win

  • HawksMagic 68→67Top-6 magic 70→68
  • HeatEast #7→#8
6 more teams

Heat win

Both teams going in

TeamMagicTragicTop-6 magic
HawksEast #4 · 7-568-70
HeatEast #7 · 5-670--

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 2 of 4 this season

Hawks 0Heat 1

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Team records

Season records counted by this site from BALLDONTLIE results.

Injury report

Hawks

  • Henri VeesaarOut
  • Mouhamed GueyeOut
  • Asa NewellOut
  • Keshon GilbertOut
  • RayJ DennisAvailable
  • Kingston FlemingsAvailable
  • Jock LandaleAvailable
  • Jalen WilsonOut

Heat

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

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

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