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

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

Clippers

LA Clippers

1-5

9:00 PM ET

Scheduled

Suns

Phoenix Suns

1-3

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What's at stake

Current standings (104 games played league-wide) plus this one result, recomputed for the 15 West teams. Arithmetic, not odds.

Clippers win

10 more teams

Suns win

Both teams going in

TeamMagicTragicTop-6 magic
ClippersWest #13 · 1-5-74-
SunsWest #12 · 1-3-76-

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

Clippers 0Suns 0

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Team records

Season records counted by this site from BALLDONTLIE results.

Injury report

Clippers

  • Bradley BealOut
  • Yanic Konan NiederhauserOut
  • Brandon IngramOut
  • Jordan MillerOut
  • Derrick Jones Jr.Out
  • Rui HachimuraOut

Suns

  • Mark WilliamsOut
  • Jordan GoodwinDay-To-Day

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

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