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

What does Nuggets vs Jazz change in the NBA playoff race?

Nuggets

Denver Nuggets

6-4

9:30 PM ET

Scheduled

Jazz

Utah Jazz

1-11

Sat, Dec 12, 2026 · 9:30 PM ET (Dec 13, 11:30 KST)Delta Center, Salt Lake City

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What's at stake

Current standings (179 games played league-wide) plus this one result, recomputed for the 15 West teams. Arithmetic, not odds.

Nuggets win

4 more teams

Jazz win

Both teams going in

TeamMagicTragicTop-6 magic
NuggetsWest #9 · 6-471--
JazzWest #15 · 1-11-65-

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 2 of 4 this season

Nuggets 0Jazz 0

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Local date

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Team records

Season records counted by this site from BALLDONTLIE results.

Injury report

Nuggets

  • Julian StrawtherOut
  • DaRon Holmes IIOut
  • Ryan NembhardOut
  • Cam WhitmoreOut

Jazz

  • Jusuf NurkicOut
  • Jaren Jackson Jr.Out
  • Lauri MarkkanenOut
  • Trey AlexanderOut
  • Kobe BufkinOut
  • Harrison IngramOut

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.