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

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

Timberwolves

Minnesota Timberwolves

5-3

9:00 PM ET

Scheduled

Jazz

Utah Jazz

1-6

Mon, Dec 14, 2026 · 9:00 PM ET (Dec 15, 11:00 KST)Delta Center, Salt Lake City

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What's at stake

Current standings (103 games played league-wide) plus this one result, recomputed for the 15 West teams. Arithmetic, not odds.

Timberwolves win

  • JazzWest #14→#15Tragic 73→72
  • KingsWest #15→#14

Jazz win

11 more teams

Both teams going in

TeamMagicTragicTop-6 magic
TimberwolvesWest #7 · 5-3---
JazzWest #14 · 1-6-73-

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

Timberwolves 0Jazz 0

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Mon, Dec 14 game · Salt Lake City

Local date

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Team records

Season records counted by this site from BALLDONTLIE results.

Injury report

Timberwolves

  • Donte DiVincenzoOut
  • Anthony EdwardsOut
  • Terrence Shannon Jr.Out

Jazz

  • Jusuf NurkicOut
  • Trey AlexanderOut
  • Jaren Jackson Jr.Out
  • Kobe BufkinAvailable
  • 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.