NBA 2026-27 · Regular season · Meeting 2 of the season
What does Mavericks vs Nets change in the NBA playoff race?
What's at stake
Current standings (103 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.
Mavericks win
Nets win
10 more teams
- RocketsMagic 73→72
- GrizzliesMagic 74→73
- Trail BlazersMagic 76→75
- SpursMagic 75→74
- LakersMagic 75→74
- ThunderMagic 75→74
- TimberwolvesMagic -→74
- NuggetsMagic 77→76
- WarriorsMagic -→75
- SunsMagic -→78
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 2 this season
Before this game
- Nov 8 Nets @ Mavericks (Scheduled)
- Dec 16 Mavericks @ Nets (Scheduled)
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Team records
Injury report
Mavericks
- Santi AldamaOut
- Dereck Lively IIOut
- Tarik BiberovicOut
- Sergio De LarreaOut
- Kyrie IrvingOut
- Max ChristieDay-To-Day
Nets
- Tyler BilodeauOut
- Egor DeminOut
BALLDONTLIE injury report (status only). It can change before tip-off.
Game data: BALLDONTLIE. Magic and tragic numbers are computed by this site.