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

What does Bulls vs Spurs change in the NBA playoff race?

Bulls

Chicago Bulls

1-6

8:00 PM ET

Scheduled

Spurs

San Antonio Spurs

5-2

Fri, Dec 18, 2026 · 8:00 PM ET (Dec 19, 10:00 KST)Frost Bank Center, San Antonio

What's at stake

Current standings (104 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.

Bulls win

BullsEast #15→#13
SpursWest #4→#7top 6→play-in (7–10)Magic 75→-Top-6 magic 75→-

5 more teams

NetsEast #13→#14
BucksEast #14→#15
LakersWest #5→#4
ThunderWest #6→#5
TimberwolvesWest #7→#6play-in (7–10)→top 6

Spurs win

BullsTragic 74→73
SpursMagic 75→74Top-6 magic 75→74

Both teams going in

Team	Magic	Tragic	Top-6 magic
BullsEast #15 · 1-6	-	74	-
SpursWest #4 · 5-2	75	-	75

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

Bulls 0Spurs 0

Before this game

Nov 11 Spurs @ Bulls (Scheduled)
Dec 18 Bulls @ Spurs (Scheduled)

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Fri, Dec 18 game · San Antonio

Local date

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Team records

Bulls1-6
Spurs5-2

Season records counted by this site from BALLDONTLIE results.

Injury report

Bulls

Nicolas ClaxtonOut

Spurs

Jayden QuaintanceOut
Tobias HarrisOut

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

Bulls playoff scenarios →Spurs playoff scenarios → NBA schedule & results Magic numbers Stat leaders NBA standings & scenarios →

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