NBA 2026-27 · Regular season · Meeting 2 of the season
What does Thunder vs Hawks change in the NBA playoff race?
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.
Thunder win
Hawks win
- HawksEast #7→#6play-in (7–10)→top 6Magic 74→73
- ThunderWest #6→#7top 6→play-in (7–10)Magic 75→-Top-6 magic 75→-
- RaptorsEast #6→#7top 6→play-in (7–10)
- TimberwolvesWest #7→#6play-in (7–10)→top 6
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 18 Hawks @ Thunder (Scheduled)
- Dec 20 Thunder @ Hawks (Scheduled)
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Team records
Injury report
Thunder
- Cason WallaceOut
- Jalen WilliamsOut
- Chet HolmgrenOut
- Thomas SorberOut
- Nikola TopicOut
- Alex CarusoOut
Hawks
- Henri VeesaarOut
- Mouhamed GueyeOut
- Jock LandaleOut
- Jalen JohnsonOut
- Kingston FlemingsSuspension
BALLDONTLIE injury report (status only). It can change before tip-off.
Game data: BALLDONTLIE. Magic and tragic numbers are computed by this site.