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

What does Kings vs Magic change in the NBA playoff race?

Kings

Sacramento Kings

1-6

7:00 PM ET

Scheduled

Magic

Orlando Magic

2-5

Mon, Dec 21, 2026 · 7:00 PM ET (Dec 22, 09:00 KST)Kia Center, Orlando

What's at stake

Current standings (98 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.

Kings win

Magic win

  • MagicEast #11→#9outside the top 10→play-in (7–10)Tragic 75→-
  • KingsTragic 73→72
6 more teams
  • HornetsEast #9→#10
  • HeatEast #10→#11play-in (7–10)→outside the top 10Tragic 76→75
  • PacersTragic 74→73
  • BucksTragic 75→74
  • NetsTragic 74→73
  • BullsTragic 74→73

Both teams going in

TeamMagicTragicTop-6 magic
KingsWest #15 · 0-6-73-
MagicEast #11 · 2-5-75-

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

Kings 0Magic 0

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Team records

Season records counted by this site from BALLDONTLIE results.

Injury report

Kings

  • Dylan CardwellOut
  • Maxime RaynaudOut
  • Ben SimmonsOut
  • Keegan MurrayOut

Magic

  • Jonathan IsaacOut
  • Izaiyah NelsonOut
  • Noah PendaOut
  • Paolo BancheroOut
  • Jalen SuggsOut
  • Anthony BlackOut

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.