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

What does Suns vs Mavericks change in the NBA playoff race?

Suns

Phoenix Suns

5-6

8:00 PM ET

Scheduled

Mavericks

Dallas Mavericks

7-5

Sat, Dec 26, 2026 · 8:00 PM ET (Dec 27, 10:00 KST)American Airlines Center, Dallas

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What's at stake

Current standings (179 games played league-wide) plus this one result, recomputed for the 15 West teams. Arithmetic, not odds.

Suns win

Mavericks win

9 more teams

Both teams going in

TeamMagicTragicTop-6 magic
SunsWest #11 · 5-6-70-
MavericksWest #10 · 7-570--

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 3 this season

Suns 0Mavericks 0

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Team records

Season records counted by this site from BALLDONTLIE results.

Injury report

Suns

  • Mark WilliamsOut
  • Drew TimmeDay-To-Day

Mavericks

  • Dereck Lively IIOut
  • Tarik BiberovicOut
  • Sergio De LarreaOut
  • Max ChristieQuestionable
  • Morez JohnsonProbable
  • Caleb MartinAvailable

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.