NBA 2026-27 · Regular season · Meeting 3 of the season
What does Warriors vs Suns change in the NBA playoff race?
Mon, Dec 28, 2026 · 9:00 PM ET (Dec 29, 11:00 KST)Mortgage Matchup Center, Phoenix
What's at stake
Current standings (103 games played league-wide) plus this one result, recomputed for the 15 West teams. Arithmetic, not odds.
Warriors win
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 3 of 4 this season
Warriors 0Suns 1
Before this game
- Oct 24 Warriors 122-131 Suns
- Nov 2 Suns @ Warriors (Scheduled)
- Dec 28 Warriors @ Suns (Scheduled)
- Apr 6 Suns @ Warriors (Scheduled)
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Team records
Injury report
Warriors
- Kristaps PorzingisOut
- Jimmy ButlerOut
- Moses MoodyOut
- Gui SantosOut
- Al HorfordOut
- Brandon WilliamsOut
Suns
- Mark WilliamsOut
- Drew TimmeOut
- Duop ReathOut
- Pat SpencerOut
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.