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

What does Bucks vs Thunder change in the NBA playoff race?

Bucks

Milwaukee Bucks

1-12

8:00 PM ET

Scheduled

Thunder

Oklahoma City Thunder

8-4

Tue, Dec 29, 2026 · 8:00 PM ET (Dec 30, 10:00 KST)Paycom Center, Oklahoma City

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What's at stake

Current standings (179 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.

Bucks win

No number changes

Thunder win

Both teams going in

TeamMagicTragicTop-6 magic
BucksEast #15 · 1-12-65-
ThunderWest #8 · 8-469--

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

Bucks 0Thunder 0

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Team records

Season records counted by this site from BALLDONTLIE results.

Injury report

Bucks

No injuries listed

Thunder

  • Cason WallaceOut
  • Jalen WilliamsOut
  • Chet HolmgrenOut
  • Thomas SorberOut
  • Jaylin WilliamsOut
  • Ajay MitchellOut
  • Nikola TopicAvailable

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

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