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NBA 2026-27 · Regular season · Meeting 3 of the season

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

Kings

Sacramento Kings

1-6

9:00 PM ET

Scheduled

Suns

Phoenix Suns

1-3

Sat, Jan 2, 2027 · 9:00 PM ET (Jan 3, 11:00 KST)Mortgage Matchup Center, Phoenix

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What's at stake

Current standings (104 games played league-wide) plus this one result, recomputed for the 15 West teams. Arithmetic, not odds.

Kings win

  • SunsWest #12→#13Tragic 76→75
  • KingsWest #15→#12
12 more teams

Suns win

Both teams going in

TeamMagicTragicTop-6 magic
KingsWest #15 · 1-6-73-
SunsWest #12 · 1-3-76-

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

Kings 0Suns 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

Suns

  • Mark WilliamsOut
  • Jordan GoodwinDay-To-Day

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.