NBA 2026-27 · Regular season · Meeting 3 of the season
What does Kings vs Thunder change in the NBA playoff race?
Sun, Jan 3, 2027 · 8:00 PM ET (Jan 4, 10:00 KST)Paycom Center, Oklahoma City
What's at stake
Current standings (103 games played league-wide) plus this one result, recomputed for the 15 West teams. Arithmetic, not odds.
Kings win
9 more teams
- RocketsTop-6 magic 74→73
- GrizzliesTop-6 magic 75→74
- Trail BlazersTop-6 magic 77→76
- SpursTop-6 magic -→75
- LakersTop-6 magic -→75
- TimberwolvesWest #7→#6play-in (7–10)→top 6
- NuggetsTop-6 magic -→77
- ClippersWest #13→#14
- JazzWest #14→#15
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 0Thunder 0
Before this game
- Nov 15 Thunder @ Kings (Scheduled)
- Dec 16 Kings @ Thunder (Scheduled)
- Jan 3 Kings @ Thunder (Scheduled)
- Mar 4 Thunder @ Kings (Scheduled)
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Team records
Injury report
Kings
- Dylan CardwellOut
- Maxime RaynaudOut
- Ben SimmonsOut
- Keegan MurrayOut
Thunder
- Cason WallaceOut
- Jalen WilliamsOut
- Chet HolmgrenOut
- Thomas SorberOut
- Nikola TopicOut
- Alex CarusoOut
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.