NBA 2026-27 · Regular season · Meeting 3 of the season
What does Suns vs Nuggets change in the NBA playoff race?
Tue, Jan 5, 2027 · 10:00 PM ET (Jan 6, 12:00 KST)Ball Arena, Denver
What's at stake
Current standings (103 games played league-wide) plus this one result, recomputed for the 15 West teams. Arithmetic, not odds.
Suns win
Nuggets 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
Suns 0Nuggets 1
Before this game
- Oct 30 Nuggets 127-120 Suns
- Nov 16 Suns @ Nuggets (Scheduled)
- Jan 5 Suns @ Nuggets (Scheduled)
- Apr 2 Nuggets @ Suns (Scheduled)
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Team records
Injury report
Suns
- Mark WilliamsOut
- Drew TimmeOut
- Duop ReathOut
- Pat SpencerOut
Nuggets
- Spencer JonesOut
- Julian StrawtherOut
- Alpha DialloAvailable
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.