NBA 2026-27 · Regular season · Meeting 3 of the season
What does Suns vs Mavericks change in the NBA playoff race?
Fri, Jan 8, 2027 · 9:30 PM ET (Jan 9, 11:30 KST)American Airlines Center, Dallas
What's at stake
Current standings (188 games played league-wide) plus this one result, recomputed for the 15 West teams. Arithmetic, not odds.
Suns win
- SunsMagic -→70
9 more teams
- SpursMagic 66→65
- LakersMagic 66→65
- RocketsMagic 67→66
- Trail BlazersMagic 68→67
- TimberwolvesMagic 68→67
- GrizzliesMagic 68→67
- NuggetsMagic 70→69
- WarriorsMagic 69→68
- ThunderMagic 69→68
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 3 this season
Suns 0Mavericks 0
Before this game
- Nov 27 Mavericks @ Suns (Scheduled)
- Dec 26 Suns @ Mavericks (Scheduled)
- Jan 8 Suns @ Mavericks (Scheduled)
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Team records
Injury report
Suns
- Mark WilliamsOut
Mavericks
- Dereck Lively IIOut
- Tarik BiberovicOut
- Sergio De LarreaOut
- Max ChristieOut
- Daniel GaffordOut
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.