NBA 2026-27 · Regular season · Meeting 3 of the season
What does Heat vs Knicks change in the NBA playoff race?
Thu, Jan 14, 2027 · 7:30 PM ET (Jan 15, 09:30 KST)Madison Square Garden, New York
What's at stake
Current standings (174 games played league-wide) plus this one result, recomputed for the 15 East teams. Arithmetic, not odds.
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
Heat 0Knicks 0
Before this game
- Nov 27 Heat @ Knicks (Scheduled)
- Dec 12 Knicks @ Heat (Scheduled)
- Jan 14 Heat @ Knicks (Scheduled)
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Team records
Injury report
Heat
- Pelle LarssonQuestionable
- Klay ThompsonQuestionable
- Giannis AntetokounmpoProbable
- Vladislav GoldinOut
Knicks
No injuries listed
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.