NBA 2026-27 · Regular season · Meeting 2 of the season
What does Wizards vs Rockets change in the NBA playoff race?
What's at stake
Current standings (104 games played league-wide) plus this one result, recomputed for all 30 teams in both conferences. Arithmetic, not odds. Interconference game: each result moves one team in each conference.
Wizards win
- WizardsEast #5→#4Magic 74→73Top-6 magic 75→74
- RocketsWest #1→#3
- CavaliersEast #4→#5
- GrizzliesWest #2→#1
- Trail BlazersWest #3→#2
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 2 of 2 this season
Before this game
- Nov 15 Rockets @ Wizards (Scheduled)
- Jan 15 Wizards @ Rockets (Scheduled)
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Fri, Jan 15 game · Houston
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Team records
Injury report
Wizards
- Tristan VukcevicOut
- Jamir WatkinsOut
- Justin ChampagnieOut
- Anthony GillOut
- Alexandre SarrOut
- Reece BeekmanOut
Rockets
- Steven AdamsOut
- Reed SheppardAvailable
- Clint CapelaOut
- Quadir CopelandOut
- Julian PhillipsOut
BALLDONTLIE injury report (status only). It can change before tip-off.
Game data: BALLDONTLIE. Magic and tragic numbers are computed by this site.