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NBA 2026-27 · Regular season · Meeting 2 of the season

What does Pacers vs Wizards change in the NBA playoff race?

Pacers

Indiana Pacers

2-6

1:00 PM ET

Scheduled

Wizards

Washington Wizards

4-3

Sun, Jan 17, 2027 · 1:00 PM ET (Jan 18, 03:00 KST)Capital One Arena, Washington DC

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What's at stake

Current standings (103 games played league-wide) plus this one result, recomputed for the 15 East teams. Arithmetic, not odds.

Pacers win

  • WizardsEast #5→#6Top-6 magic 75→-
  • PacersEast #12→#11Tragic 74→-
6 more teams

Wizards win

Both teams going in

TeamMagicTragicTop-6 magic
PacersEast #12 · 2-6-74-
WizardsEast #5 · 4-374-75

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 3 this season

Pacers 0Wizards 0

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Team records

Season records counted by this site from BALLDONTLIE results.

Injury report

Pacers

  • T.J. McConnellOut
  • Johnny FurphyOut
  • Ben SheppardOut
  • Ivica ZubacOut
  • Tyrese HaliburtonOut
  • Obi ToppinOut
  • Larry Nance Jr.Out
  • Andrew NembhardOut
  • Aaron NesmithOut
  • Pascal SiakamOut
  • Kelly Oubre Jr.Out

Wizards

  • Tristan VukcevicOut
  • Jamir WatkinsOut
  • Justin ChampagnieOut
  • Anthony GillOut
  • Alexandre SarrOut
  • Reece BeekmanOut

BALLDONTLIE injury report (status only). It can change before tip-off.

Game data: BALLDONTLIE. Magic and tragic numbers are computed by this site.