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

What does Clippers vs Jazz change in the NBA playoff race?

Clippers

LA Clippers

1-5

9:00 PM ET

Scheduled

Jazz

Utah Jazz

1-6

Wed, Jan 20, 2027 · 9:00 PM ET (Jan 21, 11:00 KST)Delta Center, Salt Lake City

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What's at stake

Current standings (104 games played league-wide) plus this one result, recomputed for the 15 West teams. Arithmetic, not odds.

Clippers win

Jazz win

Both teams going in

TeamMagicTragicTop-6 magic
ClippersWest #13 · 1-5-74-
JazzWest #14 · 1-6-73-

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 4 this season

Clippers 0Jazz 0

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Team records

Season records counted by this site from BALLDONTLIE results.

Injury report

Clippers

  • Bradley BealOut
  • Yanic Konan NiederhauserOut
  • Brandon IngramOut
  • Jordan MillerOut
  • Derrick Jones Jr.Out
  • Rui HachimuraOut

Jazz

  • Jusuf NurkicOut
  • Trey AlexanderOut
  • Jaren Jackson Jr.Out

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

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