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NBA 2026-27 · Regular season · Meeting 3 of the season

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

Jazz

Utah Jazz

1-9

9:00 PM ET

Scheduled

Suns

Phoenix Suns

3-5

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What's at stake

Current standings (146 games played league-wide) plus this one result, recomputed for the 15 West teams. Arithmetic, not odds.

Jazz win

10 more teams

Suns win

Both teams going in

TeamMagicTragicTop-6 magic
JazzWest #14 · 1-9-68-
SunsWest #12 · 3-5-72-

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 4 this season

Jazz 0Suns 0

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Team records

Season records counted by this site from BALLDONTLIE results.

Injury report

Jazz

  • Jusuf NurkicOut
  • Jaren Jackson Jr.Out
  • Lauri MarkkanenQuestionable
  • Keyonte GeorgeOut
  • Trey AlexanderOut
  • Kobe BufkinOut
  • Harrison IngramOut

Suns

  • Mark WilliamsOut
  • Jordan GoodwinQuestionable

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

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