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

What does Raptors vs Nets change in the NBA playoff race?

Raptors

Toronto Raptors

5-7

6:00 PM ET

Scheduled

Nets

Brooklyn Nets

3-8

Sat, Jan 23, 2027 · 6:00 PM ET (Jan 24, 08:00 KST)Barclays Center, New York

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What's at stake

Current standings (174 games played league-wide) plus this one result, recomputed for the 15 East teams. Arithmetic, not odds.

Raptors win

Nets win

Both teams going in

TeamMagicTragicTop-6 magic
RaptorsEast #8 · 5-770--
NetsEast #13 · 3-8-70-

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

Raptors 0Nets 0

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Team records

Season records counted by this site from BALLDONTLIE results.

Injury report

Raptors

  • Nate BittleOut
  • Kawhi LeonardOut
  • Scottie BarnesOut
  • Trayce Jackson-DavisDay-To-Day
  • Kevin McCullar Jr.Day-To-Day

Nets

  • Nolan TraoréDay-To-Day
  • Mikel Brown Jr.Day-To-Day

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

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