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

What does 76ers vs Heat change in the NBA playoff race?

76ers

Philadelphia 76ers

9-2

12:30 PM ET

Scheduled

Heat

Miami Heat

4-6

Sat, Jan 30, 2027 · 12:30 PM ET (Jan 31, 02:30 KST)Kaseya Center, Miami

What's at stake

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

76ers win

  • 76ersMagic 67→66Top-6 magic 69→68
  • HeatMagic 72→-

Heat win

Both teams going in

TeamMagicTragicTop-6 magic
76ersEast #1 · 9-267-69
HeatEast #9 · 4-672--

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

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Team records

Season records counted by this site from BALLDONTLIE results.

Injury report

76ers

  • Dominick BarlowOut
  • Ariel HukportiOut
  • Adem BonaOut

Heat

  • Giannis AntetokounmpoProbable

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

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