NBA 2026-27 · Regular season · Meeting 2 of the season
What does Mavericks vs Nuggets change in the NBA playoff race?
Thu, Feb 4, 2027 · 10:00 PM ET (Feb 5, 12:00 KST)Ball Arena, Denver
What's at stake
Current standings (146 games played league-wide) plus this one result, recomputed for the 15 West teams. Arithmetic, not odds.
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
Mavericks 0Nuggets 0
Before this game
- Nov 24 Mavericks @ Nuggets (Scheduled)
- Feb 4 Mavericks @ Nuggets (Scheduled)
- Mar 31 Nuggets @ Mavericks (Scheduled)
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Team records
Injury report
Mavericks
- Dereck Lively IIOut
- Tarik BiberovicOut
- Sergio De LarreaOut
- Morez JohnsonOut
- Caleb MartinAvailable
Nuggets
- Julian StrawtherOut
- Christian BraunProbable
- DeMar DeRozanProbable
- Aaron GordonProbable
- Cameron JohnsonProbable
- Nikola JokicProbable
- Jamal MurrayProbable
BALLDONTLIE injury report (status only). It can change before tip-off.
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Game data: BALLDONTLIE. Magic and tragic numbers are computed by this site.