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

What does Nuggets vs Celtics change in the NBA playoff race?

Nuggets

Denver Nuggets

3-3

7:30 PM ET

Scheduled

Celtics

Boston Celtics

5-1

Tue, Feb 9, 2027 · 7:30 PM ET (Feb 10, 09:30 KST)TD Garden, Boston

What's at stake

Current standings (103 games played league-wide) plus this one result, recomputed for all 30 teams in both conferences. Arithmetic, not odds. Interconference game: each result moves one team in each conference.

Nuggets win

  • NuggetsWest #8→#7Magic 77→76Tragic 77→-
6 more teams

Celtics win

  • CelticsMagic 73→72Top-6 magic 74→73
  • NuggetsWest #8→#10Magic 77→-Tragic 77→76
8 more teams

Both teams going in

TeamMagicTragicTop-6 magic
NuggetsWest #8 · 3-27777-
CelticsEast #3 · 5-273-74

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 2 this season

Nuggets 0Celtics 0

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Tue, Feb 9 game · Boston

Local date

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Team records

Season records counted by this site from BALLDONTLIE results.

Injury report

Nuggets

  • Spencer JonesOut
  • Julian StrawtherOut

Celtics

  • Devin CarterOut
  • Paul GeorgeOut

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.