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

What does Cavaliers vs Pacers change in the NBA playoff race?

Cavaliers

Cleveland Cavaliers

5-5

7:00 PM ET

Scheduled

Pacers

Indiana Pacers

3-7

Wed, Feb 10, 2027 · 7:00 PM ET (Feb 11, 09:00 KST)Gainbridge Fieldhouse, Indianapolis

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What's at stake

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

Cavaliers win

  • CavaliersMagic 71→70
  • PacersEast #10→#11play-in (7–10)→outside the top 10Tragic 72→71
  • HornetsEast #11→#10outside the top 10→play-in (7–10)

Pacers win

11 more teams

Both teams going in

TeamMagicTragicTop-6 magic
CavaliersEast #7 · 5-571--
PacersEast #10 · 3-7-72-

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

Cavaliers 0Pacers 0

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Team records

Season records counted by this site from BALLDONTLIE results.

Injury report

Cavaliers

  • Jaylon TysonOut
  • Jarrett AllenAvailable
  • Sam MerrillOut
  • Khalifa DiopOut
  • Nae'Qwan TomlinOut
  • Ernest Udeh, Jr.Out

Pacers

  • Johnny FurphyOut
  • Ben SheppardOut
  • Tyrese HaliburtonOut
  • T.J. McConnellAvailable

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

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