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

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

Bulls

Chicago Bulls

1-8

9:00 PM ET

Scheduled

Nuggets

Denver Nuggets

5-3

Thu, Feb 11, 2027 · 9:00 PM ET (Feb 12, 11:00 KST)Ball Arena, Denver

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What's at stake

Current standings (146 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.

Bulls win

Nuggets win

6 more teams

Both teams going in

TeamMagicTragicTop-6 magic
BullsEast #14 · 1-8-71-
NuggetsWest #9 · 5-373--

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

Bulls 0Nuggets 0

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Local date

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Team records

Season records counted by this site from BALLDONTLIE results.

Injury report

Bulls

  • Zach CollinsDay-To-Day
  • Norman PowellDay-To-Day

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.