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NBA 2026-27 · Regular season · Meeting 4 of the season

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

Jazz

Utah Jazz

1-11

9:00 PM ET

Scheduled

Nuggets

Denver Nuggets

6-4

Wed, Feb 17, 2027 · 9:00 PM ET (Feb 18, 11:00 KST)Ball Arena, Denver

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What's at stake

Current standings (174 games played league-wide) plus this one result, recomputed for the 15 West teams. Arithmetic, not odds.

Jazz win

Nuggets win

4 more teams

Both teams going in

TeamMagicTragicTop-6 magic
JazzWest #15 · 1-11-65-
NuggetsWest #9 · 6-471--

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 4 of 4 this season

Jazz 0Nuggets 0

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Wed, Feb 17 game · Denver

Local date

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Team records

Season records counted by this site from BALLDONTLIE results.

Injury report

Jazz

  • Jusuf NurkicOut
  • Jaren Jackson Jr.Out
  • Lauri MarkkanenOut
  • Trey AlexanderOut
  • Kobe BufkinOut
  • Harrison IngramOut

Nuggets

  • Julian StrawtherOut
  • DaRon Holmes IIOut
  • Ryan NembhardOut
  • Cam WhitmoreOut

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.