NBA 2026-27 · Regular season · Meeting 3 of the season
What does Heat vs Pistons change in the NBA playoff race?
Thu, Feb 25, 2027 · 7:00 PM ET (Feb 26, 09:00 KST)Little Caesars Arena, Detroit
What's at stake
Current standings (103 games played league-wide) plus this one result, recomputed for the 15 East teams. Arithmetic, not odds.
Heat win
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
Heat 0Pistons 1
Before this game
- Oct 23 Pistons 128-111 Heat
- Nov 14 Pistons @ Heat (Scheduled)
- Feb 25 Heat @ Pistons (Scheduled)
- Apr 4 Heat @ Pistons (Scheduled)
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Team records
Injury report
Heat
- Tre DonaldsonAvailable
- Vladislav GoldinAvailable
- Tim Hardaway Jr.Available
Pistons
- Jalen DurenOut
- Isaiah JoeOut
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.