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

What does 76ers vs Cavaliers change in the NBA playoff race?

76ers

Philadelphia 76ers

7-1

7:00 PM ET

Scheduled

Cavaliers

Cleveland Cavaliers

4-3

Mon, Mar 1, 2027 · 7:00 PM ET (Mar 2, 09:00 KST)Rocket Arena, Cleveland

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What's at stake

Current standings (101 games played league-wide) plus this one result, recomputed for the 15 East teams. Arithmetic, not odds.

76ers win

Cavaliers win

Both teams going in

TeamMagicTragicTop-6 magic
76ersEast #1 · 7-171-72
CavaliersEast #4 · 4-374-75

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 3 this season

76ers 1Cavaliers 0

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Team records

Season records counted by this site from BALLDONTLIE results.

Injury report

76ers

  • Dominick BarlowOut
  • Ariel HukportiOut

Cavaliers

  • Jaylon TysonOut
  • Peyton WatsonOut

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

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