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

What does Suns vs Magic change in the NBA playoff race?

Suns

Phoenix Suns

1-3

7:00 PM ET

Scheduled

Magic

Orlando Magic

2-4

Tue, Mar 9, 2027 · 7:00 PM ET (Mar 10, 09:00 KST)Kia Center, Orlando

What's at stake

Current standings (92 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.

Suns win

  • MagicEast #11→#12Tragic 76→75
  • SunsWest #12→#11
12 more teams

Magic win

  • MagicEast #11→#8outside the top 10→play-in (7–10)Tragic 76→-
  • SunsTragic 76→75
13 more teams

Both teams going in

TeamMagicTragicTop-6 magic
SunsWest #12 · 1-3-76-
MagicEast #11 · 2-4-76-

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

Suns 0Magic 0

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Tue, Mar 9 game · Orlando

Local date

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Team records

Season records counted by this site from BALLDONTLIE results.

Injury report

Suns

  • Mark WilliamsOut
  • Drew TimmeOut

Magic

  • Jonathan IsaacOut
  • Izaiyah NelsonOut
  • Noah PendaOut
  • Paolo BancheroOut
  • Jalen SuggsOut

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.