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

What does Kings vs Celtics change in the NBA playoff race?

Kings

Sacramento Kings

1-9

7:30 PM ET

Scheduled

Celtics

Boston Celtics

8-2

Tue, Mar 16, 2027 · 7:30 PM ET (Mar 17, 08:30 KST)TD Garden, Boston

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.

Kings win

Celtics win

  • CelticsEast #2→#1Magic 68→67Top-6 magic 70→69
  • KingsTragic 68→67
  • 76ersEast #1→#2

Both teams going in

TeamMagicTragicTop-6 magic
KingsWest #15 · 1-9-68-
CelticsEast #2 · 8-268-70

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

Kings 0Celtics 0

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Tue, Mar 16 game · Boston

Local date

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Team records

Season records counted by this site from BALLDONTLIE results.

Injury report

Kings

  • Maxime RaynaudOut
  • Ben SimmonsOut
  • Domantas SabonisQuestionable
  • Jonathan MogboOut
  • Keegan MurrayQuestionable
  • Sean PedullaOut

Celtics

  • Devin CarterOut
  • Chris Cenac Jr.Questionable
  • Dillon MitchellQuestionable
  • Amari WilliamsOut

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.