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

What does Hawks vs Lakers change in the NBA playoff race?

Hawks

Atlanta Hawks

4-4

10:00 PM ET

Scheduled

Lakers

Los Angeles Lakers

5-2

Fri, Mar 19, 2027 · 10:00 PM ET (Mar 20, 11:00 KST)Crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles

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What's at stake

Current standings (103 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.

Hawks win

  • HawksEast #7→#6play-in (7–10)→top 6Magic 74→73
  • LakersWest #5→#7top 6→play-in (7–10)Magic 75→-
8 more teams

Lakers win

Both teams going in

TeamMagicTragicTop-6 magic
HawksEast #7 · 4-474--
LakersWest #5 · 5-275--

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

Hawks 0Lakers 0

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Team records

Season records counted by this site from BALLDONTLIE results.

Injury report

Hawks

  • Henri VeesaarOut
  • Mouhamed GueyeOut
  • Jock LandaleOut
  • Jalen JohnsonOut
  • Kingston FlemingsSuspension

Lakers

  • Adou ThieroOut
  • Walker KesslerAvailable

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

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