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

What does Mavericks vs Clippers change in the NBA playoff race?

Mavericks

Dallas Mavericks

6-4

10:30 PM ET

Scheduled

Clippers

LA Clippers

2-7

Mon, Mar 22, 2027 · 10:30 PM ET (Mar 23, 11:30 KST)Intuit Dome, Los Angeles

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What's at stake

Current standings (146 games played league-wide) plus this one result, recomputed for the 15 West teams. Arithmetic, not odds.

Mavericks win

Clippers win

Both teams going in

TeamMagicTragicTop-6 magic
MavericksWest #10 · 6-472--
ClippersWest #13 · 2-7-70-

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 3 of 3 this season

Mavericks 0Clippers 0

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Team records

Season records counted by this site from BALLDONTLIE results.

Injury report

Mavericks

  • Dereck Lively IIOut
  • Tarik BiberovicOut
  • Sergio De LarreaOut
  • Morez JohnsonOut
  • Caleb MartinAvailable

Clippers

  • Bradley BealOut
  • Yanic Konan NiederhauserOut
  • Brandon IngramOut
  • Jordan MillerOut
  • Cam ChristieQuestionable
  • Nick MartinelliQuestionable

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

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