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

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

Clippers

LA Clippers

1-5

8:00 PM ET

Scheduled

Thunder

Oklahoma City Thunder

5-2

Fri, Mar 26, 2027 · 8:00 PM ET (Mar 27, 09:00 KST)Paycom Center, Oklahoma City

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What's at stake

Current standings (104 games played league-wide) plus this one result, recomputed for the 15 West teams. Arithmetic, not odds.

Clippers win

  • ThunderWest #6→#7top 6→play-in (7–10)Magic 75→-Top-6 magic 75→-
  • ClippersWest #13→#12
  • TimberwolvesWest #7→#6play-in (7–10)→top 6
  • SunsWest #12→#13

Thunder win

Both teams going in

TeamMagicTragicTop-6 magic
ClippersWest #13 · 1-5-74-
ThunderWest #6 · 5-275-75

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

Clippers 0Thunder 1

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Team records

Season records counted by this site from BALLDONTLIE results.

Injury report

Clippers

  • Bradley BealOut
  • Yanic Konan NiederhauserOut
  • Brandon IngramOut
  • Jordan MillerOut
  • Derrick Jones Jr.Out
  • Rui HachimuraOut

Thunder

  • Cason WallaceOut
  • Jalen WilliamsOut
  • Chet HolmgrenOut
  • Thomas SorberOut
  • Nikola TopicOut
  • Alex CarusoOut

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

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