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

What does Spurs vs Pistons change in the NBA playoff race?

Spurs

San Antonio Spurs

5-2

3:00 PM ET

Scheduled

Pistons

Detroit Pistons

6-1

Sat, Mar 27, 2027 · 3:00 PM ET (Mar 28, 04:00 KST)Little Caesars Arena, Detroit

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What's at stake

Current standings (104 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.

Spurs win

  • SpursMagic 75→74Top-6 magic 75→74

Pistons win

  • PistonsEast #2→#1Magic 72→71Top-6 magic 73→72
  • SpursWest #4→#7top 6→play-in (7–10)Magic 75→-Top-6 magic 75→-
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Both teams going in

TeamMagicTragicTop-6 magic
SpursWest #4 · 5-275-75
PistonsEast #2 · 6-172-73

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

Spurs 0Pistons 0

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Team records

Season records counted by this site from BALLDONTLIE results.

Injury report

Spurs

  • Jayden QuaintanceOut
  • Tobias HarrisOut

Pistons

  • Jalen DurenOut
  • Isaiah JoeOut

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

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