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The Pacers didn’t add a backup big man before the trade deadline, leaving Lou Amundson and Pendergraph as the sole backups behind Roy Hibbert with Jeff Foster (back) remaining out indefinitely. “Jeff is a banger. He knows how to play,” Bird said. Neither Amundson nor Pendergraph are on the fantasy radar.

The Hornets are short on physical wings. Okogie has been starting while Green has missed Charlotte’s last three games, but now both of them are out. DaQuan Jeffries could be poised for a return to the starting lineup against Toronto.

Poole missed a game last week with an elbow injury while Middleton has played sparingly since joining Washington. AJ Johnson will likely get a chance to start for Poole and Justin Champagnie should remain a starting forward.

Bridges and Williams will get a day off after suiting up against Memphis on Tuesday. Tidjane Salaun and Jusuf Nurkic could benefit from their absences against Toronto.

Brown’s nagging knee injury is still lingering in April, but he has a chance to play against Orlando. Sam Hauser could get a spot start if the star wing is ruled out.

It’s not surprising to see Horford sitting for the second leg of a back-to-back again. It appears like Luke Kornet could be in for a spot start against Orlando.

Holiday will miss his second game of the month with a shoulder injury while White will miss his forth game of the season. Payton Pritchard managers should be licking their lips, as the elite sixth man will get to run the offense quite a bit against Orlando.

Tatum and Porzingis will miss their second contests in three games on Wednesday. The Celtics are comfortably second in the Eastern Conference and will use this time to let reserves like Payton Pritchard and Sam Hauser get some major minutes.

Wiggins appears set to return from a six-game layoff against Miami on Wednesday. Pelle Larsson could be in for a move back to the bench after notching a string of starts with Wiggins out.

After a few quiet performances, Powell got back on track in this game. He had scored a total of 34 points over his three previous games, including just nine in their last game on Saturday. Powell has had an excellent season, but he has certainly slowed down in recent months. He has had to take a back seat at times with Kawhi Leonard healthy, so it shouldn’t come as a surprise that Powell is at his best when Leonard is out. Powell has averaged 30 points and 3.8 triples over his last six games without Kawhi.

This was Zubac’s fourth game with at least 20 points and 20 rebounds this season, and he joins Nikola Jokic (5), Domantas Sabonis (4) and Karl-Anthony Towns (4) as the only players to have more than one such game this year. He has been one of the most surprising players in fantasy basketball this season and has provided third-round value in nine-cat leagues despite not previously having a top 100 finish in his career. He’ll continue to shine over the Clippers final three games and will be drafted much earlier next season.