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It’s unclear how long he’ll be out, but his absence from the active roster doesn’t impact fantasy hoops.

McDermott entered the starting lineup with Keegan Murray out and ended up playing 27 minutes. Our expectations were that he could help out with points and threes as a streamer in deep leagues and that mostly came true as he had 16 points and four 3-pointers. The question is why was the rest of his stat line almost completely empty? Did McBuckets grab his lone rebound by accident? Either way, McDermott can be safely dropped after this performance.

Fox led the Kings in scoring and shot attempts, but he wasn’t efficient and ended up a -13 in 39 minutes in the one-point Sacramento loss. While he typically finds a way to get his numbers and is one of the best scorers in the game, he hasn’t played his best yet this year and is still a top-20 player in fantasy. It’s scary to think that his ceiling is even higher than this.

Westbrook filled in for the injured Christian Braun (back). He predictably handled the ball and allowed Jamal Murray to take on a larger scoring role. Westbrook excelled in his 35 minutes as he was merely one rebound shy of a triple-double. The 36-year-old point guard is still a productive streaming option when Denver is missing a starter.

Ho-hum. At this point, a 20-point triple-double is merely lite work for the 29-year-old center. Jokic has won the MVP award three times already and will only fail to win it again due to voter fatigue. Even on a night where he only scored 20 points, the big man filled up the stat sheet in every other category. The Joker continues to be a fantasy beast.

Murray led the Nuggets in scoring and shot attempts in his second game back from a hamstring injury. He had 28 points on 26 shots and six assists, but only one turnover and was +10 in 38 minutes in the one-point Denver victory. It’s been a down shooting year for the 27-year-old point guard, but he got there on volume in this one.