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Hardy got the start with Dallas resting their three starting perimeter players, and he shined brightly. He missed all six of his 2-point attempts, but he knocked down six of his 10 3-point attempts and provided plenty of assists and steals. Hardy may be a fun reserve this year with Tim Hardaway Jr. gone, but it is unlikely that he makes a consistent fantasy impact when the roster is healthy.

Coffey has reached double figures in six of ten games in November, with Monday’s point total being the highest since November 4 (21 vs. San Antonio). Like fellow reserve Terance Mann, Coffey is more valuable to the Clippers than fantasy managers. But if he can surpass 25 minutes consistently (26 or more in four of the last five), he may be worthy of addition to deep league watch lists.

Mann is one of those players who is more valuable to his team than to fantasy managers. On Monday, he made critical plays out of the short roll, finishing with six assists. There’s no need to add Mann since he’s coming off the bench and not approaching starters’ minutes, but he had a good night on Monday.

Zubac didn’t do much scoring on Monday, but his rebounding and defensive production should not be overlooked. The 7-footer finished one rebound shy of his season-high, and he matched his season-high with two steals. Zubac is providing top-75 per-game value in 8-cat formats, and he can sustain that value, especially with Kawhi Leonard (knee) sidelined.

While he wasn’t on the injury report leading into Monday’s game, Harden was under the weather, according to Clippers coach Tyronn Lue. That likely explains The Beard’s scoring production tailing off after halftime, as he focused more on setting up his teammates. The 16 assists matched Harden’s season-high, and he committed just three turnovers. Harden is providing first-round per-game value in 8-cat formats.

Powell matched his season average on Monday with 23 points, putting up that number on nearly 67% shooting from the field. Limited production in categories outside of points and 3-pointers is what fantasy managers feared at draft time, but this hasn’t been the norm for Powell this season. He’s ranked just outside the top 50 in season-long value, significantly exceeding his Yahoo ADP (130).

Fox wasn’t able to maintain his historic scoring pace, but he did have another good game in this one. He has now scored 137 points over the last four days, which has helped fantasy managers out tremendously. They now have three days off before their next game, and there is a chance that Domantas Sabonis, DeMar DeRozan and Malik Monk are all back in the lineup for that one. If that’s the case, Fox will continue to be excellent in fantasy, but the monster scoring nights like he has had recently will likely be over.

With DeMar DeRozan sidelined once again, Lyles got another start in this game. DeRozan is inching closer to a return, and with their next game coming on Friday, it could be for that game. However, if he misses another game, Lyles should be worth streaming. He is averaging 14.5 points, 6.5 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 4.0 threes during his two starts this season and is available in 95 % of leagues. Since they don’t play until Friday, just keep an eye on him at this point.