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Richards will miss a second straight game after injuring his shoulder during Friday’s loss to the Celtics. Grant Williams started on Saturday and should remain in that role, with Moussa Diabate as the backup.

Vooch’s fantastic season continued on Friday with another dominant performance against Atlanta. He currently ranks in the top ten in 9-cat leagues and is having the best shooting stretch of his career. He has shot 57.7% from the floor, 85.7% from the line and 46.1% on 3-pointers, all of which would be the best marks of his career. It’s safe to assume that he’ll cool off at some point, but managers should enjoy the ride until that happens. He’ll look to keep it going against Memphis on the second night of a back-to-back on Saturday.

With Patrick Williams sidelined for a second straight game, Dosunmu got the starting nod after Torrey Craig started in their last game. He took full advantage of the opportunity and had one of his best games of the season. Dosunmu’s eight assists were a new season-high, and this was his second 20-point game of the year. He has played 29 minutes per game this season, but he hasn’t been able to provide enough value consistently to be a great fantasy option. However, he loggd 38 minutes in this game, and if he continues to start, he’ll be worth streaming.

Johnson has been producing at an elite level recently and has been one of the best players in fantasy basketball. Over the last two weeks, he is averaging 20.2 points, 10.5 rebounds, 5.8 assists, 1.3 steals, 1.5 blocks and 2.0 triples while shooting 52.2% from the floor and 86.7% from the free throw line. The 3.0 turnovers per game during that stretch aren’t great, but he has been able to return positive value in every other category during that stretch. He’s one of the best players in fantasy basketball and has truly turned it on after a slow start to the season.

Capela’s numbers and minutes are way down this year, but that didn’t limit him in this game. He ended up playing 27 minutes, which is four more than his season average. That was enough time for him to set a new season-high for scoring and record a third straight double-double. Capela won’t contribute much outside of rebounds and a strong field goal percentage consistently, though he has been able to swat more shots recently. His best days are behind him, but he’s still capable of providing strong numbers, as he showed in this game.