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George injured his knee early in the third quarter, exiting the game and heading to the locker room immediately. He has since been ruled out for the rest of the night. What’s concerning is that this is the same knee George injured during the preseason, resulting in the 76ers wing missing the first five regular season games. Kelly Oubre Jr. is the likely “next man up” if George misses time.

Monk will be out for at least one more game, which will allow for Keon Ellis to continue to play a large role off the bench. He hasn’t played well through most of Monk’s absence, but he exploded for nine 3-pointers in their last game.

Sacramento will be close to full strength with two of their stars returning for Friday’s game. Alex Len and Trey Lyles will be bumped out of the starting unit, and Doug McDermott and Orlando Robinson likely won’t play many minutes off the bench, if any.

Jokic has missed their last three games, which has allowed Dario Saric to start in his place and for DeAndre Jordan to play a small role off the bench. However, if Jokic is back, both Saric and Jordan will lose the limited streaming value that they held.

DiVincenzo will play through the back spasms once again in this game. He was dealing with them ahead of their last one, but he was still able to hit a season-high five 3-pointers. He hasn’t started his tenure in Minnesota well, but he’ll look to build off their last game.

In Barnes’ return, it won’t be Agbaji that gets demoted to a reserve role. Davion Mitchell, who had been starting at point guard in place of Immanuel Quickley, will return to coming off the bench. He should still play plenty of minutes, but the streaming appeal isn’t there anymore.

NAW will get the start in place of Mike Conley, who will miss just his second game of the season with a toe sprain. Donte DiVincenzo will still play the largest reserve role, though they may also turn to Rob Dillingham to fill some of those minutes.

Conley will be sidelined for just the second time this season. Nickeil Alexander-Walker will slide into the starting unit in his place, though there will be a few minutes off the bench for Rob Dillingham.

As expected, Thompson will remain sidelined for at least one more game before making his season debut. He has been cleared by the league to return to play, and now it is on the team to make sure that he is back in shape. He’ll be an excellent source of defensive stats and rebounds when he is back to his normal role.

Craig hasn’t been much of a factor in fantasy this season, but he started their last game in place of Patrick Williams. He should be available to start once again despite this leg contusion, and he had a 15/6/2/1/1 line with three 3-pointers in 28 minutes on Wednesday.

Sanogo’s lack of availability does not impact fantasy basketball or the team’s rotation.