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Caruso injured his hip during Monday’s win over Washington, but his absence won’t significantly impact fantasy basketball. Oklahoma City has multiple players, including Cason Wallace and Ajay Mitchell, who can absorb the minutes that would usually go to Caruso.

Green and the Rockets met little resistance in New Orleans, leading by as much as 30 before coasting to the win. Green has been a top 100 player in 8-cat formats this season, which aligns with his Yahoo ADP (91). Thursday’s performance was much-needed after Green scored eight points in Monday’s win over the Hornets. Houston has two more games on its schedule for the week, beginning with the Timberwolves on Friday.

Johnson’s 29 points were a game-high as the Nets beat the Bucks with Giannis Antetokounmpo and Damian Lillard out. With the Nets missing Cam Thomas, Johnson has stepped up as the primary scorer for Brooklyn. He only took 13 shots from the field, but got to the foul line and made all nine of his free throw attempts. Fantasy managers can continue to expect Johnson to operate as the focal point of the Nets’ offense going forward.

White had been in a bit of a shooting slump, but broke out of it Thursday as he had 23 points on 13 shots and made 5-of-8 attempts from behind the 3-point line. He also dished out nine assists, though he had three turnovers. White is seeing more usage as Josh Giddey’s ankle injury lingers and Ayo Dosunmu was also out Thursday.