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Joel Embiid (calf) — Available
James Harden (Achilles) — Out
Trae Young (calf) — Available
De'Aaron Fox (hamstring) — Out
Tyrese Haliburton (injury management) — Available
Lauri Markkanen (hand) — Out
Jordan Clarkson (finger) — Out
Myles Turner (back) — Out
Bennedict Mathurin (injury management) — Available
De'Andre Hunter (knee) — Out
Trey Murphy (toe) — Available
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Confirmed Lineup: Tyrese Haliburton, Andrew Nembhard, Bennedict Mathurin, Aaron Nesmith, Isaiah Jackson
Tyrese Haliburton (injury management) — Available
Myles Turner (back) — Out
Bennedict Mathurin (injury management) — Available
Chris Duarte (ankle) — Available
Mathurin started instead of Buddy Hield, but both played at least 14.5 first-half minutes during Friday's blowout loss. Hield was asked to assume additional facilitating responsibilities in his new role and dished out four assists. Mathurin scored two points on one-for-four shooting after previously registering a -6.8% usage differential when sharing the court with Haliburton and Turner.
Confirmed Lineup: Trae Young, Dejounte Murray, Bogdan Bogdanovic, John Collins, Clint Capela
Trae Young (calf) — Available
Dejounte Murray (illness) — Not on injury report
De'Andre Hunter (knee) — Out
Jalen Johnson (hamstring, groin) — Injured
Bogdan Bogdanovic could continue to start while Aaron Holiday and Garrison Mathews remain in the rotation if Young or Hunter are sidelined. Murray (29.2%), Hunter (23.0%), and Bogdanovic (21.9%) led the Hawks in usage, while Murray (31.6%) and Bogdanovic (20.0%) posted the highest assist rates on the team during the last four games Young missed.
Confirmed Lineup: Spencer Dinwiddie, Mikal Bridges, Cam Johnson, Dorian Finney-Smith, Nic Claxton
Seth Curry (personal) — Out
Ben Simmons (back) — Injured
Johnson (41.5%), Cam Thomas (29.2%), and Finney-Smith (23.8%) recorded dramatically reduced effective field goal percentages during the last four games. Dinwiddie, Bridges, and Royce O'Neale could shoulder more of the offense if that trend continues during Curry's absence.
Confirmed Lineup: Gabe Vincent, Tyler Herro, Jimmy Butler, Kevin Love, Bam Adebayo
Kyle Lowry (knee) — Available
Caleb Martin (knee) — Available
Nikola Jovic (back) — Out
Cody Zeller (nose) — Injured
Butler has been playing potentially his best basketball in the season lately, leading the Heat with 26.6% usage and 28.3% assist rates as he's recorded a 61.0 eFG% during the last 10 contests. However, he hasn't exceeded 20 points in his last five matches against teams that employ Mikal Bridges, including a 13-point performance on four-for-11 shooting last month.
Confirmed Lineup: Jrue Holiday, Grayson Allen, Khris Middleton, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Brook Lopez
Joe Ingles (injury management) — Not on injury report
Jae Crowder (calf) — Out
Meyers Leonard (calf) — Out
Goran Dragic (knee) — Out
Before Middleton was ruled out Friday, Lopez (18.8%) and Holiday (18.2%) had submitted diminished usage rates while sharing the floor more with Middleton and Antetokounmpo during the last five matches. That trend will likely persist: Lopez (-6.3%) and Holiday (-6.2%) have posted sharply negative usage differentials when sharing the court with Middleton and Antetokounmpo this season.
Confirmed Lineup: Jamal Murray, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, Michael Porter Jr., Aaron Gordon, Nikola Jokic
After being a surprising strength for most of the season, Milwaukee's perimeter defense has regressed as they've allowed the sixth-most made threes per game (13.9) during their last 10 matches. Murray and Porter Jr. have shot 42.7% or better from downtown while leading the Nuggets with 3.2 made threes per game this month.
Confirmed Lineup: Tyrese Maxey, De'Anthony Melton, Tobias Harris, PJ Tucker, Joel Embiid
Joel Embiid (calf) — Available
James Harden (Achilles) — Out
Jalen McDaniels (hip) — Available
Danuel House (shoulder) — Out
Coach Rivers said Friday they're expressing caution with Harden at this point in the season and also remarked that Harden is likelier to return for Monday's game than Saturday's. Though Melton and Harris will likely be tasked with generating additional offense if Harden remains out, Embiid and Maxey's roles should remain the most expanded.
Confirmed Lineup: Chris Paul, Devin Booker, Josh Okogie, Torrey Craig, Bismack Biyombo
Deandre Ayton (hip) — Out
Kevin Durant (ankle) — Injured
The Suns have gone 5-5, and the 76ers have gone 8-3 when playing on zero days of rest this season. Additionally, Phoenix has an 11-15 record against teams with top-ten point differentials, scoring the eighth-fewest points per 100 possessions (111.8) during those contests. Philadelphia has recorded the fourth-best point differential (+5.2) league-wide.
Confirmed Lineup: Talen Horton-Tucker, Ochai Agbaji, Simone Fontecchio, Kelly Olynyk, Walker Kessler
Lauri Markkanen (hand) — Out
Jordan Clarkson (finger) — Out
Rudy Gay (back) — Out
Collin Sexton (hamstring) — Injured
Simone Fontecchio will continue to start while additional shots are available across the lineup if Markkanen and Clarkson remain out. Horton-Tucker, Olynyk, and Kris Dunn will also be asked to facilitate more of the offense as they retain increasingly featured roles in that event.
Confirmed Lineup: Davion Mitchell, Kevin Huerter, Harrison Barnes, Keegan Murray, Domantas Sabonis
De'Aaron Fox (hamstring) — Out
Though Mitchell has averaged 29.0 minutes in games Fox has missed this season, Huerter and Barnes' roles arguably expanded most during those contests. Huerter logged +2.5% usage and +6.6% assist rate differentials, while Barnes posted +3.4% usage and +3.0% assist rate differentials.
Confirmed Lineup: CJ McCollum, Herb Jones, Brandon Ingram, Trey Murphy, Jonas Valanciunas
Trey Murphy (toe) — Available
Jose Alvarado (leg) — Injured
Zion Williamson (hamstring) — Injured
Ingram returned from a sprained ankle to record at least six assists in the last five contests, leading the team with an elevated 34.9% assist rate. Conversely, McCollum logged a reduced 20.1% assist rate during those matches and has dished out six or fewer assists during the last four games. Both players could handle slightly less of the facilitating responsibilities if Josh Richardson and Dyson Daniels absorb a majority of Murphy's minutes in the event he's ruled out.
Confirmed Lineup: Russell Westbrook, Eric Gordon, Kawhi Leonard, Marcus Morris, Ivica Zubac
Brandon Boston Jr. (tailbone) — Out
Paul George (knee) — Injured
Norman Powell (shoulder) — Injured
Westbrook (30.7%), Gordon (22.9%), and Morris (19.5%) recorded heightened usage rates while Bones Hyland was asked to generate offense off the bench in the first game of George's absence Thursday. While Leonard will generally be more involved offensively than the 13-for-15 shooting performance he submitted in 34.5 minutes, Westbrook, Gordon, Morris, and Hyland will similarly play heightened roles until Powell returns.