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Tyrese Haliburton (ankle) — Available
Keldon Johnson (ankle) — Available
Tyrese Maxey (foot) — Injured
Jakob Poeltl (knee) — Available
Wendell Carter Jr. (foot) — Out
Tobias Harris (hip) — Out
Devin Vassell (ankle) — Out
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Confirmed Lineup: Fred VanVleet, OG Anunoby, Scottie Barnes, Juancho Hernangomez, Thaddeus Young
Chris Boucher (illness) — Out
Dalano Banton (ankle) — Out
Gary Trent Jr. (hip) — Out
Otto Porter (foot) — Out
Ron Harper Jr. (G-League) — Available
Justin Champagnie (back) — Out
Precious Achiuwa (ankle) — Injured
Pascal Siakam (adductor) — Injured
Christian Koloko, Malachi Flynn, Jeff Dowtin, and Khem Birch project to be the top reserves. VanVleet, Anunoby, and Barnes should be expected to do the heavy lifting as Hernangomez and the frontcourt options play low-usage roles.
Confirmed Lineup: Trae Young, Dejounte Murray, De'Andre Hunter, John Collins, Clint Capela
Bogdan Bogdanovic (knee) — Injured
Incredibly, the Raptors are limiting opposing guards to the fewest made field goals (10.1), made threes (3.1), made free throws (4.9), rebounds (10.9), assists (6.8), turnovers (4.3), steals (1.4), blocks (1.3), and fouls (5.2) per game.
Confirmed Lineup: Jalen Suggs, Franz Wagner, Chuma Okeke, Bol Bol, Mo Bamba
Wendell Carter Jr. (foot) — Out
Gary Harris (injury management) — Out
Paolo Banchero (ankle) — Injured
Cole Anthony (oblique) — Injured
Moe Wagner (ankle) — Injured
Markelle Fultz (toe) — Injured
Jonathan Isaac (ACL) — Injured
Bol has recorded 21.6% usage and a 27.3% defensive rebounding rate in 30.4 minutes per game since Banchero got injured. He previously had 17.2% usage and a 22.0% defensive rebounding rate in 22.7 minutes per game.
Confirmed Lineup: Tyrese Haliburton, Andrew Nembhard, Buddy Hield, Jalen Smith, Myles Turner
Tyrese Haliburton (ankle) — Available
Daniel Theis (knee) — Injured
Chris Duarte (ankle) — Injured
Starters should need to claim larger offensive roles if Haliburton misses time. McConnell's usage is 6.9% lower than Haliburton's and his assist rate is 15.8% lower.
Confirmed Lineup: D'Angelo Russell, Anthony Edwards, Jaden McDaniels, Karl-Anthony Towns, Rudy Gobert
Confirmed Lineup: Shake Milton, De'Anthony Melton, Danuel House, PJ Tucker, Joel Embiid
Tobias Harris (hip) — Out
Furkan Korkmaz (knee) — Out
Tyrese Maxey (foot) — Injured
James Harden (foot) — Injured
Milton posted 23.6% usage and a 26.1% assist rate in 31.2 minutes Friday. He could continue to roughly emulate Maxey's role if Maxey is forced to miss additional time.
Confirmed Lineup: Mike Conley, Jordan Clarkson, Lauri Markkanen, Jarred Vanderbilt, Kelly Olynyk
Rudy Gay (hand) — Injured
Confirmed Lineup: Damian Lillard, Anfernee Simons, Josh Hart, Jerami Grant, Jusuf Nurkic
Nassir Little (calf) — In
Keon Johnson (hip) — Out
Gary Payton II (core) — Injured
Utah's defense is beginning to slip: they have allowed 116.9 points per 100 possessions in the last five games after allowing 109.3 in their first 12.
Confirmed Lineup: Tre Jones, Keldon Johnson, Keita Bates-Diop, Jeremy Sochan, Jakob Poeltl
Keldon Johnson (ankle) — Available
Doug McDermott (calf) — Available
Malaki Branham (ankle) — Available
Jakob Poeltl (knee) — Available
Devin Vassell (ankle) — Out
Romeo Langford (health protocols) — Out
Zach Collins (leg) — Injured
Blake Wesley (knee) — Injured
Charles Bassey has recorded an impressive 19.6% rebounding rate and could be positioned for his first career start if Poeltl is ruled out. Keita Bates-Diop or Branham could start with greater usage available across the lineup if Vassell is ruled out.
Confirmed Lineup: Reggie Jackson, Paul George, Kawhi Leonard, Marcus Morris, Ivica Zubac
Luke Kennard (calf) — Out
Leonard posted 19.2% usage and a 25.0% assist rate as he played a season-high 24.5 minutes in his return Thursday. George's usage (27.7%) and assist rate (16.7%) declined with Leonard back.