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Kevin Durant Injury Update: Who Rises for the Rockets in Fantasy Basketball?
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Kevin Durant Injury Update: Who Rises for the Rockets in Fantasy Basketball?

Fantasy Sports On SI·Thomas Carelli·about 1 month ago
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The Houston Rockets won Game 5, closing the Lakers series' lead to 3-2. The matchup is far from over, and while the Rockets charge for a comeback, they also hope to get back Kevin Durant. The star and future Hall of Famer has only played one game in the series. Yet, the Rockets need him to win through 7 games. His return, or lack thereof, will affect the world of fantasy basketball and DFS. Fantasy Basketball Impact When Durant has been out, the biggest beneficiary has been Jabari Smith Jr. In the 4 series games without Durant, Smith Jr. has scored +3.7 points and +1.4 rebounds per game above average, or a relative above-average usage increase of> 20% over average. The secondary beneficiaries have been Tari Eason and Amen Thompson. Eason is up +4.3 points per game, while Thompson is up +2.0 points per game. Alperen Sengun, who may be considered rising, has remained quite stagnant in his output, with his statistics only up about 5% from the average.…

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