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While his name hasn’t been mentioned as regularly as those of Jeff Van Gundy and John Lucas in connection with the Rockets job, it appears quite clear that Silas has made a positive impression on the franchise’s decision-makers. Both he and Van Gundy reportedly met with Rockets decision-makers for the second time on Friday. There’s no reported timeline for a decision, but both are firmly in the mix. Silas was also a candidate for the Hawks head coaching vacancy in the spring of 2018, but Lloyd Pierce was the choice in Atlanta.

Curry appeared to tweak something on his right side during the first quarter and was taken back to the locker room before the period concluded. He’s since been ruled out for the rest of the night with right abdominal soreness. In Curry’s absence, the Warriors will have to rely even more on Yaxel Lendeborg and Brandin Podziemski.

The Lakers were already up double digits, so there was no need to bring him back in. If he is to miss time, look for Collin Sexton to take more shots and more minutes for Quentin Grimes. They both become stream options in redraft leagues but not high priority ones.

RJ will have games where he will take a bunch of shots and miss a lot of them. The Raptors were without Kawhi Leonard and Scottie Barnes in this one, so the Raptors needed the offense. The Celtics did a good job guarding him which ended up being the difference between a win and a loss. He’ll have better games from the field, and enjoy the peripheral stats you got in this one.

IQ was returning from a hamstring injury and this was his first game back. On the season, IQ has been shooting 38.7% from the field which is just not good enough. He’s a career 42.4% field goal shooter which should show that there is room for him to bounce back, but it’s undoubtedly been a slow start efficiency wise. The next opportunity to bounce back will be on Thursday against the Sixers.

Walter got going early in the first quarter which helped the Raptors stay in the game in the first half. He led the team in scoring in this game which goes to show the offensive woes of the Raptors in this game. He also led the team in minutes with 35 of them. Overall, it was a bad game from the Raptors where they couldn’t even get offense from RJ Barrett. Solid game but Walter isn’t more than just a streamer.

Neemias Queta led the team with a +27 in this game which helps shows the impact he had on this game. He was active on defense and active on the boards. You don’t love the five turnovers, but the 30 minutes of play is very nice. He even hit a three which is something you don’t expect from him. He won’t do this every game and sometimes, they’ll go to Mitchell Robinson, but he was great in this one.

One of the big reasons why you have Derrick White on your fantasy team is for the blocks, and he got you four of them today. White hasn’t exactly been what you would want from the scoring department this season, but its hard to complain about this performance. White is 32 years old, so the decline is relatively expected.

Wilson, who was a game-time call for Wednesday due to a right hip injury, exited during the third quarter with an apparent right hand injury. Patrick Williams replaced Wilson at the time of the injury and could find himself back in the rotation if the rookie misses time. Wilson finished with 15 points, five rebounds, one steal and two three-pointers.

Hart returned to the Knicks lineup after a three-game absence, and he looked a bit rusty. His missed time and early foul trouble kept Hart to 26 minutes, and he recorded no defensive stats. Landry Shamet, who returned to the bench with Hart available, contributed 12 points, two rebounds, four assists and two three-pointers in 29 minutes. A good chunk of Shamet’s minutes came at the expense of Mikal Bridges (two points, one rebound and two assists in 17 minutes), whose struggles continue.

McBride was responsible for 19 of the Knicks’ 37 bench points on Wednesday, finishing one point shy of his season high. Deuce has gotten off to a relatively slow start, scoring in double figures in three of the Knicks’ first 11 games. Deep-league managers will hope that McBride uses Wednesday’s performance as a catalyst after his slow start.