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Carter suffered a fractured nose during Monday’s win over the Pistons, with the injury limiting him to 18 minutes. If he can’t play on Wednesday, Goga Bitadze is the likely replacement in the starting five.

The Lakers will be without Austin Reaves on Sunday, as he suffered a left heel injury during Wednesday’s win over the Bucks and is day-to-day. Grimes, who missed the last two games with a finger injury, is available and will start. The Lakers’ other four starters are unchanged.

Playing against the 76ers in Philadelphia for the first time since leaving in free agency, Oubre recorded a solid stat line and played 28 minutes on Sunday. Because of injuries to other Pacers, he’s started each of the last three games and performed well enough to merit streaming in deep leagues. Oubre is rostered in 21 percent of Yahoo leagues, but the Week 5 schedule doesn’t favor him early on. The Pacers play three games, with their first scheduled for Wednesday.

With a career chock-full of accomplishments, James moved up another all-time list on Sunday. His 11 assists pushed him past Jason Kidd and into third on the all-time assist list, trailing only John Stockton and Chris Paul. Unfortunately for those rostering LeBron, he’s likely available for only two of Philadelphia’s three games next week, as they visit the Nets on Monday.

The 76ers didn’t have Joel Embiid (foot) on Sunday, leading to Walker making his first start of the season. He provided solid value in rebounds, blocks and three-pointers, playing 25 minutes. Walker’s long-term fantasy outlook doesn’t change, but he can be valuable when allowed to start for the former MVP. Tacko Fall even appeared on Sunday, but that’s unlikely to happen on Monday against the Nets if Embiid plays.

Brown struggled with turnovers on Sunday, committing five, but he also scored a season-high 31 points. The 76ers wing has two 30-point games this season, and Sunday’s effort matched his total in Philadelphia’s two previous games. The two categories of concern for fantasy managers rostering Brown are free-throw percentage and turnovers, but he’s providing top-50 value so far.

At this point, it’s easier to track the games in which Maxey doesn’t score at least 25 points. Against the Pacers, the 76ers guard scored 27 points for the third time in four games. Maxey shot 5-of-10 from beyond the arc, setting a season high for three-pointers in a game. Add in the assists, and this was a good end to the week for those rostering the 76ers guard. Philadelphia plays three games next week, starting with the Nets on Monday.

Fox, who was limited to 17 minutes in Friday’s win over the Warriors, won’t play on Sunday. His absence should increase usage for Stephon Castle and Dylan Harper. Also, Julian Champagnie could move into the starting lineup.

Murray is available to play after missing Saturday’s practice with an illness. He returned to the Kings’ starting lineup on Friday and should retain that role.