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All 30 teams will play stateside during Week 14, with the Pacers and Spurs returning from Paris. Most of the league will play four games during the final full week before the February 6 trade deadline. The statuses of players like Jimmy Butler, Bradley Beal, Nikola Vucevic, and Zach LaVine (to name four) loom large over the NBA and fantasy basketball. Let’s look at the Week 14 schedule, beginning with how many games each team will play.
Week 14 Games Played
4 Games: ATL, BOS, CHA, CHI, CLE, DAL, DEN, DET, HOU, LAC, LAL, MIL, MIN, PHI, PHO, TOR, UTA, WAS
3 Games: BKN, GSW, MEM, MIA, NOR, NYK, ORL, POR, SAC, SAS
2 Games: IND, OKC
Week 14 Storylines
– Avoid the Pacers and Thunder due to light schedules.
Indiana and Oklahoma City are the only teams playing two games during Week 14. The two teams are in action on Wednesday and Saturday, two of the schedule’s busier days. Eleven games will be played on Wednesday and nine on Saturday, with Monday (12 games) being the busiest day of Week 14. While the schedule won’t impact fantasy studs like Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Jalen Williams, or Tyrese Haliburton much, low-rostered players on the Pacers and Thunder are essentially off the board for Week 14. Luguentz Dort (24% rostered, Yahoo), Cason Wallace (22%), and Andrew Nembhard (22%) are among the players who, for scheduling reasons, won’t be worth the risk.
– Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday are the “streaming days” to target.
Four games will be played on Tuesday, with Thursday and Sunday having five-game slates. Among the teams that will play on at least two of those days are Atlanta (Tuesday and Thursday), Cleveland (Thursday and Sunday), Houston (Tuesday and Thursday), and Philadelphia (Tuesday and Sunday). In the case of the 76ers, Tuesday’s matchup with the Lakers is the first of a back-to-back, so that will be something else for fantasy managers to deal with.
Joel Embiid (knee) is expected to be re-evaluated either at the end of Week 13 or the beginning of Week 14. With Andre Drummond (toe) also dealing with an injury, Guerschon Yabusele will continue to have added fantasy value. As for Atlanta, it’s unknown how long they’ll be…
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Publish date : 2025-01-26 01:30:00
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