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Jaylen Brown and Kristaps Porzingis Injury Update: January 3 vs. Rockets

Jaylen Brown and Kristaps Porzingis Injury Update: January 3 vs. Rockets

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By: Zach Thompson

The Celtics finish their back-to-back on Friday night with a road game in Houston after getting a win in Minnesota on Thursday against the Timberwolves. The team was without both Jaylen Brown and Kristaps Porzingis for that game and both are listed as questionable for Friday’s game in Houston.

Brown is second on the team behind only Jayson Tatum ($10,200) in usage and Porzingis is third with a 25.2% usage rate. Porzingis has only been able to play 11 games this season, averaging 33.7 fantasy points per game.

With both players out on Thursday, Tatum carried the load with 33 points, nine assists, eight rebounds and 64.5 fantasy points in 38 minutes. Derrick White ($7,100) and Jrue Holiday ($5,100) also got some extra work and finished with 38 and 32.25 fantasy points, respectively.

If Brown and Porzingis remain out on Friday, Tatum and those guards would have to do more heavy lifting, while bargain plays Luke Kornet ($4,000) and Neemias Queta ($3,900) would have to take on more minutes in the frontcourt with Al Horford (rest) also out.

With Brown, Porzingis and Horford off the floor this season, Tatum produces 1.7 fantasy points per minute while his usage increases almost 10% to a sky-high 40.0%. Payton Pritchard ($6,000) has also thrived in that scenario, averaging 1.0 fantasy point per minute with that trio off the floor.

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I am a promoter at DraftKings and am also an avid fan and user (my username is z.thompson) and may sometimes play on my personal account in the games that I offer advice on. Although I have expressed my personal view on the games and strategies above, they do not necessarily reflect the view(s) of DraftKings and do not constitute a representation that any particular strategy will guarantee success. All customers should use their own skill and judgment in building lineups. I may also deploy different players and strategies than what I recommend above. I am not an employee of DraftKings and do not have access to any non-public information.

Zach Thompson
Zach has been part of the DraftKings team since 2017 and covers baseball, basketball, golf, football and any other sport that offers DFS fun. He has been playing fantasy sports since box scores were only available in the newspaper the following day. Even though he grew up almost 8,000 miles away in Guam, he is a diehard Boston sports fan but will take a fantasy value play wherever he can get it, even if it’s from the Yankees.
Disclaimer

I am a promoter at DraftKings and am also an avid fan and user (my username is z.thompson) and may sometimes play on my personal account in the games that I offer advice on. Although I have expressed my personal view on the games and strategies above, they do not necessarily reflect the view(s) of DraftKings and do not constitute a representation that any particular strategy will guarantee success. All customers should use their own skills and judgment in building lineups. I may also deploy different players and strategies than what I recommend above. I am not an employee of DraftKings and do not have access to any non-public information.