Last Updated on March 3, 2025 3:04 am by Keston Paul | Published: March 3, 2025

Injury Report

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Note that teams have until 1 p.m. local time on the day of a game to submit their report for the second leg of a back-to-back, so look out for updates throughout the day as appropriate.

Teams that have a Sunday-Monday B2B:

Heat, Thunder, Blazers, Jazz

Andrew Wiggins and Jaime Jaquez Jr. were out on Sunday.

Chet Holmgren and Isaiah Joe were out on Sunday.

Jerami Grant (allergic to March games) was out on Sunday.

Markkanen, Kessler, Sexton, Clarkson and Collins were out on Sunday.

Portland Trail Blazers @ Philadelphia 76ers

Game Time: 7:00 pm ET

DraftKings Lines

POR +3.5 (+136), PHI -3.5 (-162)
Game Total: 229

Key Storylines

Jerami Grant: Grant is notorious for barely playing in March but the Blazers seem to be pretty competitive, so I’m not sure if they will “shut him down” or if they will try to bring him back to compete.

Hi Grimes: Quentin Grimes is coming off a career-high 44 points after a few duds. Paul George is questionable for this game and he could have more usage on his plate if George is out as well. Andre Drummond started the last game but Guerschon Yabusele also did his thing so the Sixers could become a streaming gold mine.

Stream of the Game

Quentin Grimes: The man of the hour. 

Alternatives:

Donovan Clingan (severe foul trouble on Sunday)
Guerschon Yabusele
Andre Drummond

–deep league line–
Justin Edwards
Ricky Council IV
Kris Murray
Dalano Banton

Golden State Warriors @ Charlotte Hornets

Game Time: 7:00 pm ET

DraftKings Lines

GSW -12 (-625), CHA +12 (+455)
Game Total: 224.5

Key Storylines

Jimmy Butler III: The most interesting to me will be seeing how Jonathan Kuminga fits when he returns. I don’t think Kuminga and Butler are a good fit together so I’m personally not too big on stashing Kuminga.

Miles Bridges questionable: Jusuf Nurkic is also off the injury report. if Bridges is out, I wonder if the Hornets would start Moussa Diabate at PF (terrible for spacing) or opt for rookie Tidjane Salaun (deep-league value there) or just go to a very small lineup…

Stream of the Game

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Keston majored in Biology and minored in Literatures in English at the University of the West Indies (U.W.I.), St. Augustine. Hailing from Trinidad & Tobago, Kes grew up loving cricket, then football (soccer, not NFL) & never missed a Barça game in the 2010s. Later on, he grew obsessed with basketball/fantasy basketball & unfortunately claims to be a Sixers fan for some reason.

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