This week will start up on Wednesday (just one game) and will represent the end of one long scoring period in most formats (Yahoo!, ESPN, Fantrax), while acting as a standalone week in some other league manager systems (CBS). That means it’s an incredibly short week and a rough one if you’ve got Sacramento Kings on your team, as they only play one time.

In addition to it (basically) being a four-day week, that also means all of the three-game teams (nine of them), play a back-to-back, while the Rockets and Jazz will push that total to 11 teams with back-to-backs. And that means some gimpy guys may only be playing twice this week. Here’s the breakdown.

3 Games: CHA, CLE, LAL, MEM, MIL, NYK, ORL, PHO, SAS

2 Games: ATL, BOS, BKN, CHI, DAL, DEN, DET, GSW, HOU, IND, LAC, MIA, MIN, NOP, OKC, PHI, POR, TOR, UTA, WAS

1 Game: SAC

11 teams have a back-to-back: CHA, CLE, HOU, LAL, MEM, MIL, NYK, ORL, PHO, SAS, UTA

Thursday, Friday and Sunday are the busiest days with at least nine games on each. Which means Wednesday and Saturday are the ideal days to stream, with the Hornets and Lakers both playing on each of those days. And speaking of the Lakers and Hornets, they are the lone game on Wednesday night’s return. Additionally, the Lakers and Hornets also play on Thursday, so guys like LeBron James, Luka Doncic and LaMelo Ball (if healthy) could be candidates to sit out one of those two games.

SUMMARY – Top streamers of the Week: Donovan Clingan, Bol Bol, Quentin Grimes, Rui Hachimura, Nick Smith Jr., Moussa Diabate, Tari Eason, Dillon Brooks, Isaiah Collier, Keyonte George, Matas Buzelis and Nick Richards. I go into more detail about all these guys in the text below, but I thought putting the top options in one easy list was the way to go.

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