Fantasy Basketball Week 23 schedule breakdown

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In many fantasy basketball leagues, Week 23 is championship week. All the work that went into drafting and augmenting rosters comes down to seven days of action, and the good news is that most of the NBA’s teams will play four games.

However, not all schedules are equal, with some teams playing one back-to-back and others two. And of the four teams that only play three games during Week 23, three of them close the week with games on Friday and Sunday.

Let’s look at the Week 23 schedule breakdown and some of its important storylines. Hopefully, it will help you dominate your championship week matchup in a way similar to the UConn men’s basketball team rolling through the East Region over the last two weekends.

Week 23 Games Played

4 Games: ATL, BOS, BKN, CHO, CLE, DAL, DET, GSW, HOU, IND, LAC, LAL, MEM, MIA, MIL, MIN, NOR, NYK, OKC, ORL, PHI, PHO, POR, SAC, TOR, WAS

3 Games: CHI, DEN, SAS, UTA

Week 23 Storylines

– Denver may be the three-game team that’s worth targeting toward the end of Week 23

Chicago, Denver, San Antonio, and Utah only play three games during Week 23, which puts them at a disadvantage regarding fantasy value. However, there is a notable difference in the schedules. While Chicago, San Antonio, and Utah have games on the two busiest days of Week 23 (Friday and Sunday), Denver plays its final game on Saturday, which is a four-game day. Whether or not fantasy managers can mine that roster depends primarily on where the Nuggets are in the race for home-court advantage in the Western Conference playoffs and the health of point guard Jamal Murray.

Murray has been nagged by knee, shin, and ankle issues, most recently sitting out four games (including Denver’s first three of Week 22). Reggie Jackson has been his replacement in the starting lineup and will continue to fill that void if Murray remains sidelined. The Nuggets went into the final day of Week 22 sitting in third place in the West, one game behind Minnesota and Oklahoma City in the loss column. How that impacts Michael Malone’s thinking regarding the rotation is one of the big questions heading into Week 23, especially with other starters (Nikola…

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Publish date : 2024-03-31 05:33:40

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