2024-25 Fantasy Basketball Week 5 Schedule Breakdown

Week 5 of the 2024-25 season is the last full week before Thanksgiving, a day the NBA usually cedes to the NFL. While Week 6 will have some heavily congested game days due to the holiday, that isn’t the case in Week 5, with no more than eight games (Monday and Wednesday) being played any day. Most teams will play three games, while four will only play twice. Let’s look at the Week 5 schedule breakdown and some critical storylines.

Week 5 Games Played

4 Games: CHI, GSW, HOU, IND, LAC, MIL, ORL, PHI

3 Games: ATL, BOS, BKN, CHA, CLE, DAL, DEN, DET, LAL, MEM, NOR, NYK, POR, SAC, SAS, TOR, UTA, WAS

2 Games: MIA, MIN, OKC, PHO

Week 5 Storylines

– Most of the league’s teams will play three games in Week 5

Rarely is a three-game week disqualifying concerning fantasy value, and that’s especially the case in Week 5. Eighteen teams are playing three games next week, including the Celtics, Nuggets, Lakers, and Knicks. There are some questions about availability for these teams to answer. Nikola Jokic (personal) has missed two games and, at the time of publishing, was considered questionable for Sunday’s game against the Grizzlies. Denver plays another game in Memphis on Tuesday and will end its week with a Friday/Saturday back-to-back against the Mavericks (home) and Lakers (away). His absence from the Nuggets lineup has placed Dario Saric on the radar in deep leagues, while Michael Porter Jr. has been a more critical figure offensively.

The Celtics (Jrue Holiday) and Knicks (Karl-Anthony Towns) have been without key players recently, although the latter could be back for Sunday’s game against the Nets. That’s the first game of a back-to-back for New York, which heads west after Monday’s game against the Wizards. Shifting over to Boston, the champs have gone with a bigger lineup in Holiday’s absence, with Neemias Queta starting alongside Al Horford on Sunday. After Tuesday’s home game against the Cavaliers, Boston is off until Friday’s road game against the Wizards.

– Oklahoma City and Phoenix will be finished by Wednesday night

Not only are the Thunder and Suns among the four teams that only play twice in Week 5, but their fringe…

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Publish date : 2024-11-17 03:00:00

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