What It Means:

Irving will join Kevin Durant (rest) on the bench for the second leg of the Nets' first back-to-back of the year. Spencer Dinwiddie (ACL) is also out, so Caris LeVert should keep busy tonight as Brooklyn's primary scorer. There also figures to be more opportunities for the likes of Landry Shamet, Timothe Luwawu, Jeff Green, Taurean Prince, and Tyler Johnson.

LeVert has recorded a team-high 40.3 percent usage rate over 40 minutes of floor time without Durant and Kyrie this season. He's averaging 1.2 FanDuel points per minute in those situations. Luwawu has the second-highest usage rate (36.6 percent) when Durant and Irving aren't playing. In terms of the matchup, the Grizzlies are allowing the fourth-most points per 100 possessions so far this year, but they rank 13th in adjusted defensive rating.