Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving will not play on Tuesday versus the Phoenix Suns due to lower back tightness.
Irving poured in a season-high 40 points on Monday but he's apparently not up for the second leg of the back-to-back. Kevin Durant (hamstring) remains out, so James Harden should rack up an enormous usage rate Tuesday. Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot and Bruce Brown are candidates to enter the starting lineup in place of Irving.
Harden is averaging 1.5 FanDuel points per minute and recording a team-high 32.1 percent usage rate when not on the floor with Kyrie and KD this season. He has a salary of $10,600 on Tuesday's six-game slate.
Source: Ian Begley, SNY