What It Means:

The Nets are giving Durant a breather on the second leg of a back-to-back. Patty Mills is also being rested and Kyrie Irving is out because the game is being played in Brooklyn, so James Harden should see a monstrous usage rate. Bruce Brown, Kessler Edwards, Cam Thomas, James Johnson, and Day'Ron Sharpe are all in line for more work.

Per numberFire's models, Sharpe, Edwards, and Johnson are all top-five point-per-dollar values on Thursday's five-game slate.