What It Means:

The Nets are holding Durant out of the second leg of their first back-to-back, though it remains to be seen if that will be the status quo for the season. After scoring 29 points on Sunday, Durant said that he and the team would talk things over Monday about the season-long plan for back-to-backs. Kyrie Irving will likely lead the way Monday versus Memphis, but Caris LeVert should also see a healthy spike in usage without Durant and Spencer Dinwiddie (torn ACL).

Durant is averaging 41.5 FanDuel points through three games with a floor of 38.6. Over a 40-minute sample without Durant on the floor this year, LeVert has seen his usage go up 10.7 percent to 40.1. However, Kyrie leads the Nets with a 67.1 percent usage rate in those situations. LeVert is also averaging 1.4 fantasy points per minute over those 40 minutes. 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.