If they're out · IND

Who gains without Furphy, Toppin, McConnell and Jackson

With Furphy, Toppin, McConnell and Jackson all 4 out (5 games like this since last season), Walker played 28 minutes (usually 25) and took 2 more shots than usual; our estimate: 28 minutes (Worth watching).

5 games with all of them out since last season: Nov 5, Nov 8, Nov 9, Feb 19, Mar 12. Their minutes when they play: Furphy 19, Toppin 18, McConnell 17, Jackson 19.

Furphy has missed 10 of the team's last 10; McConnell has missed 10 of the team's last 10, so most of their minutes are already in everyone's recent numbers.

Likely strong evidenceLean some evidenceWorth watching a tip, not a promise
Jarace Walker
F · 82 games since last season
Worth watching
Minutes25 → 28 +2
Shots10 → 12 +1
Fantasy pts23 → 25 +2
  • 28 minutes and 25 fantasy points a game in the 5 games he played with all of them out
  • came in for 44% of the times one of them left a game
  • +4 minutes in 24 games without Furphy alone since last season
  • −2 minutes in 42 games without Toppin alone since last season
Ben Sheppard
G · 66 games since last season
Worth watching
Minutes21 → 24 +2
Shots6 → 8 +1
Fantasy pts15 → 17 +2
  • 25 minutes and 17 fantasy points a game in the 5 games he played with all of them out
  • came in for 21% of the times one of them left a game
  • +6 minutes in 4 games without McConnell alone since last season
  • +4 minutes in 20 games without Furphy alone since last season
Everyone else · usual → tonight
How this works, and how often it's rightShow

We start from each teammate's recent minutes, shots and fantasy points since last season, then hand out the minutes the missing players have been playing: mostly to whoever came in when each of them left a game, and to whoever played more when each one sat on his own, with a small nudge toward the same position. Minutes a player already lost while someone was out are not counted twice. Shots move with how often each teammate finished plays when none of the missing players were on the floor. When the exact group has sat together 4 or more times, those games count too.

We checked it on 1,183 games in 2025-26 where a team had two or more rotation players out, using only games played before each one. Our minutes were off by 5.2 a player on average in games from February on, against 6.06 using season averages and 9.41 adding up each missing player's own "who gains" numbers. Fantasy points: off by 8.12, against 8.59 and 12.48. Our biggest predicted minutes gainer was one of the night's two biggest gainers 52% of the time (adding up single-player numbers: 37%).

Likely means 6 or more minutes over his usual: 79% of those players really did play at least 2 more. Lean (3.5 to 6 more): 65%. Worth watching (2 to 3.5 more): 52%. Blowouts, foul trouble and coaches' whims make any one night noisy.