Toronto Raptors power forward Khem Birch (illness) is out Wednesday versus the New York Knicks.
Birch hasn't really been in the Raptors' rotation this season, but he did play a season-high 23 minutes on Monday, so this is more notable than usual. Chris Boucher and Christian Koloko are potential beneficiaries from Birch's absence.
numberFire's models project Boucher for 23.7 minutes and 22.8 FanDuel points on Wednesday, and he has a $5,100 salary on the Main slate. Per our NBA Heat Map, the Raptors’ implied total (108.0) is fourth-lowest out of 22 active teams today and the game total (217.5) is the second-lowest on the board.
Source: Blake Murphy, Sportsnet