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Achiuwa is not in the starting lineup for Friday's preseason game against the Spurs, Tristi Rodriguez of NBC Sports Bay Area reports.

Achiuwa was deemed available for Friday's preseason finale after tweaking his ankle in Tuesday's 110-98 preseason loss to Portland. However, he won't be starting, as Sacramento will deploy Keegan Murray and Domantas Sabonis in the frontcourt.

Matkovic is not listed in the starting lineup for Friday's preseason game against the Wizards.

Matkovic started in Wednesday's 101-97 preseason victory over the Mavericks. However, he will return to the bench for the Pelicans' final exhibition before meeting the Pacers on Opening Night.

Williams will start Friday's preseason finale against the Bulls.

Williams will draw his second preseason start with all of Minnesota's regulars resting again. He'll be joined by Zyon Pullin, Terrence Shannon, Jaylen Clark and Joan Beringer.

Beringer will start Friday's preseason finale against the Bulls.

With Minnesota resting all of its regulars, Beringer will start alongside Zyon Pullin, Terrence Shannon, Jaylen Clark and Cody Williams. Beringer recorded 10 points (3-4 FG, 4-4 FT), seven rebounds, one block and one steal across 18 minutes in Wednesday's 128-106 preseason loss to Detroit.

Kalkbrenner is in the Hornets' starting lineup for Friday's preseason game against the Grizzlies.

Kalkbrenner will draw the start for Friday's preseason finale while Moussa Diabate (elbow) is sidelined. Across three preseason games, Kalkbrenner has averaged 4.3 points and 3.3 rebounds over 15.4 minutes per game. It's unclear what his role will look like for the 2026-27 season given the presence of both Diabate and rookie first-rounder Hannes Steinbach.

James will start in Friday's preseason finale against the Grizzlies.

This will be James' first start this preseason and he'll be joined in the first unit by Dennis Schroder, Brandon Miller, Naz Reid and Ryan Kalkbrenner. Across 19 starts last season, James averaged 5.9 points, 3.5 rebounds, 2.0 assists and 1.1 triples per contest on 35/33/83 shooting splits.

Bey is not listed in the starting lineup for Friday's preseason game against Washington.

Bey will come off the bench in the final preseason game for the Pelicans before the team kicks off the 2026-27 campaign versus the Pacers on Opening Night.

Penda exited Friday's game against the Heat with a right hamstring injury and went straight to the locker room, Cody Taylor of USA Today reports.

Penda came up grabbing his right hamstring and went straight to the locker room. To make matters more complicated, he dealt with the same injury at the start of training camp. His status for the rest of this game, as well as the regular-season opener against the Hawks on Oct. 21, could be in jeopardy.

Scheierman checked into Friday's preseason game against the 76ers with 6:16 remaining in the first quarter, per the broadcast.

Scheierman was expected to be one of many Celtics players sitting out Friday's contest, though he's playing in the team's preseason finale.

Landale won't start Friday's preseason finale against the Mavericks, Brad Rowland of the Locked On Podcast Network reports.

With most of Atlanta's regulars resting, Landale started and totaled 17 points (7-11 FG, 1-3 3Pt, 2-2 FT), six rebounds, five assists, three steals and two blocks across 21 minutes in Monday's 113-110 preseason win over Oklahoma City. The Hawks are back to full strength Friday, sending Landale to a reserve role.