Kostas Papanikolaou

Kostas Papanikolaou benched against the Dallas Mavericks in Game 1

Kostas Papanikolaou was parked on the bench for Game 1 on Saturday. Papanikolaou will continue to see limited to no minutes in the first round series against the Mavericks.

Fantasy Impact

The Rockets don't have a place for the rookie in their rotation, so he was hit with a DNP (did not play) on the box score. Papanikolaou wasn't a huge factor in the regular season and barring an injury, he will remain on the bench.