Please note that players on DraftKings and FanDuel have multi-position eligibility and may not always match their position with each other. In this article, we will be breaking down some of our favorite plays on the slate at their positions. Remember to always keep your eye on the news as the day progresses, as NBA news changes the slate frequently.
Key Injuries
- Ben Simmons (Out)
- Robert Williams (Out)
- Charles Bassey (Out)
- Matisse Thybulle (Out)
- Gary Trent (Questionable)
- Scottie Barnes (Doubtful)
- Matt Thomas (Out)
- Jordan Nwora (Probable)
- Bobby Portis (Probable)
- George Hill (Out)
Favorite Players
Tyrese Maxey
Maxey broke out this season for the 76ers and is having his coming-out party in the playoffs. Through the first two games of this series, Maxey is averaging 30.5 points, 6.5 rebounds, five assists, and a steal+block. Maxey has at least 45 fantasy points in each of those games.
OG Anunoby
Scottie Barnes is listed doubtful for tonight and that means you need to fire up Anunoby. In the six regular-season games that Barnes missed that Anunoby played Anunoby averaged 26 points, 5.7 rebounds, 1.7 assists, 2.3 steals+blocks, and 40.8 fantasy points. In game two with Barnes out, Anunoby went for 26/1/3 with a steal on his way to 31.7 fantasy points. That was Anunoby’s fourth straight game against the 76ers with at least 30 fantasy points.
Brook Lopez
Lopez had a really solid game one against the Bulls with 18 points and five rebounds with two blocks on his way to 28 fantasy points. That was his fifth straight game with at least 23 fantasy points with one of the other four games also coming against the Bulls. In fact, Lopez has played well against the Bulls this season. In his three total games against them including game one, Lopez is averaging 18.67 points, six rebounds, three blocks+steals, and 34.2 fantasy points.
Cheat Sheets
| $ Tier | PG | SG | SF | PF | C |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Kyrie Irving (9.9k / 55.85) (10.5k / 53.34) (43 / 53.87) | Jayson Tatum (9.5k / 54.61) (9.9k / 52.15) (43 / 52.69) | Giannis Antetokounmpo (10.9k / 64.61) (11.4k / 61.72) (57 / 62.32) | Joel Embiid (10.6k / 62.43) (10.4k / 59.66) (54 / 60.23) | |
| Kevin Durant (10k / 60.26) (10.8k / 57.56) (52 / 58.10) | |||||
| Medium | Fred VanVleet (7.5k / 44.59) (7.8k / 42.57) (29 / 42.98) | Jaylen Brown (8.6k / 45.35) (8.3k / 43.29) (33 / 43.73) | Zach LaVine (7.2k / 44.54) (7.7k / 42.56) (30 / 42.98) | DeMar DeRozan (8.3k / 48.75) (8.5k / 46.58) (37 / 47.03) | Pascal Siakam (9k / 47.15) (9k / 45.03) (41 / 45.48) |
| Tyrese Maxey (6.9k / 36.97) (7.5k / 35.30) (24 / 35.66) | OG Anunoby (6.4k / 33.38) (6.1k / 31.88) (22 / 32.18) | Al Horford (6.4k / 39.95) (7.6k / 38.15) (24 / 38.55) | |||
| Marcus Smart (5.8k / 34.26) (6.5k / 32.73) (21 / 33.06) | |||||
| Low | Coby White (3.9k / 20.15) (3.8k / 19.25) (10 / 19.44) | Seth Curry (4.5k / 25.82) (4.7k / 24.67) (16 / 24.93) | Danny Green (3.6k / 25.44) (4.1k / 24.32) (10 / 24.55) | Tobias Harris (6.7k / 41.23) (6.9k / 39.39) (23 / 39.77) | Nicolas Claxton (4.7k / 28.99) (5.7k / 27.71) (15 / 27.99) |
| Alex Caruso (4.3k / 26.90) (4.4k / 25.67) (15 / 25.94) | Patrick Williams (4k / 20.20) (4k / 19.28) (12 / 19.47) | Brook Lopez (4.8k / 30.87) (5.3k / 29.46) (13 / 29.76) | |||
