FanDuel daily picks: Fantasy basketball lineup – March 26

The NBA has 10 games on Sunday spread throughout the day, but FanDuel has five games scheduled for the main DFS fantasy basketball contests. Get your team in the game with FanSided’s FanDuel daily picks.

The NBA has a split schedule on Sunday, spread out from games starting at 1:00 p.m. ET all the way to 9:30 p.m. FanDuel has chosen the “Main” games to be five that span from 3:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. starts. Thus, the two 1:00 p.m. games (Nets at Hawks, Suns at Hornets) and the later games (Grizzlies at Warriors and Pelicans at Nuggets at 8:00 p.m., Trail Blazers at Lakers at 9:30 p.m.) aren’t covered here. The Main Contest slate will be the primary focus of this article.

Line-ups lock for the “Main” game schedule at 3:30 p.m. ET with three games: the Thunder at the Rockets, the Bulls at the Bucks, and the Kings at the Clippers. The Main schedule ends with two more games at 6:00 p.m., the 76ers at the Pacers and the Heat at the Celtics.

The game that immediately draws the eye is the Thunder at the Rockets, pitting MVP frontrunners and former teammates Russell Westbrook and James Harden against each other in another attempt to break the DFS scoring scale. Westbrook and Harden have individually produced volumes that DFS has never seen, but when they’ve faced each other they’ve had trouble replicating that. They get another chance to both turn in a classic against each other on Sunday.

Another game of DFS interest happens in Milwaukee, where Jimmy Butler faces Giannis Antetokounmpo in a 1-on-1 battle that has rivaled Westbrook and Harden in terms of fantasy points produced in the last couple of games. The other really hot individual DFS scorer, Paul George, gets a shot at fantasy-friendly Philadelphia. Maybe he sneaks in and steals the DFS king-for-a-day crowd away from the two more marquee match-ups.

My favorite plays of the day can be found on the following slides in FanSided’s FanDuel daily picks. Each day in order to offer a variety of price points at each position, you can find two slides for each position–one for high-salary options and one for high-value options. Each pick is ranked on a scale of 1-5 stars to indicate the confidence in the pick. The final slide of this post has more detail on what each level means, but in short, more stars means more confidence in the selection on a points-per-dollar basis.

Important note, every day the goal of this post is not to give you a copy-and-paste lineup. Instead, each selection is given while highlighting the factors you need to consider when building a customized lineup for yourself. If you want to see an example lineup, you can find it on the final slide of the post, but I suggest you adjust your lineup to fit your personal taste.

To keep up with all of FanSided’s DFS NBA coverage head over to the fantasy basketball hub where each day you can find a post like this tailored for FanDuel as well as one specifically designed for usage on DraftKings.  In this post, all salary and “fantasy points” references are to FanDuel scoring system and salaries. If you have any additional questions or thoughts or are looking for updates as we approach tipoff, follow @FanSidedFantasy on Twitter or you can follow my account @ProfessorDrz or find me on my home turf of The Hoops Lab.

Let’s take a look at your best options for both studs and value players at each position.