Get ready for tonightās NBA action with my FanDuel daily picks which can help you build you DFS fantasy basketball team for tonightās eight games.
After a light Monday night as the NBA allowed most sports fans to focus on the Tide rolling to another College Football Championship, the Association is back and busier tonight with eight games scheduled for this Tuesday, January 12. With 16 teams in action, there are lots of different ways you can build your lineup. Ā Check out my favorite picks on the following slides in my FanDuel daily picks for today.
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Weāre back to a 7:00 PM ET tip-off that will lock down rosters tonight as the Pacers and Suns get things started from Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indy. Ā At 7:30, the Knicks and Celtics meet at Madison Square Garden while the Spurs finish their road back-to-back with a stop in Detroit. Ā At 8:00 three games get underway including the Bulls and Bucks on NBATV as well as the T-Wolves hosting the Thunder and the Grizzlies welcoming in the Rockets. Ā At 8:30, the Mavs and Cavs meet in big D, and the night wraps up with one late game from the left coast as the Lakers take on the Pelicans who may be without Anthony Davis who is questionable with a back contusion suffered chasing a loose ball into the stands.
Unless we have clarity before rosters lock at 7:00, Davis is too risky a play for tonight, but there are some options that I think can come through for your team tonight.Ā Iāve assembledĀ my favorite plays of the day on the following slides inĀ my FanDuel daily picks. There is aĀ slide for high-salary options and a slide for high-value options at each position, and on each slide youāll find at leastĀ two playersĀ with a few extras thrown in where I can.Ā I base my picksĀ on the currentĀ form of each player and the positional matchups each player will face in tonightās game.
Since the start of 2016, I also have started to rank my picks using stars after each selection. For a full explanation of the rating system, check out the last slide of this post, but in short the more stars that are after a player the more confidence I have in the pick. OnĀ the final slide of the post you can see my recent resultsĀ at each level of confidence. Ā Also on the final slide of the post, you can see how Iām putting together the best of my picks into my lineups for tonightāsĀ contests.
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There are some great matchups tonight, so letās jump in to my FanDuel daily picks for this Tuesday night.
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