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FanDuel daily picks: Fantasy basketball lineup-February 27

By Zachary Thompson

Feb 25, 2016; New Orleans, LA, USA; Oklahoma City Thunder forward Kevin Durant (35) celebrates with guard Russell Westbrook (0) after scoring against the New Orleans Pelicans during the fourth quarter of a game at Smoothie King Center. The Pelicans defeated the Thunder 123-119. Mandatory Credit: Derick E. Hingle-USA TODAY Sports
Feb 25, 2016; New Orleans, LA, USA; Oklahoma City Thunder forward Kevin Durant (35) celebrates with guard Russell Westbrook (0) after scoring against the New Orleans Pelicans during the fourth quarter of a game at Smoothie King Center. The Pelicans defeated the Thunder 123-119. Mandatory Credit: Derick E. Hingle-USA TODAY Sports /
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Get your DFS fantasy basketball team assembled in time for tonight’s seven NBA games with the help of my FanDuel daily picks for this Saturday, February 27.

Feb 6, 2016; Oakland, CA, USA; Oklahoma City Thunder forward Kevin Durant (35) dribbles the ball past Golden State Warriors forward Andre Iguodala (9) in the first quarter at Oracle Arena. Mandatory Credit: Cary Edmondson-USA TODAY Sports
Feb 6, 2016; Oakland, CA, USA; Oklahoma City Thunder forward Kevin Durant (35) dribbles the ball past Golden State Warriors forward Andre Iguodala (9) in the first quarter at Oracle Arena. Mandatory Credit: Cary Edmondson-USA TODAY Sports /

As the month of February wraps up this weekend its starting to get to crunch time in the NBA as playoff races start to take shape and teams start to separate themselves from the pack. It’s going to be a great Saturday night of basketball tonight with a great marquee matchup between the Thunder and the Warriors highlighting a stacked seven-game schedule.  You can enjoy it even more if you get your fantasy basketball team together with the help of my FanDuel daily picks and give yourself another reason to watch, follow, and cheer throughout what should be a very entertaining night of hoops.

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Tonight’s schedule is almost an “Express” format since most of the games are clustered between 8:00 and 9:00.  The one outlier will lock FanDuel rosters at 7:00 PM ET when the Pelicans welcome in the Timberwolves and Anthony Davis takes on Karl-Anthony Towns in an intriguing matchup of young big men.  At 8:00, the Spurs and Rockets face off in a Texas-sized rivalry while at the same time the Bulls host Damian Lillard and the Blazers.  At 8:30, we get the Westbrook vs Curry matchup as the Warriors visit the Thunder for their second game of the season while in a less-flashy Eastern Conference matchup the Bucks host the Pistons. There aren’t any super late games, but there are two 9:30 starts to close out the night featuring the Grizzlies heading to the desert to face the sinking Suns and the Jazz welcoming in the Nets to Salt Lake City.

With those 14 teams taking the floor, there is no lack of star power along with a few nice sleepers to consider. To find the options I think are the best plays for tonight, check out my FanDuel daily picks on the following slides. My goal is to give you the information you need to build your own lineup that can bring home a win for your team tonight. To help you to that goal, you’ll find two slides per position in this post–one for high-salary options and one for high-value options. Each slide contains at least two selections with extras thrown in where possible.  I base each pick on the current form of each player and the positional matchups each player will face in tonight’s game.

At the beginning of 2016, I  started to rank my picks using stars after each selection to show the strength of the pick. For a full explanation of the rating system, check out the last slide of this post, but in short, more stars means more confidence (on a point-per-dollar basis). On the final slide of the post, you can see my recent results at each level of confidence. Also on the final slide of the post, you can see how I’m putting together the best of my picks into my lineup for tonight’s competition. I suggest you build your own customized team with the players you like the most, but you’re welcome to see my lineups and use them as a place to get started.

In this post, all salary references and references to “fantasy points” refer to FanDuel pricing and scoring.  If you are looking for similar coverage specifically for DraftKings, check the box above for related posts or find the latest on our fantasy basketball hub.

If you have any questions about my picks for today or any of our FanSided fantasy coverage, you can leave them at the bottom of the page in the comments section.  For an even quicker response, you can find me throughout the day on Twitter @FansidedFantasy. Make sure to check back on Twitter and in this space leading up to the 7:00 roster lock in case there are availability or injury issues that will force you to shake up your team.  Remember the whole lineup locks at 7:00 PM ET since FanDuel still doesn’t support late-swapping.

If you find my picks and analysis helpful and would like to check out my DFS fantasy basketball posts each morning, the easiest way to find the FanDuel daily picks is to drop a bookmark on our fantasy basketball hub or follow on Twitter where I’ll tweet out the links each day when my picks go live.

It’s time to get rolling with tonight’s FanDuel daily picks so lets start by looking at the two PG’s that cost 11K.

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