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FanDuel daily picks: Fantasy basketball lineup-February 28

By Zachary Thompson

Nov 23, 2015; Miami, FL, USA; Miami Heat center Hassan Whiteside (21) drives to the basket as New York Knicks center Robin Lopez (8) defends the play during the first half at American Airlines Arena. Mandatory Credit: Steve Mitchell-USA TODAY Sports
Nov 23, 2015; Miami, FL, USA; Miami Heat center Hassan Whiteside (21) drives to the basket as New York Knicks center Robin Lopez (8) defends the play during the first half at American Airlines Arena. Mandatory Credit: Steve Mitchell-USA TODAY Sports /
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Finish out the weekend with my FanDuel daily picks helping you to close out the month with a win in tonight’s five-game competition.

Nov 23, 2015; Miami, FL, USA; Miami Heat center Hassan Whiteside (21) drives to the basket as New York Knicks center Robin Lopez (8) defends the play during the first half at American Airlines Arena. Mandatory Credit: Steve Mitchell-USA TODAY Sports
Nov 23, 2015; Miami, FL, USA; Miami Heat center Hassan Whiteside (21) drives to the basket as New York Knicks center Robin Lopez (8) defends the play during the first half at American Airlines Arena. Mandatory Credit: Steve Mitchell-USA TODAY Sports /

The NBA has a pair of afternoon matchups to help us through this second-to-last day of February, but the action really picks up tonight with five games on tap for 6:00 PM ET or later making up the five-game main competition on FanDuel.  My FanDuel daily picks for today focus on those five games which make up a solid slate of fantasy basketball options.

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Lineups will lock on FanDuel tonight at 6:00 PM ET when three of the five games tip off.  The Blazers are in Indiana after playing last night in Chicago, the Pistons finish their back-to-back at home with a matchup against the Raptors, and the 76ers travel to Orlando to take on the Magic.  The 7:00 tipoff features Karl-Anthony Towns and the T-Wolves traveling to Dallas to face Dirk and the Mavs followed by the last game of the night featuring the Heat in the Big Apple to take on the Knicks.

There is a lot of value plays on those ten teams and some solid upper-level options even though there aren’t any players who cost over 9.5K. You’ll need to be strategic with every spot on your roster since getting every point possible is necessary in almost every competition. 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. Remember that FanDuel locks your whole lineup when the first game starts, so check back on Twitter before the 6:00 tip-off to get the latest injury and availability updates.  I’ll do my best to answer any questions and get you any relevant updates as we count down to tip-off

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.

Let’s get going with tonight’s FanDuel daily picks starting with some high-priced PG who I think are ready to step up.

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