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DraftKings daily picks: Fantasy basketball lineup-March 5

By Zachary Thompson

Feb 27, 2016; Houston, TX, USA; Houston Rockets center Dwight Howard (12) and forward Donatas Motiejunas (20) react after a play during the first quarter against the San Antonio Spurs at Toyota Center. Mandatory Credit: Troy Taormina-USA TODAY Sports
Feb 27, 2016; Houston, TX, USA; Houston Rockets center Dwight Howard (12) and forward Donatas Motiejunas (20) react after a play during the first quarter against the San Antonio Spurs at Toyota Center. Mandatory Credit: Troy Taormina-USA TODAY Sports /
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Tonight’s eight-game slate in the NBA gives us a good chance for DFS Fantasy basketball, so get your lineup set with the help of my DraftKings daily picks.

Jan 27, 2016; Atlanta, GA, USA; Atlanta Hawks guard Jeff Teague (0) drives against Los Angeles Clippers guard Chris Paul (3) in the third quarter of their game at Philips Arena. The Clippers won 85-83. Mandatory Credit: Jason Getz-USA TODAY Sports
Jan 27, 2016; Atlanta, GA, USA; Atlanta Hawks guard Jeff Teague (0) drives against Los Angeles Clippers guard Chris Paul (3) in the third quarter of their game at Philips Arena. The Clippers won 85-83. Mandatory Credit: Jason Getz-USA TODAY Sports /

Saturday night should be a great night of DFS fantasy basketball with eight solid games on the schedule including the Rockets and Bulls meeting in a Nationally covered primetime game between two teams in the playoff races for the final spots in each conference.  There are plenty of different ways to build your fantasy basketball team, and to see the options I like the most check out my DraftKings daily picks on the next few slides.

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Tonight’s DraftKings contests get underway with four games starting at 7:00 PM ET. The Pacers are in an important game against the Wizards in Washington, the Jazz are in New Orleans to take on Anthony Davis and the Pelicans, the Knicks host Detroit, and the Celtics travel to Cleveland to take on LeBron and the Cavs in a possible Eastern Conference Finals preview.  At 8:00, the Nets and Timberwolves tip off in Minnesota.  At 8:30, the ABC primetime game will focus on the Rockets visiting the Bulls as Jimmy Butler makes his return against James Harden and the high-scoring Rockets.  Boogie Cousins and the Kings are also in action at 8:30 as they face the Spurs.  In the final game of the night, the Hawks play in LA for the second straight night–this team they’ll take on Chris Paul and the Clippers.

With those 16 teams in action tonight, there are some big-name stars and some nice sleeper picks as well.  To see the players I think are the best options 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 realize 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 DraftKings pricing and scoring.  If you are looking for similar coverage specifically for FanDuel, 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. I should be online in the hour or so before tonight’s 7:00 start to bring you up to speed on all the injury news and answer any questions you have about your roster.

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 DraftKings 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 started with my DraftKings daily picks starting with some high-priced point guards.

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