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FanDuel daily picks: Fantasy basketball lineup-April 1

By Zachary Thompson

Mar 30, 2016; Salt Lake City, UT, USA; Utah Jazz forward Gordon Hayward (20) defends against Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green (23) during the first half at Vivint Smart Home Arena. Mandatory Credit: Russ Isabella-USA TODAY Sports
Mar 30, 2016; Salt Lake City, UT, USA; Utah Jazz forward Gordon Hayward (20) defends against Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green (23) during the first half at Vivint Smart Home Arena. Mandatory Credit: Russ Isabella-USA TODAY Sports /
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Start your weekend off right by picking up a DFS fantasy basketball win this Friday with the help of my FanDuel daily picks .

Feb 14, 2016; Toronto, Ontario, CAN; Western Conference guard Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors (30) dribbles the ball in front of Eastern Conference guard Isaiah Thomas of the Boston Celtics (4) and Eastern Conference guard Kyle Lowry of the Toronto Raptors (7) in the fourth quarter during the NBA All Star Game at Air Canada Centre. Mandatory Credit: Peter Llewellyn-USA TODAY Sports
Feb 14, 2016; Toronto, Ontario, CAN; Western Conference guard Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors (30) dribbles the ball in front of Eastern Conference guard Isaiah Thomas of the Boston Celtics (4) and Eastern Conference guard Kyle Lowry of the Toronto Raptors (7) in the fourth quarter during the NBA All Star Game at Air Canada Centre. Mandatory Credit: Peter Llewellyn-USA TODAY Sports /

The NBA has ten games on tap for Friday, April 1 giving us a ton of options for DFS fantasy basketball as teams continue their late-season action.  We’re less than two weeks from the end of the regular season which can do funny things with teams’ lineups and rotations.  There are lots of factors to consider as you put together your team for tonight, so check out my FanDuel daily picks on the following slides as you start to build your team for tonight.

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Even with ten games tonight, there is only one game starting at 7:00 PM ET but that’s enough to lock everyone’s FanDuel lineup in for the night.  The Hornets and 76ers get things going in Charlotte in a rematch of the game the Hornets won on Tuesday.  At 7:30, the Knicks and Nets tangle again in a crosstown rivalry while the Pistons host an inter-conference game against the Mavericks.  The ESPN coverage starts at 8:00 with the Hawks and Cavs while at the same time the Grizz host the Raptors and the Bucks welcome in the Magic. As we move to the West, the Jazz host Minnesota at 9:00 followed but the Kings and Heat at 10:00. There are two 10:30 tip-offs tonight as the suns host Washington in the desert and the Celtics try to knock off the Warriors in Golden State.

With so many options to pick from and 100 players in the starting lineups, there are lots of good plays tonight.   To see the options that I think can help you to a big fantasy night, 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. In order to help you find the position and price-point that you need, you’ll find two slides per position in this post–one with high-salary options and one with high-value options. Each slide contains at least two options 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 new-look 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 will do my best to keep you up to date on any changes to availability throughout the day, and let you know if I need to tweak my lineups at all before tonight’s rosters lock at 7:00.

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.

Choices abound in today’s FanDuel daily picks, so let’s get going!

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