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FanDuel daily picks: Fantasy basketball lineup-April 2

By Zachary Thompson

Mar 25, 2016; Sacramento, CA, USA; Sacramento Kings guard Seth Curry (30) celebrates with guard Darren Collison (7) after scoring against the Phoenix Suns during the third quarter at Sleep Train Arena. The Kings won 116-94. Mandatory Credit: Kelley L Cox-USA TODAY Sports
Mar 25, 2016; Sacramento, CA, USA; Sacramento Kings guard Seth Curry (30) celebrates with guard Darren Collison (7) after scoring against the Phoenix Suns during the third quarter at Sleep Train Arena. The Kings won 116-94. Mandatory Credit: Kelley L Cox-USA TODAY Sports /
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Get your DFS fantasy basketball lineup ready to roll on this Saturday with my FanDuel daily picks from tonight’s five games.

Jan 18, 2016; Auburn Hills, MI, USA; Chicago Bulls center Pau Gasol (16) drives the ball to the basket as Detroit Pistons center Andre Drummond (0) defends during the fourth quarter of the game at The Palace of Auburn Hills. The Bulls defeated the Pistons 111-101. Mandatory Credit: Leon Halip-USA TODAY Sports
Jan 18, 2016; Auburn Hills, MI, USA; Chicago Bulls center Pau Gasol (16) drives the ball to the basket as Detroit Pistons center Andre Drummond (0) defends during the fourth quarter of the game at The Palace of Auburn Hills. The Bulls defeated the Pistons 111-101. Mandatory Credit: Leon Halip-USA TODAY Sports /

The Final Four will get most of the sports’ world’s attention tonight, but the NBA has five games as well giving us a solid slate of options for DFS fantasy basketball. As teams continue to wind down the season, there is even more instability in teams’ rotations from night to night, so you need to really stay on top of who’s in, who’s out, and who’s stepping up.  There are many factors to consider as you put together your team for tonight’s ten-team schedule, so check out my FanDuel daily picks on the following slides as you start to build your team for tonight.

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The first game of the night starts at 7:30 PM ET which is when FanDuel rosters will lock for the day.  The 76ers host the Pacers in that early contest before the Bulls and Pistons meet at 8:00 PM ET. There are definitely playoff implications for all those teams but Philadelphia since they currently sit seventh, eighth, and ninth in the playoff race in the Eastern Conference with just 1.5 games separating Detroit (currently #7) from Chicago (currently #9). As we move to the west, the Spurs will try to keep their perfect home record intact as they take on the Raptors at 8:30 followed by the Nuggets hosting the Kings at 9:00.  On the second night of their back-to-back, the Heat are in action in the final game of the night as they continue their West Coast trip by heading to Portland.

With those ten teams providing options to pick from, there are plenty of options to choose from.   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 7:30.

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 jump in to today’s FanDuel daily picks starting at a surprisingly thin PG spot.

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