DraftKings has another two-day competition starting tonight, so get your DFS fantasy basketball lineup ready to roll with my DraftKings daily picks for this Monday/Tuesday.
The NBA Playoffs are down to the final four teams and the Conference Finals both get underway in the next two days with Game 1 in the Western Conference tonight followed by the Eastern Conference getting under way tomorrow. Ā DraftKings has combined the two Game 1ās into a Monday/Tuesday fantasy basketball competition which gives us a solid (if shallow) slate for DFS fantasy basketball. Ā To see who I think you should get in your lineup, check out my DraftKings daily picks on the following slides.
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The first game of the Conference Finals tips atĀ 9:00 PM ET tonight when the Thunder open up their series at ORACLE Arena against the Warriors. Ā Golden State has had nearly a week off to prepare and recover while the Thunder are coming in off a huge win over the Spurs in Round 2. Tomorrow, the Cavs are in action after an even longer layoff than the Warriors as they take onĀ the Raptors in the Eastern Conference Finals. Ā Cleveland swept through the first two rounds going 8-0 while Toronto has had to battle to a pair of Game 7ās and enter the first Conference Finals in franchise history with an 8-6 record thisĀ postseason.
Those twoĀ Conference Finals gamesĀ give us a solid group of players to pick from in the Monday/Tuesday contests. My goal in this daily post throughout the season has beenĀ to give you the information you need to build your own lineup that can bring home a win for your team. In order to help you find the position and price-point that you need,Ā youāll find two slides per position in this postāone withĀ high-salary options and one withĀ high-value options. Each slide contains at least two optionsĀ with extras thrown in where possible. Ā I base each pickĀ on the currentĀ form of each player and the positional matchups each player will face in todayāsĀ game.
I rank my picks every morningĀ 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). Also on the final slide of the post, you can see how Iām putting together the best of my picks into my lineup for todayāsĀ competition. I suggest you build your own customized team with the players you like the most, but youāre welcome to check outĀ my lineups and use them as a place to get started.
In my DraftKingsĀ daily picks, all salary references and references to āfantasy pointsā refer to DraftKingsĀ pricing and scoring. Ā If you are looking for similar coverage specifically for FanDuel, check the box above for related posts or find the latest on theĀ fantasy basketball hub.
If you have any questions about my picks for today or any of our FanSided fantasyĀ coverage, you can leaveĀ them at the bottom of the page in the comments section. Ā For an even quickerĀ response, you can find me throughout the day onĀ TwitterĀ @FansidedFantasy. Iāll also let you know on Twitter if there are any changes to my lineup for tonight especially with the Andrew Bogut situation in question in the middleĀ for the Warriors.
If you find myĀ picks and analysis helpful and would like to check out my DFS fantasy basketballĀ posts each morning that there is a new contest, the easiest way to find the FanDuelĀ daily picks is to drop a bookmark on ourĀ fantasy basketball hubĀ or follow on Twitter where Iāll tweet out the links each day when my picks go live.
Letās start the week right with a pair of interesting games and a win with these DraftKings daily picks.
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