FanDuel daily picks: Fantasy basketball lineup-May 16 & 17

May 12, 2016; Oklahoma City, OK, USA; Oklahoma City Thunder forward Kevin Durant (35) brings the ball up the court against the San Antonio Spurs during the third quarter in game six of the second round of the NBA Playoffs at Chesapeake Energy Arena. Mandatory Credit: Mark D. Smith-USA TODAY Sports /

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May 15, 2016; Toronto, Ontario, CAN; Toronto Raptors forward Patrick Patterson (54) celebrates with Toronto Raptors center Bismack Biyombo (8) after scoring a basket during the second quarter in game seven of the second round of the NBA Playoffs against the Miami Heat at Air Canada Centre. Mandatory Credit: Nick Turchiaro-USA TODAY Sports /

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Serge Ibaka-Oklahoma City Thunder (5,200): Ibaka is one of the keys to the series for OKC since they’ll need the athletic big man to play the middle when the Warriors go with their small ball lineup. Ibaka had a few down games in the Spurs’ series but finished strong with eight points, ten rebounds, and three blocks on his way to a series-high 27.5 fantasy points. Ibaka averaged 14.3 points, 9.7 rebounds, and 1.0 blocks in the three games he faced the Warriors during the regular season, and I think he’ll have a good series in the highly-entertaining Western Conference Finals.∗∗∗∗

Patrick Patterson-Toronto Raptors (4,200): Patterson played over 33 minutes in each of the last five games of the series against Miami after Jonas Valanciunas was injured. He finished the series with his best game of the playoffs posting 11 points and 11 rebounds in 37 minutes in Game 7 for a total of 29.2 fantasy points. Patterson should continue to get lots of time as the Raptors try to slow down Kevin Love, but Patterson does sometimes put up underwhelming numbers in other categories besides minutes which makes him a little high-risk. ∗∗∗

Channing Frye-Cleveland Cavaliers (4,000): Frye didn’t even get on the floor in Game 1 against Detroit and played just 29 minutes in the entire first round. However, that all changed in Round 2 when he became a big part of the Cavs rotation and played over 20 minutes in each of the last three games against Atlanta including a memorable Game 3 when he scored a huge 27 points in his 28 minutes off the bench and totaled 35.4 fantasy points. He had 23 fantasy points in Game 2 and followed his huge night with 11.7 fantasy points in Game 4. He’s a boom-or-bust play, but I expect Tyronn Lue to continue to use Frye to help the Cavs in their metamorphosis into the Warriors of the Eastern Conference. Frye gives the Cavs a stretch big-man who can also provide enough rim protection, and I think Frye will present big problems for the Raptors since Toronto doesn’t have an offensively-elite option at center with Jonas Valanciunas out. Bismack Biyombo is solid down-low defensively but will struggle chasing Frye around which could lead to another good series for the Cavs’ reserve. ∗∗

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