There is another two-game competition starting tonight in daily fantasy basketball, and you can build your lineup with the help of my FanDuel daily picks.
The NBA Playoffs continue with Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Finals tonight as the Raptors try to avoid going down 0-2 to LeBron and the Cavs. Ā Due to the way the schedule is laid out, tonightās DFS fantasy basketball competition is a little unusual. The NBA takes tomorrow off, and Saturday is another game in the Eastern Conference Finals before we get our next Golden State-Oklahoma City game on Sunday. Ā As a result, tonightās competitions include the game tonight and the game Sunday while skipping over the game Saturday night. Ā To see who I think you should take in the unusual Thursday/Sunday slate, check out myĀ FanDuel daily picks on the following slides.
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Make sure to set your lineup before 8:30 tonight when lineups will lock in for the entire run of the competition. Ā Game 2 in Cleveland tonight will be an interesting one, and hopefully we get more of an effort from the Raptors to make it a closer game than the Game 1 blowout. The Western Conference Finals take three days off after the Warriors evened things up last night before Game 3 of the series which gets a primetime slot on Sunday night to wrap up this two-day, two-game contest.
As it has been throughout the season, my goal in this daily post isĀ 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.
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With those pre-game festivities out of the way, letās get rolling with todayās FanDuel daily picks.
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