FanDuel daily picks: Fantasy basketball lineup – April 18

The NBA playoffs continue with three games in Tuesday’s DFS fantasy basketball competitions. Get your team in the game with FanSided’s FanDuel daily picks.

The NBA had only two games on Monday, with the action on the court perhaps overshadowed by Grizzlies Coach David Fizdale’s epic “Take that for data!” mic drop post-game press conference. On Tuesday, all eyes will be back on the court for three scheduled games: the Bucks tip at the Raptors at 7:00 PM ET, the Bulls are at the Celtics at 8:00 PM ET, and the Jazz are at the Clippers at 10:30 PM ET.

All three Game 2s on Tuesday find the seeded favorite trailing the underdog one game to zero. The Bucks upset the Raptors in their first game on the strength of Giannis Antetokounmpo’s dominance, and the bizarre disappearance of Kyle Lowry. Lowry has had such issues in the playoffs in the past, and is developing somewhat of a reputation, so all eyes will be on whether he can bounce-back to the dominance that he showed during the regular season. The Bulls took Game 1 from the Celtics even though Isaiah Thomas was able to control his emotions enough to have a good game through the tears, so the other Celtics will have to step up to avoid an 0-2 hole for the top seed out East. Finally, the Jazz lost their best player on the first play of Game 1, and still managed to eek out a buzzer-beating win over the Clippers on the strength of Joe Johnson’s throwback performance. Can Johnson repeat that level of effort, or will Chris Paul/Blake Griffin/DeAndre Jordan make a statement that they are ready to carry their team to the next round. Three pressure-packed games on the night.

My favorite plays of the day can be found on the following slides in FanSided’s FanDuel daily picks. Each day in order to offer a variety of price points at each position, you can find two slides for each position–one for high-salary options and one for high-value options. Each pick is ranked on a scale of 1-5 stars to indicate the confidence in the pick. The final slide of this post has more detail on what each level means, but in short, more stars means more confidence in the selection on a points-per-dollar basis.

Important note, every day the goal of this post is not to give you a copy-and-paste lineup. Instead, each selection is given while highlighting the factors you need to consider when building a customized lineup for yourself. If you want to see an example lineup, you can find it on the final slide of the post, but I suggest you adjust your lineup to fit your personal taste.

To keep up with all of FanSided’s DFS NBA coverage head over to the fantasy basketball hub where each day you can find a post like this tailored for FanDuel as well as one specifically designed for usage on DraftKings.  In this post, all salary and “fantasy points” references are to FanDuel’s scoring system and salaries. If you have any additional questions or thoughts or are looking for updates as we approach tipoff, follow @FanSidedFantasy on Twitter or you can follow my account @ProfessorDrz.

Let’s take a look at your best options for both studs and value players at each position.