FanDuel daily picks: Fantasy basketball lineup – April 25

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 three games on Monday, with the Hawks evening their series with the Wizards, the Raptors taking control of their series with the Bucks, and the Warriors sweeping the Trail Blazers out of the playoffs. On Tuesday, all eyes will be back on the court for three more playoff games: line-ups lock at 8:00 p.m. ET with the Thunder at the Rockets, an hour later the Grizzlies are at the Spurs, and the late game pits the Jazz at the Clippers.

All three Tuesday games are out of the Western Conference, which likely accounts for the line-up lock being an hour later than usual. The Thunder will be fighting for their playoff lives, down 3 – 1 and on the road against a Rockets team that has outperformed them thus far. The Grizzlies and Spurs come back to San Antonio with the series even, fresh off Marc Gasol’s and Mike Conley’s late game heroics that eclipsed Kawhi Leonard’s monumental effort down the stretch of Game 4. And the Jazz got their superstar big man Rudy Gobert back in Game 4 in time to get a series-tying win over a Clippers squad that had just lost their superstar big man Blake Griffin for the season. The Clippers have home court advantage, but the Jazz may just be in the driver’s seat unless Chris Paul can play some of the best ball of his career. 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 or find me on my home turf of The Hoops Lab.

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