
The NBA playoffs continue with two games in two nights on Wednesday and Thursday. Get your DFS fantasy basketball team in the game with FanSided’s FanDuel daily picks.
The NBA playoffs have two active series right now and are playing one game per night on alternating nights. As such, every DFS contest in the interim will be two-day with two games, including the same four teams. For this contest, the Wizards are at the Celtics at 8:00 p.m. ET on Wednesday and the Spurs are at the Rockets at 8:00 p.m. ET on Thursday.
In Boston, the series currently stands at 2-2. The home team has won every game thus far, even back to their head-to-heads in the regular season, making the Celtics a slight favorite. Of more direct relevance, pretty much every Celtics starter has played significantly better at home than on the road this series, and after a couple of down games their price tags are lower going into Wednesday. On the flip side, the Wizards led for significant parts of both games in Boston, and coming off of two straight home wins they have the confidence to step in and take Game 5 on the road. Should be interesting.
Meanwhile, in Houston, the Rockets will try to recover from blowing a very winnable Game 5 in San Antonio. They will be facing elimination at home, so James Harden and crew would be expected to put their best foot forward. On the other side of the ball, the Spurs won despite an ankle injury that forced Kawhi Leonard to sit the end of the fourth quarter and overtime. Leonard says he will play on Thursday, but he is a bit of a risk until more official word is given.
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.