NBA DFS picks September 9: The Joker is the wild card

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NBA DFS picks September 9: The Joker is the wild card

We have possibly the last two game NBA DFS slate from the bubble since the Heat sent the top-seeded Bucks packing last night. Tonight we have Game 6 of the Boston-Toronto series and Game 4 of the Clippers-Nuggets tilt. Boston is trying to make Toronto homeless. If they lose, there’s no guarantee they’ll even let them back into Canada. That’s all the more reason for Toronto to win! Let’s see what we have for injuries.

Out: Gordon Hayward (ankle), Will Barton (knee)

Questionable: Serge Ibaka (ankle)

Ibaka’s ankle was bad enough for him to be in a boot yesterday, but he insists he’s playing. Even so, I’m going to have a healthy share of Marc Gasol in this one. There’s no guarantee that Ibaka will be anywhere close to 100 percent.

It’s likely that Barton is done for the year. As for Hayward, it will depend on if Boston advances or not. At any rate, we wont have to worry about them affecting rotations for the next week at the least. By then one or both of these series will be over.

I had several lines make minimum cash last night thanks to Rondo/LeBron/Brow stacks. Middleton and Gordon were duds though, so that ultimately hurt my bottom line.