It’s always fun to roster your favorite player of a slate and they go off for more than 100 fantasy points, like it’s no big deal.
Boogie Cousins was that guy last night, putting up 103.5 DraftKings points in a double overtime victory over the Bulls. Now I was wrong to worry about a blowout, a reverse jinx of sorts.
Now we count our cash, put back some savings and lay down more cheddar tonight, a 5-game slate in the NBA.
It’s a weird set of games though, which I will elaborate with each team breakdown below.
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Let’s dig into tonight’s action!
| O/U | Spread | Pace | |
| Sacramento Kings | 26 | ||
| Orlando Magic | 213.5 | -6.5 | 7 |
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Sacramento: With the Kings on a back-to-back and starting players like Vince Carter and Kosta Koufos Monday night, I expect a completely different starting rotation to be put into play against the up-paced Magic. The young guys like De’Aaron Fox, Skal Labissiere, Bogdan Bogdanovic, Buddy Heild and Willie Cauley-Stein…damn I feel like I just wrote this yesterday…should be locked in for their usual uptick in minutes. Watch for guys like Zach Randolph and George HIll and see if they crack the lineup at all prior to lock. Like I’ve said in the past, they are likely trade bait, and as you might read quite a bit tonight, this is a time to showcase what they’ve got for potential buyers. The Kings have a great matchup tonight against an up-paced Magic squad that rarely blows anyone out. In fact, they are usually the receives of the blowing…out. The Magic allow opponents to light up the stat sheet at nearly every position. The biggest weakness is against the backcourt where the defense of Elfrid Payton, Evan Fournier and Jonathon Simmons has allowed gobs and gobs of fantasy production. Shooting guards are averaging a combined triple-double in points, rebounds and assists this season against the Magic, putting whomever gets those minutes in a premium spot.
Orlando: While I talked about the ineptness of the Magic, the Kings aren’t much better. The only reason why they might not allow as much fantasy production is because they play in the bottom 5 of pace. Power forwards and centers are where you want to attack Sacramento, meaning Aaron Gordon is in a prime position to thrive along with some Bismack Biyombo, who is a better fit in pace-down games than run-and-gun shootouts. However, paying more than $6K for Biyombo feels like down right armed robbery. Payton, Fournier and Simmons are all solid options, especially the Elf who has been hot in three of his last four games. But he’s Elf and some days in DFS you have to put him on a shelf…oh yea, I went there. Gordon looks to be the cream of the crop and is far too cheap in my opinion at $8,100 against a team averaging 37 and 18 to PFs this season, that’s a steal for the projected production.
Must-Have Plays: Aaron Gordon
Bubble Plays: Willie Cauley-Stein, Evan Fournier, Elfrid Payton
Value Plays: De’Aaron Fox, Skal Labissiere
