In what should be a high-scoring NBA DFS slate, there are several bottom-feeder matchups worth honing in on to round out your FanDuel cash game lineups. It’s important to capitalize when struggling, defense-deprived teams square off, and we’ll help you pinpoint daily fantasy basketball sleeper targets in two of those games Monday night.
Injury concerns include Wizards small forward Otto Porter and Thunder shooting guard Terrance Ferguson. We'll update whether they will go as soon as the news comes out.
Update: Porter will play and is in the Wizards starting lineup.
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Only Hawks-Warriors is projected to be a blowout, and four of the seven games have point spreads of three points or fewer. Cavaliers-Nets and Wizards-Knicks, meanwhile, should be offense-centric and could also feature a healthy dose of turnovers.
As part of our multi-step lineup approach, we used Fantasy Alarm’s premium features to analyze points allowed by position and projected point values. Below are the conclusions of that research.
Tonight's FanDuel NBA DFS picks: Lineup advice, sleepers for Monday, Dec. 3
FAVORITE VALUE — PG Emmanuel Mudiay, Knicks vs. Wizards ($5,000). Mudiay was already in consideration in GPP formats before fellow Knicks point guard Trey Burke suffered an injury. With Burke now out, there’s less concern for Mudiay’s role unexpectedly fluctuating, meaning he’s viable in all NBA DFS formats at this point. He’s coming off a 42.1-point game on FanDuel, and he could come close to replicating that effort against the Wizards in a potential bucket fest.
STUD TO STICK WITH — PF Montrezl Harrell, Clippers @ Pelicans ($8,300). Either game-stacked with Anthony Davis or played on his own tonight, Harrell is a cash game godsend if you’ve been burned by an upper-level guy over the past few days. As the heart of Los Angeles’ ferocious bench unit, Harrell has been incredibly consistent lately, delivering at least 35 FD points in seven straight games. With the possibility he’ll go for much more considering the Pelicans allow the eighth-most FD points against to power forwards, lock him into your lineups.
STAR TO AVOID — PG Kyle Lowry, Raptors vs. Nuggets ($8,100). Not only did Lowry miss Saturday’s game due to back soreness, setting up a potential minutes limit if the Raptors pull away late against the Nuggets, but he also goes up against the top defense vs. point guards this year. We prefer the pivot to Chris Paul ($8,200) in this price range.
TAKE A CHANCE ON ME — SG Alec Burks, Cavaliers @ Nets ($4,000). For his career, Burks averages about 28 FD points per 36 minutes, but because of injuries and a generally decent Utah team, he’s rarely had that kind of playing time. In Cleveland, though, he could see the most minutes he’s gotten in years and potentially the highest usage rate of his career. If you’re hunting for a low-cost shooting guard to round out your lineup, buying low on Burks is a decent bet.