Welcome to the daily fantasy basketball Playbook for Thursday, featuring DFS picks, strategy and advice from Sporting News partners FantasyAlarm.com. It's another busy day of NCAA Tournament action, but the NBA has eight games on its schedule.
Cavs coach Tyronn Lue has already announced he won't rest players on Friday or Saturday, so good news if LeBron James is part of your normal DFS lineup.
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Daily fantasy basketball picks
| Pos | Player | Team | Opponent | FanDuel | DK | Aces | Analysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PG | Kyle Lowry | Raptors | Celtics | $8900 | $7900 | $6250 | GO PRO ! |
| PG | Isaiah Thomas | Celtics | Raptors | $7900 | $7300 | $5750 | GO PRO ! |
| PG | Ricky Rubio | Timberwolves | Rockets | $7000 | $6900 | $5250 | GO PRO ! |
| PG | Darren Collison | Kings | Pistons | $5700 | $5600 | $4450 | GO PRO ! |
| SG | DeMar DeRozan | Raptors | Celtics | $8400 | $7600 | $5800 | GO PRO ! |
| SG | C.J. McCollum | Trail Blazers | Pelicans | $6400 | $6400 | $5000 | GO PRO ! |
| SG | Kentavious Caldwell-Pope | Pistons | Kings | $5300 | $5600 | $4500 | GO PRO ! |
| SG | Klay Thompson | Warriors | Mavericks | $6800 | $7000 | $5400 | GO PRO ! |
| SF | LeBron James | Cavaliers | Magic | $9800 | $9300 | $7500 | GO PRO ! |
| SF | Andrew Wiggins | Timberwolves | Rockets | $6500 | $6300 | $4950 | GO PRO ! |
| SF | Chandler Parsons | Mavericks | Warriors | $7000 | $6500 | $5300 | GO PRO ! |
| SF | Michael Beasley | Rockets | Timberwolves | $4100 | $4100 | $3300 | GO PRO ! |
| PF | Anthony Davis | Pelicans | Trail Blazers | $10200 | $10000 | $7500 | GO PRO ! |
| PF | Kevin Love | Cavaliers | Magic | $7000 | $7100 | $5700 | GO PRO ! |
| PF | Gorgui Dieng | Timberwolves | Rockets | $6400 | $6200 | $4950 | GO PRO ! |
| PF | Patrick Patterson | Raptors | Celtics | $4000 | $3900 | $3600 | GO PRO ! |
| C | Bismack Biyombo | Raptors | Celtics | $4200 | $4600 | $3900 | GO PRO ! |
| C | Enes Kanter | Thunder | 76ers | $5300 | $5200 | $4700 | GO PRO ! |
| C | Mason Plumlee | Trail Blazers | Pelicans | $4700 | $4000 | $4000 | GO PRO ! |
| C | DeMarcus Cousins | Kings | Pistons | $11100 | $10200 | $7750 | GO PRO ! |
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