With Stephen Curry potentially limited, Draymond Green & Co. will have to pick up the slack
What’s up everyone! Geoff Lamber of GoingFor2.com here to bring you today’s NBA DFS lineup advice. Normally I only cover the Saturday slate, but for the duration of the playoffs, I’ll be doing Monday as well.
If you played my lineup in a cash game (50/50 or double) for Saturday, you should have had a pretty good day. My lineup cashed in every cash game I played — scoring 250 FanDuel points. Let’s see if I can strike gold again…
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PG – Cory Joseph (TOR): $3,600 vs IND
It’s really hard to fade to two best players on the planet (Stephen Curry & Russell Westbrook), but that’s exactly what I’m doing with this lineup. Joseph was the lone bright spot in the Game 1 loss to the Pacers, playing 24 minutes and putting up 26 FanDuel points. The Raptors even had a lineup that featured both Joseph and fellow point guard Kyle Lowry, which allowed Joesph to play off the ball and get the better matchup with Monta Ellis over the much tougher defender George Hill. He should see similar usage and production tonight.
PG – Raymond Felton (DAL): $4,700 @ OKC
J.J. Barea has already been ruled out for this game after tweaking his groin, meaning Felton will move into the starting lineup. He will log big minutes and have the ball in his hands a lot, meaning his usage rate will go up considerably. Dallas needs to show that they belong on the same court as the Thunder after their dismal performance in Game 1, and Felton will be a big part of their gameplan.
SG – Klay Thompson (GS): $7,200 vs HOU
With Stephen Curry potentially being out, or at minimum limited, the Warriors will look to Thompson to pick up the scoring in Game 2. With James Harden’s bullfighter defense (gets out of the way), Thompson should have no trouble getting 35-plus FD points.
SG – DeMar DeRozan (TOR): $7,900 vs IND
This game screams bounce back for both DeRozan and Kyle Lowry, and I wish I could fit them both in this lineup. Since I can’t, I’m going with the better matchup. DeDe will be primarily defended by Monta Ellis, who is not near as good a defender as George Hill. He will see some of Paul George too, with whom he struggled against on Saturday, but DeRozan is a great scorer and will find a way to have a better Game 2. Mark my words, DeDe will have a huge Game 2.
SF – Paul George (IND): $9,000 @ TOR
Speaking of Paul George, after Saturday’s performance it’ll be hard to leave him off any of my lineups. He looked like the Paul George we came to know pre-injury, and I don’t think the Raptors will be able to stop him all series.
SF – Kevin Durant (OKC): $10,300 vs DAL
The small forward position is so shallow that I decided to pay up for both of the top two guys. Durant and the Thunder dispatched the Mavs early in Game 1, causing him to only play 28 minutes. I expect the Mavericks to put up a better fight in Game 2, and I expect Durant will get his normal playing time. Expect 50-plus from Durant tonight.
PF – Draymond Green (GS): $8,900 vs HOU
The nice thing about Dray Green is even in a blowout he stills gets his minutes. I like him tonight for the same reason I liked Klay. With Curry potentially out or limited, Green and Thompson will have to pick up the offensive slack. I’m going to put my stamp on it and predict a triple-double from him tonight.
PF – Patrick Patterson (TOR): $3,800 vs IND
He wasn’t amazing in Game 1, but he did hit five times value (19 FD points), and I expect something similar tonight from him. Luis Scola may be the “official” starter, but Patterson gets more minutes and has the higher upside.
C – Enes Kanter (OKC): $4,600 vs DAL
I love this guy. He had 31 FD points in 23 minutes in Game 1, and he gets all the junk-time minutes. At $4,600, he will be in 90 percent of my lineups Monday night.
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Geoff Lambert is a correspondent at FantasyPros. You can read more from Geoff by visiting his site GoingFor2.com or follow him on Twitter @GeoffLambert77.
