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Charlotte Hornets @ Atlanta Hawks

Total: 223.5

ATL -4

Charlotte

Despite Charlotte being such an awful team, ATL is the BEST match-up to have offensively considering they allow the MOST fantasy points per game to their opponents. Terry Rozier has gone for 35-plus FP in four-of-six games, but looked dreadful against ATL earlier this year shooting 3-of-13 from the floor. Atlanta has allowed the fourth most FP/game to opposing point-guards and second most to shooting-guards, which means Devonte' Graham is in play as well. Cody Martin has averaged 29.3 MPG and 22.6 FP/game over his last five. He’s solid considering the minutes are safe and the match-up is ideal.

Even though Miles Bridges has hit only 30 FP once over his last eight games, Atlanta has been far and away the worst team against the SF position this year. Bridges already went for 20 actual against them this year in a previous meeting. P.J. Washington is extremely appealing, especially at 5.2K over on FD. He’s gone for 30+ FP in three straight games and ATL allows the second most FP/game against power-forwards. 

The centers in Charlotte are a revolving door. It’s been Cody Zeller getting most of the run lately, but the games at the end of February were started by Bismack Biyombo so who can we trust? Wily Hernangomez has also been playing anywhere from 18-to-22 minutes pretty much every game. The starter gets the nod for me.

Atlanta

Trae Young let everyone down his last time out, actually the last two games, but there aren’t many spend up options and CHA is a bad defense. They rate out well against PG’s this year but Young went for 52 against them earlier in the year. Kevin Huerter has been very solid lately, but I really don’t love his DK price tag. He’s more of a FD play only for me.

With Dwayne Dedmon back into the fold, Cam Reddish has come off the bench the last two games, one in which he got hurt and left. He’s a GPP play only, but De’Andre Hunter can be used in cash considering he’s gone for 20-plus FP in 9-of-11 games.

Knowing how dreadful Charlotte’s front-court is at defending, it’s going to be very hard to ignore John Collins and Dewayne Dedmon , primarily Collins though. Collins has put up 46-plus FD points in five-of-six games and has poured in 20-plus actual points in seven-of-eight. Dedmon hasn’t surpassed 21 minutes since returning to action, but both games he’s been over a FP/min.
 

Toronto Raptors @ Utah Jazz

Total: 224

UTA -4.5

Toronto

This is the second game of the Raptors back-to-back and we don’t know what the status of Fred VanVleet will be. VanVleet sat out his fifth straight game on Sunday and came out with a statement that he won’t return until he’s 100-percent. If VanVleet plays, it’ll be hard to fade Kyle Lowry on FanDuel ($7.3K) and Norman Powell on whichever site you prefer. He’s only $5.5K on FD, however.

OG Anunoby has been playing all of the minutes he can handle, but Serge Ibaka and Marc Gasol ’s return has cut into his production as seen by his 16 FP outing on Sunday. Pascal Siakam had a monster game against Utah earlier this year and is in play no matter who is active for Toronto. He has a 29.8% USG rate and averages 1.16 FP/min without VanVleet though. Utah has been a bottom-10 defense in terms of defensive rating since February 1st.

So Marc Gasol is active, but he was on a pitch count his first game back and only saw the floor for 15 minutes. Although that number will likely rise, it’s not enough to completely take Serge Ibaka off our radar. Ibaka saw 35 minutes and played 45 minutes and his ability to stretch the floor will take him away from the basket, giving Rudy Gobert and Utah’s interior defense many issues. Ibaka has gone 37+ FP in six-of-nine games.

Utah

It’s very hard to trust any Utah guard right now as they really seem to cut into each other’s production. Donovan Mitchell clearly has the upside, but Conley’s price tag is at least $1.5K cheaper on both sites. Mitchell’s match-up is slightly easier dealing with the likes of Fred VanVleet -- if he plays -- and Norman Powell . Jordan Clarkson is always someone we can throw a dart at in GPP’s as we’ve seen his minutes back on the rise the last two games up at 24 and 26.

The best individual match-up based on the numbers and DvP is for Bojan Bogdanovic considering Toronto ranks in the bottom-10 against small-forwards. Bogdanovic has averaged 32.7 FP/game over his last five and is in good form right now. Joe Ingles minutes are hard to trust and so is his usage rate of 15.1%. As long as Mike Conley is active, Ingles has limited value. Both he and Royce O’Neale are secondary plays. O’Neale has played 29-plus minutes in six straight games and has eclipsed 20 FP in four of them.

What is Rudy Gobert ’s ceiling and upside at his price across the industry? He’s only given us 40-plus DK points in three-of-nine games and gets a very good duo defensively on the other side of the ball tonight. He’s OK given the limited slate size, but not someone I’m prioritizing.

 

Milwaukee Bucks @ Denver Nuggets 

Total: 224

DEN -5.5

Milwaukee

What do we do with the Bucks? Well first, we note they played on Sunday. That could impact someone like Eric Bledsoe , although Bledsoe has been playing back-to-backs this year. He has a tough match-up, but there is no Giannis Antetokounmpo in this one. Bledsoe has a 32.6% USG rate and averages 1.39 FP/game without the Greek Freak on the floor this year. Elite as they come at his price point across the industry.

Khris Middleton and Donte DiVincenzo are both wing players we want a ton of exposure too. Middleton is the top play of the slate on a per dollar basis as he features a 34% USG and averages 1.35 FP/min. DiVincenzo has now put together four straight performances of 24-plus FP and is only $4.2K on FD and $4.8K on DK.

At the forward and center spots, it seems like Marvin Williams has jumped Ersan Ilyasova in the pecking order as Williams played 26 minutes on Sunday compared to Ilyasova’s 17 and that could be an interesting value to take a look at. He’s actually hit the 20 minute mark now in three straight games and two of those were with Antetokounmpo. Brook Lopez sees a 4.7-percent usage bump and averages 1.1 FP/min without Antetokounmpo off the floor. He might be lesser owned than he should be because of a tough match-up too, so take advantage there.

Denver

Denver see’s the biggest pace up spot on the board against a team that allowed 140 points without Giannis Antetokounmpo on Sunday. Jamal Murray has a track record of busting out monster games from time-to-time and this three-game slate seems like the slate to do it. He hasn’t exceeded 40 FP since February 12th and is priced up, but the uptempo environment bodes well for that to change here. Gary Harris gets NO respect by fantasy sites as he’s still $4.4K or below on DK and FD. HOW? I’m not complaining because I want all the exposure here, but he’s given us 29-plus FP in three straight and on a site like FD where you get the extra point for steals, he’s given us 10 over those three games.

It’s still a very appealing and cheap price tag for Will Barton and getting Barton out in the open floor and running has always been my favorite game environment to use him in. He’s put up 25+ FD points in three straight.

Death, taxes and Paul Millsap in Denver. Millsap averages 14.3 PPG at home compared to 9.6 PPG on the road. He shoots 52% from the floor and 54% from the arc in Denver and 44% and 31% from three anywhere else. He also averages 28.4 FP/game compared to 20.7 on the road. With Antetokounmpo out, he’ll see a lot of Marvin Williams and Ersan Ilyasova defense as well? Millsap is going to be a core play for me on this slate. Jerami Grant is fine for tournaments, but he’s usually seeing his time when the Nuggets hit the road. Who knows what version of Nikola Jokic we’re going to get, but Denver is going to maximize it’s touches in this spot playing way up in pace and we could get a ceiling game here. He’s coming off three sub-par performances in a row but is someone that has 70-point upside.