Friday’s NBA schedule contains nine games with the action beginning at 7 p.m. ET with the last tip set for 10 p.m. ET. There are a number of high quality options in the NBA DFS player pool to build your daily Fantasy basketball lineups around. Stars like James Harden, Donovan Mitchell, Kevin Porter, Anthony Edwards, Jalen Johnson, Lauri Markkanen, Trey Murphy III, Brandon Miller and Julius Randle are scheduled to be in action, so you certainly have plenty of directions to go with NBA DFS picks. Some standout players have already been ruled out for tonight. Among those include Pascal Siakam (personal), Santi Aldama (knee), Ivica Zubac (ankle), Jalen Williams (hamstring), Cooper Flagg (foot) and Dejounte Murray (Achilles).
Finding someone who can outperform his price tags on sites like FanDuel and DraftKings is key to that and to constructing a winning NBA DFS strategy. Before making any NBA DFS picks, be sure to check out the NBA DFS advice, player rankings, stacks, and top daily Fantasy basketball picks from SportsLine’s Mike McClure.
McClure is a DFS professional with more than $2 million in career winnings. He’s also a predictive data engineer at SportsLine who uses a powerful prediction model that simulates every minute of every game 10,000 times, taking factors like matchups, statistical trends and injuries into account. This allows him to find the best NBA DFS values on sites like DraftKings and FanDuel and create optimal lineups that he shares only over at SportsLine. They’re a must-see for any NBA DFS player.
McClure has turned his attention to NBA action on Friday and locked in his top daily Fantasy basketball picks.
Top NBA DFS picks for Friday, February 20
For Friday, one of McClure’s top NBA DFS picks is Memphis Grizzlies shooting guard Cam Spencer ($5,300 FanDuel), who has averaged 15.5 points over two games against Utah this season. In 51 games, including 14 starts, he is averaging 11.6 points, 5.6 assists and 2.7 rebounds in 24.1 minutes. Spencer has had some big games of late. In a 135-115 loss at Portland on Feb. 6, he poured in 18 points, while dishing out five assists.
He’s also building his NBA DFS strategy around stacking Spencer with point guard Javon Small, who is $4,100 on FanDuel. Small has come on of late and is averaging 10.6 points, 4.8 rebounds and 3.2 assists over his past 10 games. His minute totals have climbed substantially as well. In a 122-115 loss at Portland on Feb. 7, he scored 22 points, while adding six rebounds and four assists.
How to set your NBA DFS lineups for Friday, Feb. 20
McClure is also targeting a player who could go off for massive numbers on Friday because of an optimal matchup. This pick could be the difference between winning your tournaments and cash games or going home with nothing.
Comments are closed.