Tonight’s slate offers us 6 games to choose from and features some great matchups. We will focus on a few good matchups such as Hornets vs. Heat and Knicks vs Hawks. The lock of the night is Bam Adebayo. He should be in your lineup in any way possible.
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Guards
Trae Young (G – ATL): $10,400 vs. NYK
Young over his last 4 games has been averaging 42.3 fantasy points. He was recovering from an illness during this stretch but now seems to be fully recovered. In his last game, Young provided 61.5 fantasy points. Tonight, he faces the Knicks who rank 23rd in the NBA in defensive rating. Young should give you close to 58 fantasy points tonight.
Chris Paul (G – OKC): $7,600 vs. UTA
Paul over his last 4 games has averaged 40.4 fantasy games. He faces a tough defense in the Jazz, but there are some opportunities for Paul to rack up the points. The Jazz allow opposing points guards to put up a high number of assists and steals over the last two weeks. Paul should be good for a double-double tonight and get you close to 40 fantasy points.
Tonight’s slate offers us 6 games to choose from and features some great matchups. We will focus on a few good matchups such as Hornets vs. Heat and Knicks vs Hawks. The lock of the night is Bam Adebayo. He should be in your lineup in any way possible.
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Guards
Trae Young (G – ATL): $10,400 vs. NYK
Young over his last 4 games has been averaging 42.3 fantasy points. He was recovering from an illness during this stretch but now seems to be fully recovered. In his last game, Young provided 61.5 fantasy points. Tonight, he faces the Knicks who rank 23rd in the NBA in defensive rating. Young should give you close to 58 fantasy points tonight.
Chris Paul (G – OKC): $7,600 vs. UTA
Paul over his last 4 games has averaged 40.4 fantasy games. He faces a tough defense in the Jazz, but there are some opportunities for Paul to rack up the points. The Jazz allow opposing points guards to put up a high number of assists and steals over the last two weeks. Paul should be good for a double-double tonight and get you close to 40 fantasy points.
Duncan Robinson (G – MIA): $6,000 vs. CHA
Robinson over his last 5 games has averaged 29.1 fantasy points. Tonight he faces the Hornets who rank 25th in defensive rating in the NBA. If Jimmy Butler doesn’t play tonight, Robinson will be in line for a lot of minutes and should take advantage. Robinson should give you close to 28 fantasy points tonight.
RJ Barrett (G – NYK): $5,500 @ ATL
Barrett over his last 5 games has averaged 30 fantasy points. Tonight he faces the Hawks who rank 28th in the NBA in defensive rating. The Hawks have the second-worst defense against shooting guards and give up the 3rd most fantasy points to opposing shooting guards. Barrett is a great value play tonight against the defensively terrible Hawks and should give you close to 40 fantasy points tonight.
Forwards
Brandon Ingram (F – NOP): $8,000 @ SAC
Ingram over his last 5 games has averaged 34.6 fantasy points and tonight he faces the Kings who rank 18th in the NBA in defensive rating. The Kings are an average defense against small forwards, which means Ingram should have a decent night. Look for Ingram to give you close to 40 fantasy points tonight.
Will Barton (F – DEN): $6,200 @ DAL
Barton over his last 5 games has averaged 29.4 fantasy points. Barton faces the Mavericks who give up the 3rd most fantasy points to small forwards. The Mavericks are ranked 17th in defensive rating and they are ranked as one of the worst teams against small forwards Barton should be in for a good game tonight and should give you close to 35 fantasy points.
De’Andre Hunter (F – ATL): $5,300 @ NYK
Hunter over his last 5 games has averaged 24.7 fantasy points. Tonight he faces the Knicks who are ranked 24th in the NBA in defensive rating. Hunter should get plenty of minutes with Kevin Huerter dealing with an injury. Look for Hunter to give you close to 28 fantasy points tonight.
Bogdan Bogdanovic (F – SAC): $5,100 vs. NOP
Bogdanovic over his last 5 games has averaged 32.4 fantasy points. Tonight he faces the Pelicans who give up the 7th most fantasy points to opposing small forwards. The Pelicans rank 20th in defensive rating and are one of the worst defenses against small forwards. Bogdanovic should have a fantastic game tonight and give you close to 35 fantasy points.
Centers
Bam Adebayo (C – MIA): $9,000 vs. CHA
Adebayo over his last 5 games has averaged 41.9 fantasy points. Tonight he faces the Hornets who give up the 5th most fantasy points to opposing centers. The Hornets rank 25th in defensive rating. Adebayo should be in for a monster game tonight and give you close to 65 fantasy points. He is the lock of tonight and should be in your fantasy lineup.
Al Horford (C – PHI): $7,400 vs. DET
Horford over his last 5 games has averaged 38.3 fantasy points Tonight he faces the Pistons who have given up the 7th most fantasy points to opposing centers. The Pistons rank 22nd in defensive rating and have one of the lowest rank defenses against centers. Horford should have a fantastic game tonight and give you close to 48 fantasy points.
Dewayne Dedmon (C – ATL): $4,700 vs. NYK
Dedmon over his last 3 games has averaged 26.9 fantasy points. He faces the Knicks tonight who rank 23rd in the NBA in defensive rating. Dedmon is a nice value play tonight and should be good for 25 fantasy points against the Knicks.
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Sulman Haque is a correspondent at FantasyPros. For more from Sulman, check out his archive and follow him @HaqueYouToo.
