NBA DFS Core Plays LIVE: Sunday, April 9th
Andy Means (meansy53), a former Duke basketball walk-on, will be bringing Premium subscribers his top NBA DFS plays to build around on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Everyone’s favorite, Notorious, will be guiding you on Tuesdays and Thursdays. And on weekends, the GPP maestro you all know and love, STLCards, takes the reins.
7:55 AM ET – Happy Sunday, everyone! Welcome to the final day of the NBA regular season, and the final core plays live article of the year. Thank you for reading along throughout the season!
Every NBA team is in action today, and we have a lunch time lock. DraftKings has included all 15 games as part of their main slate, while FanDuel has split it up into an eight game early slate and a seven game “main” slate that starts at 3:30 PM ET. The FD tables below will focus on the main slate only.
Today is going to be a lot like a preseason day. There will be shenanigans. Minutes will be all over the place. We must figure out who has something to play for, and the answer to that is: Not very many teams.
All 20 playoff and play-in teams are set. The only spots up for grabs are how the #5 through #9 seeds are split in the West. Therefore, only the Clippers, Warriors, Lakers, Timberwolves, and Pelicans have anything to play for today. Most scenarios end up with LAC and GSW as the 5/6 teams, but anything can happen. The Pelicans could actually end up anywhere from #5 to #9 depending on how results shake out. In any case, these five teams are the squads that we can feel most confident about playing their stars today.