Core Plays LIVE: NBA DFS Picks for Monday, November 11th

by Taylor Smith (tcsmith031) Last Updated 2024-11-12 00:31:52 Premium Content Part of the product NBA DFS

A daily fantasy sports OG, Notorious has been roaming the DFS streets ever since they were invented. He has racked up multiple live final seats and several six-figure tournament wins in his DFS career and has long been one of the top NBA DFS minds in the industry. On weekends, Taylor Smith takes the reins. Their Core Plays LIVE article will zoom out on the slate as a whole, zoom in on the best NBA DFS picks, and constantly update as news breaks. Whether you are diving into the slate 5 hours before it starts or 5 minutes before it starts, Core Plays LIVE has everything you need for your DraftKings and FanDuel lineups.

I was going to say the NBA is taking a balanced approach to the schedule this week. We’re tipping things off with a reasonably sized 5-gamer tonight, followed by a larger-than-usual Tuesday docket tomorrow. Skip ahead to Thursday, though, and there’s just one (1) game on the board. What? Why?

I figured Thursday must be some holiday, and a quick Google search confirmed my suspicions. November 14th is National Seat Belt Day. “Set an example by belting up and being safe on the road,” it says. I can’t imagine anyone has ever unironically advised someone else to “belt up,” but I will now be saying it forever.

Anyway, enough about how I spent my morning. Let’s belt up and get to those 5 games on tonight’s schedule.

NBA DFS Picks: Core Plays LIVE for Monday, November 11th

• 5-game slate
  - 8:00 PM ET – Los Angeles Clippers at Oklahoma City Thunder
  - 8:00 PM ET – Brooklyn Nets at New Orleans Pelicans
  - 8:00 PM ET – Washington Wizards at Houston Rockets
  - 8:00 PM ET – Cleveland Cavaliers at Chicago Bulls
  - 8:00 PM ET – Sacramento Kings at San Antonio Spurs
• Front end of a back-to-back: None
• Back end of a back-to-back: Kings, Rockets, Thunder, Wizards
• NBA DFS Optimizer
• NBA Starting Lineups
• NBA DFS Injury Report: The Situation Room
• Scroll to FanDuel and DraftKings Rankings & Core Plays

News Updates

Here’s where I’ll provide news updates.

Team Previews

Los Angeles Clippers (at OKC)

First off, it’s worth noting this slate starts an hour later than usual with all 5 games tipping off at 8:00 PM ET. We’ll start with the Clippers, who are 6.5-point underdogs in Oklahoma City as they continue to play without Kawhi Leonard. James Harden (32.4% usage, 1.43 FP/minute) is having a magical start to the season. You can argue he should be over $10,000 at this point, but he’s just under it on both DraftKings and FanDuel. The Thunder lead the NBA in defensive rating, but they might get a little worse in that regard without Chet Holmgren for the next couple of months. He’s a strong play if pOWN% is reasonably low in GPPs. Ivica Zubac (1.12 FP/min.) and Norman Powell (1.06) are also off to impressive starts, and I like the spot for Zubac against an Oklahoma City team that struggled in the rebounding department even with Chet healthy. LA has a whole mess of other wings getting minutes, but the only standout from a DFS standpoint is Kevin Porter Jr., who’s been productive (1.1 FP/min.) despite limited minutes off the bench.

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