Core Plays LIVE: NBA DFS Picks for Saturday, March 1st

by Taylor Smith (tcsmith031) Last Updated 2025-03-01 23:54:31 Premium Content Part of the product NBA DFS

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Happy weekend! It is somehow already March. That means the baseball season starts this month, while we’re only looking at about another month and a half of regular-season NBA action. This is about when things start to get extra chaotic in the NBA streets, so you’re a real one if you keep grinding this sport until the middle of April. We’re all real ones around here, aren’t we folks?

Anyway, we’re looking at a modest little 5-game main slate this evening tipping off at the usual 7 PM ET. Just a few teams are playing the 2nd halves of back-to-backs, so maybe things will be a bit calm on the news front? A man can dream.

On to the slate.

NBA DFS Picks: Core Plays LIVE for Saturday, March 1st

• 5-game main slate
  - 7:00 PM ET – Brooklyn Nets at Detroit Pistons
  - 8:00 PM ET – Sacramento Kings at Houston Rockets
  - 8:00 PM ET – San Antonio Spurs at Memphis Grizzlies
  - 8:30 PM ET – Milwaukee Bucks at Dallas Mavericks
  - 8:30 PM ET – Golden State Warriors at Philadelphia 76ers
• Front end of a back-to-back: Spurs
• Back end of a back-to-back: Nets, Pistons, Grizzlies
• NBA DFS Optimizer
• NBA Starting Lineups
• NBA Injury Report
• Scroll to FanDuel and DraftKings Rankings & Core Plays

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News Updates

Here’s where I’ll provide news updates.

Team Previews

Brooklyn Nets (at DET)

The Nets dropped a home game to the suddenly decent Blazers last night, and they’ll face a tough foe tonight when they head to Detroit to encounter a resurgent Pistons squad. D’Angelo Russell is likely to remain out tonight, while we’ll see what happens with guys like Cam Thomas and Cameron Johnson once they release their injury report. If everybody suits up, the Nets look pretty awful. Nobody rates out as a positive RG Value, they have the lowest team total on the slate (102.75), and the Pistons have been a far stingier defense this season. I’ll be surprised if nobody rests on the 2nd half of the back-to-back, so I’ll update the news section once we hear about potential value options.

Detroit Pistons (vs. BKN)

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