Core Plays LIVE: NBA DFS Picks for Saturday, November 16th

by Taylor Smith (tcsmith031) Last Updated 2024-11-17 00:07:55 Premium Content Part of the product NBA DFS

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We’re looking at a nice little 4-game NBA slate to kick off the weekend, and 3 of the 4 games on the schedule feature double-digit point spreads, while the smallest spread on the slate is 7 points. Things could get ugly out there tonight, folks.

We’re all working with the same pieces though, so there’s still an edge to be found. We’ve also got a few potentially impactful players carrying questionable tags into this one, including Lauri Markkanen, Miles Bridges, and Jrue Holiday.

Let’s dive in.

NBA DFS Picks: Core Plays LIVE for Saturday, November 16th

• 4-game slate
  - 8:00 PM ET – Toronto Raptors at Boston Celtics
  - 8:00 PM ET – Los Angeles Lakers at New Orleans Pelicans
  - 8:30 PM ET – San Antonio Spurs at Dallas Mavericks
  - 10:00 PM ET – Utah Jazz at Sacramento Kings
• Front end of a back-to-back: Jazz, Mavericks
• Back end of a back-to-back: Kings, Spurs, Lakers, Pelicans, Raptors
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• NBA Starting Lineups
• NBA DFS Injury Report: The Situation Room
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Team Previews

Toronto Raptors (at BOS)

The Raptors lost a tight, low-scoring affair to the Pistons at home last night, and tonight they’ll face a more well-rested Celtics outfit in Boston. Toronto is a 17-point underdog in this one, which is the largest spread I can recall seeing so far this season. They’re still without Immanuel Quickley, Scottie Barnes, Bruce Brown, Kelly Olynyk, and Ja’Kobe Walter, and we’ll see if anyone new pops up on the back-to-back injury report later. Davion Mitchell (0.87 FP/minute) will continue to start in place of Quickley, while RJ Barrett (31%) and Gradey Dick (26.4%) will handle much of the usage. Jakob Poeltl (1.26 FP/minute) is having a terrific season, and the Celtics’ interior defense hasn’t been as impregnable as usual with Kristaps Porzingis missing from the lineup. It’s tough to get too geeked about anything here, but Mitchell still rates out pretty well as a cheap value in this role.

Boston Celtics (vs. TOR)

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