Core Plays LIVE: NBA DFS Picks for Sunday, November 17th

by Taylor Smith (tcsmith031) Last Updated 2024-11-17 22:15:32 Premium Content Part of the product NBA DFS

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Happy Sunday! It’s a day that ends in “Y,” which means DraftKings and FanDuel are approaching their slates differently. FanDuel is rolling with an 8-gamer starting at 5 PM ET, while the DK slate is a 7-gamer tipping off an hour later. MIA-IND is the early FD special in a rematch of Friday’s clash. Neither site is including the late-night Jazz-Clippers extravaganza on their main docket.

There’s quite a bit of injury news that is opening up plenty of cheap value. Let’s discuss, shall we?

NBA DFS Picks: Core Plays LIVE for Sunday, November 17th

• 8-game slate
  - 5:00 PM ET – Miami Heat at Indiana Pacers
  - 6:00 PM ET – Charlotte Hornets at Cleveland Cavaliers
  - 6:00 PM ET – Detroit Pistons at Washington Wizards
  - 6:00 PM ET – Denver Nuggets at Memphis Grizzlies
  - 6:00 PM ET – Atlanta Hawks at Portland Trail Blazers
  - 7:00 PM ET – Brooklyn Nets at New York Knicks
  - 7:00 PM ET – Houston Rockets at Chicago Bulls
  - 7:00 PM ET – Dallas Mavericks at Oklahoma City Thunder
• Front end of a back-to-back: Bulls, Pistons, Heat, Wizards, Knicks, Pacers, Rockets, Hawks, Clippers
• Back end of a back-to-back: Mavs
• NBA DFS Optimizer
• NBA Starting Lineups
• NBA DFS Injury Report: The Situation Room
• Scroll to FanDuel and DraftKings Rankings & Core Plays

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News Updates

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Team Previews

Miami Heat (at IND)

The Heat had such a good time beating the Pacers on Friday that they’re going to attempt to do the same this afternoon. Jimmy Butler is questionable for this one with the ankle issue that’s kept him sidelined for the past few games. If he’s out, we’ll likely see another start for Haywood Highsmith, while more usage would flow through Tyler Herro (30.1%), Bam Adebayo (23.4%), and Terry Rozier (21%). Bam projects as a pretty good value either way ($8,500) against a Pacers team struggling to defend opposing centers, while Rozier ($5,600) remains awfully cheap. Butler sitting would make Jaime Jaquez an okay value at $5,300 in a GPP build.

Indiana Pacers (vs. MIA)

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