Core Plays LIVE: NBA DFS Picks for Wednesday, November 13th

by Derek Farnsworth (Notorious) Last Updated 2024-11-13 23:49:39 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.

Happy Wednesday!

We are inching closer to the holiday season, which, in my opinion, is the best season.

I made a rookie mistake with my main lineup on DraftKings last night. There was a lot of late news, and I was trying to get the updates posted here in the article as well as update the rankings in the tables. I was running different potential lineups in LineupHQ with my Core Plays locked and landed on a lineup I liked. However, I didn’t think it through. The lineup had Goga Bitadze, who was playing in the first set of games. This was a mistake because Jusuf Nurkic and Deandre Ayton were both questionable at the time. I limited the flexibility of my lineup by playing Bitadze. He wasn’t a bad play, but he wasn’t a good enough play to warrant locking him with other key players still listed as questionable.

Even after playing DFS for so many years, I still try to look back and see what I did right or wrong with slates. The only way to get better is to learn. There are plenty of ways to learn, but figuring out what you did wrong is always a good start. We now turn our attention to tonight’s 11-game slate. As has been the case all season, DraftKings has left the late games off of their main slate. This means DraftKings has an 8-game main slate, and FanDuel has an 11-game main slate. Nine teams are playing on the second half of a back-to-back (Magic, Celtics, Knicks, Sixers, Pistons, Bucks, Wolves, Blazers, Suns), so I have to imagine it’s going to be a busy news day in the association.

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NBA DFS Picks: Core Plays LIVE for Wednesday, November 13th

• 11-game slate
  - 7:00 PM ET – Indiana Pacers at Orlando Magic
  - 7:30 PM ET – Boston Celtics at Brooklyn Nets
  - 7:30 PM ET – Chicago Bulls at New York Knicks
  - 7:30 PM ET – New Orleans Pelicans at Oklahoma City Thunder
  - 7:30 PM ET – Cleveland Cavaliers at Philadelphia 76ers
  - 8:00 PM ET – Detroit Pistons at Milwaukee Bucks
  - 8:00 PM ET – Washington Wizards at San Antonio Spurs
  - 8:00 PM ET – Los Angeles Clippers at Houston Rockets
  - 10:00 PM ET – Memphis Grizzlies at Los Angeles Lakers
  - 10:00 PM ET – Minnesota Timberwolves at Portland Trail Blazers
  - 10:00 PM ET – Phoenix Suns at Sacramento Kings
• Front end of a back-to-back: None
• Back end of a back-to-back: Magic, Celtics, Knicks, Sixers, Pistons, Bucks, Wolves, Blazers, Suns
• 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

This section will be updated as injury news is released throughout the day.

Team Previews

Indiana Pacers (at ORL)

We kick off the slate with the Pacers, who have a pace-down matchup on the road against a very good defensive team. Indiana has ruled out Andrew Nembhard, Aaron NeSmith, and Isaiah Jackson. This opens up approximately 50 minutes of playing time on the wing. The main beneficiaries should be Bennedict Mathurin and Ben Sheppard, but neither player projects particularly well in the context of this large slate. Myles Turner is still cheap on DraftKings ($6,400) and has averaged 41 fantasy points over his last 4 games.

Orlando Magic (vs. IND)

The Magic are playing on the second half of a back-to-back, but their starters got some early rest in the blowout win. They host the Pacers, who are 25th in points allowed per game this season. Paolo Banchero and Wendell Carter have been ruled out and are the only players on Orlando’s injury report. Goga Bitadze will start at center and has logged at least 27 minutes in each of the last 3 games that were competitive. Moe Wagner will pick up the rest of the minutes at center. I’m more interested in the players who have seen usage upticks with Banchero out. Franz Wagner and Jalen Suggs both have high ceilings in a favorable matchup at home.

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