Hittin' The Nuts: Squirrelpatrol's NBA Lineup Advice for Tuesday, December 19th
Want to hit the nuts and take down 1st place in these massive contests posted by FanDuel and DraftKings? Who better to walk you through their favorite NBA DFS picks than Squirrelpatrol! Undoubtedly one of the best DFS players in the game today, Squirrelpatrol has accumulated 90+ Live Final seats, won the FanDuel 2021 World Fantasy Basketball Championship for $500,000, and most recently, took down the NFL Milly Maker in Week 2. Should we roster the chalk picks? How off-the-board should we get in large-field tournaments? Squirrel answers all of these questions and more below!
We have four games on the NBA schedule tonight, with the Grizzlies welcoming Ja Morant back for his first game of the season in a matchup against the Pelicans tipping off at 7:30 PM ET as our first game of the night. That game is followed by the Spurs in Milwaukee to take on the Bucks in a game with a 249.5 point total, the highest of the night, but a 16-point spread in favor of the Bucks. The final two games tip off at 10 PM ET, with the Suns facing the TrailBlazers in Portland and the Celtics on the road facing Golden State.
It’s a relatively light slate for injury news, with the biggest situation of the slate impacting the Spurs with Victor Wembanyama out. Zion Williamson is listed as questionable for New Orleans, but we should get that news prior to lock with the Pelicans playing in the first game of the night. Chris Paul is questionable for the Warriors and Shaedon Sharpe is questionable for Portland in the 10 PM ET window of games.
Let’s sort through the slate and figure out what to do with our DFS lineups.
NBA DFS Picks: Lineup Advice for Squirrelpatrol’s ‘Hittin’ The Nuts’ (December 19th)
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Who are the players I’m picking first for my squad? These guys are the first selections for both my cash game and tournament lineups, and I’ll sacrifice elsewhere, if need be, to ensure I get them in:
Damian Lillard
FanDuel: $9,300
DraftKings: $9,200
The San Antonio – Milwaukee game will be drawing a lot of attention tonight, with a game total 15 points higher than any other game and the Spurs missing their leading scorer Victor Wembanyama. Lillard is a well-priced core piece on FanDuel, where we have to play two PGs and a very viable tournament play on DraftKings. The Spurs give up the 4th-most points and the 2nd-most 3-pointers per game, and Dame leads the Bucks with 3.1 3-pointers made and 8.6 3-pointers attempted per game this season.
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