NBA DFS Core Plays LIVE: Sunday, March 10th
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We’re back on this fine Sunday with a nice little 7-game NBA DFS slate. The festivities get underway a little early at 6 PM ET, though no other game on the slate tips later than 7. That should make things relatively stress-free from a news-monitoring standpoint, and the main slate currently doesn’t have a whole lot of massive injury situations to begin with.
Without further delay, let’s hop right in.
NBA DFS Top Picks: Core Plays LIVE for Sunday, March 10th
Slate Overview
- 7-game slate
- 6:00 PM ET – New Orleans Pelicans at Atlanta Hawks
- 6:00 PM ET – Washington Wizards at Miami Heat
- 6:00 PM ET – Indiana Pacers at Orlando Magic
- 6:00 PM ET – Houston Rockets at Sacramento Kings
- 7:00 PM ET – Memphis Grizzlies at Oklahoma City Thunder
- 7:00 PM ET – Philadelphia 76ers at New York Knicks
- 7:00 PM ET – Brooklyn Nets at Cleveland Cavaliers
- Teams on the front end of a back-to-back: Cavaliers
- Teams in the second half of a back-to-back: Nets
- NBA DFS Injury Report: The Situation Room
- Scroll to FanDuel and DraftKings Rankings & Core Plays
News Updates
I’ll be updating this section with news throughout the afternoon.
Team Previews
New Orleans Pelicans (at ATL): We’ll tip things off with the Pelicans, who are essentially at full strength heading into tonight’s #BirdBattle against the Hawks in Atlanta. NOLA is favored by 6.5 here with a 113.5 implied team total. This is a favorable enough matchup for the visitors, but they’re all priced appropriately around the industry. The in-form Zion Williamson (1.27 FP/min.) gets the best draw of the bunch against the Hawks’ undermanned frontcourt, but he’s also drawing the most ownership among the Pels’ primary scoring threats. Brandon Ingram is your natural leverage pivot off of Zion in GPPs, while CJ McCollum isn’t much of a priority at a deep point guard position.
Atlanta Hawks (vs. NOP): Trae Young, Jalen Johnson, and Onyeka Okongwu will again be missing from the Hawks’ lineup tonight. We saw Vit Krejci unearthed to draw a rare start in Johnson’s place on Friday, though he hasn’t been a particularly good per-minute producer in limited minutes this season. Dejounte Murray (29.4%) is your predictable usage leader here, while Bogdan Bogdanovic will also take on a leading offensive role. De’Andre Hunter is affordable but difficult to trust given his minutes limit. Saddiq Bey is a solid bounce-back candidate tonight considering he’s playing upwards of 40 minutes a night these days, though his salaries did rise. Clint Capela is probably my favorite option from Atlanta in the $6,000 range, though you can go back to the Bruno Fernando well on FanDuel where he’s cheap ($4,300) and PF eligible.
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