Core Plays LIVE: NBA DFS Picks for Sunday, May 12th
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 Noto will mix it up in all different types of contests. On weekends, Taylor Smith takes the reins. So, who better to walk you through the madness of an NBA DFS slate? Core Plays LIVE 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, you’ve come to the right place.
Happy Sunday! Two more NBA playoff games are on the board for today, and they should be fascinating ones. The Pacers will look to even their series against the Knicks on the heels of their dramatic victory in Game 3 on Friday night. Out West, the Nuggets will try to do the same after they stormed into Minneapolis and pounded the T-Wolves in a surprising blowout in Game 3.
The home teams in both games today are slight favorites. Let’s break ‘em down from a DFS perspective.
NBA DFS Top Picks: Core Plays LIVE for Sunday, May 12th
Slate Overview
- 2-game slate
- 3:30 PM ET – New York Knicks at Indiana Pacers
- 8:00 PM ET – Denver Nuggets at Minnesota Timberwolves
- NBA DFS Injury Report: The Situation Room
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News Updates
This section will be updated as injury news is released throughout the day.
Team Previews
New York Knicks (at IND): The Knicks nearly went into Indiana and stole Game 3 before ultimately falling short. They’ll again be without OG Anunoby, Julius Randle, Mitchell Robinson, and Bojan Bogdanovic as they attempt to extend their series lead to 3-1 this afternoon. So far in the playoffs with Anunoby off the floor, Jalen Brunson is sporting a gaudy 38.6% usage rate with a 0.99 DK FP/minute average. He struggled a bit offensively in Game 3 after injuring his foot in Game 2, but we have him projected to play 43 minutes today. Brunson is simply a core play in all formats today- it’s as easy as that.
Josh Hart only played 43 minutes in Game 3 after playing all 48 in the first 2 games of the series, while Donte DiVincenzo led the Knicks with 44 minutes the other night. Both wings are priced up, but they’re also hard to ignore on a 2-game slate with such massive minutes projections. Even Isaiah Hartenstein is projected to log 38 today with Robinson out, though we did see Precious Achiuwa (22) pick up some decent burn off the bench with Anunoby also out in Game 3. Miles McBride (29) and Alec Burks (21) were both involved off the bench as well. I have no qualms with getting to Burks or McBride as GPP flier values in reserve roles, while Hartenstein is a terrific point-per-dollar value on DK ($6,000).
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