NBA Grind Down: Friday, April 11th - Page 3

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Phoenix at San Antonio

Phoenix

Phoenix gets to follow up Dallas in the ‘try to beat the Spurs to stay in the playoff chase’ game on Friday night. Dallas lost their matchup on Thursday and if the Spurs starters played I’d expect Phoenix to drop one as well. The problem is that both Parker and Duncan are doubtful tonight so the Suns can definitely hang tight here. Without those two, the Spurs are a drastically different team and I expect guys like Bledsoe and Dragic to put up some good numbers.

San Antonio

The Spurs have Duncan and Parker listed as doubtful tonight which opens up some big opportunities for their bench and role players. The problem is guessing what Popovich is thinking, as showcased last night when he decided to shove Mills into the starting lineup just seconds before tip-off and Joseph played only 8 minutes. Who knows what he’s thinking tonight, so rolling any Spurs is a GPP gamble.

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Portland at Utah

Portland

This game has me all sorts of confused because the 199 O/U is much lower than I would have expected for Portland facing a below-average defense. The spread is about right but I don’t know what to make of that O/U. Anyways, Utah ranks in the bottom half of the NBA over the last 15 days against the PG, SG and SF positions so that’s probably a good starting point if you’re looking to target Blazers.

Utah

Utah is the worst team in the West and will look to finish their season by scooping a few extra ping pong balls in the final games. Injury-wise, they’re relatively healthy but Marvin Williams is doubtful tonight and that returns Enes Kanter to both big minutes and a starting role. He’s been terrific as a starter and has a nice price point so I wouldn’t shy away from that option against the piss poor defense of Robin Lopez.

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Golden State at L.A.Lakers

Golden State

The final game of the night involves the Lakers so you know there will be plenty of daily fantasy relevancy. David Lee is expected to sit out again and that means more big minutes for Draymond Green, as well as production boosts for Bogut, Curry and Klay. All four guys are viable options tonight against a team allowing 114.3 points per game over the last 10 games.

L.A.Lakers

Oh the Lakers. As a Celtics fan I can’t hide that giddy feeling I have looking at the turmoil they’ve created in their organization. I mean why should they let Kobe have a say on Mike D’Antoni’s status as the coach? He’s only the franchise player and D’Antoni has certainly proven he deserves to stay…said no one. Anyways, I don’t want to bore you by making fun of the Lakers for too long, all I will say is that they’ve been terrific for DFS purposes this year.

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