NBA Playoff Primer: Sunday, April 15th

Our analysts will break down the playoff slate by position, taking a deep dive into game flows to pick out the best players for your daily fantasy sports lineups. Gain an edge in your postseason DFS play here.

Sunday, April 15th

Welcome to the Sunday edition of the 2018 NBA Playoff Primer, where we’ll try to give you all the information you need to put together your DFS lineups for the big contests on DraftKings and FanDuel. Playoff NBA is a much more predictable iteration of regular season NBA as teams tighten their rotations and last minute “rest” scratches generally don’t take place. For each game I will list the game flow logs (clickable) for each game the two teams had this season, the minutes per game for players I am projecting to play in this game (including what I project them to play for Game 1), and the fantasy point production breakdown for DraftKings and FanDuel. I’ve also copied applicable charts from Notorious’s NBA First Look for easy reference. Last, but not least, I provided rankings and top point per dollar plays based on my projected values.

Explanation of Abbreviations in Charts

L5 – Last 5 games
L10 – Last 10 games
L20 – Last 20 games
Season – Entire Season
L5 Opp – Last 5 games against opponent they are facing
L10 Opp – Last 10 games against opponent they are facing
DK – DraftKings
FD – FanDuel


Milwaukee Buck at Boston Celtics

Line – Boston (-4) Total: 201.5

2017-2018 Results With Game Flow Logs

October 18th, 2017 – Milwaukee 108 Boston 100
October 26th, 2017 – Boston 86 Milwaukee 89
December 4th, 2017 – Milwaukee 100 Boston 111
April 3rd, 2018 – Boston 102 Milwaukee 106


Indiana Pacers at Cleveland Cavaliers


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About the Author

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Aaron Hendrix (thehazyone)

Aaron Hendrix is a former professional poker player who made the transition from season long fantasy sports to DFS in October of 2014. He used to cover poker tournaments for a living until stepping into his current role at RotoGrinders. He can be found on Twitter at @aaronhendrix