PrizePicks for December 22

The NBA regular season is here. After a shortened offseason that felt like forever, the last week and a half of preseason was a nice warm up for the real thing. We’re back Tuesday night with a full ensemble of daily coverage at FTN.

Opening night Tuesday brings us a two-game slate before a massive 13-gamer Wednesday. Plus, Friday is one of the highlights of the NBA season, the Christmas Day slate. There’s no shortage of outlets to look for different kinds of fantasy action as we begin the new season, and after being introduced to PrizePicks a few months ago, it has quickly become a part of my DFS routine. This season, I will be stopping by every week to discuss what’s on the board on the app that is quickly becoming one of my favorite spots to get some hoops action.

PrizePicks is a creative new way to parlay picks based on expected fantasy point production.

The format is simple. PrizePicks will set fantasy point lines for select players and then you choose between two and five players to go over or under their given projection. Naturally, the more players you put into your parlay, the larger the payout. You can enter a “Power Play,” where you must get every pick in your parlay correct to get paid out. Another option is a “Flex Play,” where your payout changes depending on the number of picks you got correct.

• Two-player “Power Play” entry pays 3x and “Flex Play” pays 2x for both correct and 0.5x for one correct
• Three-player “Power Play” entry pays 5x and “Flex Play” pays 2.25x for three correct and 1.25x for two correct
• Four-player “Power Play” entry pays 10x and “Flex Pay” pays 5x for four correct and 1.5x for three correct
• Five-player entries are only eligible for “Flex Plays” and pay out 10x for five correct, 2x for four correct and 0.4x for three correct

Tuesday’s first game locks at 7 p.m. ET on PrizePicks. Note that lines can shift throughout the day leading up to lock just like a spread or moneyline on a game. Tag me in the PrizePicks Discord channel up until lock if you want a second pair of eyes on a parlay you’re considering or for help on lines that may have changed since this writing.

Scoring breakdown for PrizePicks contests can be found here.

Dec. 22 PrizePicks

NBA

• Kevin Durant (50.0 points) – UNDER
• LeBron James (48.0 points) – UNDER
• Lou Williams (25.0 points) – UNDER
• Montrezl Harrell (26.0 points) – OVER
• Serge Ibaka (23.0 points) – OVER
• Caris LeVert (27.5 points) – UNDER
• Stephen Curry (48.5 points) – UNDER

Favorite combinations

• Kevin Durant (u50.0), Serge Ibaka (o23.0)
• Serge Ibaka (o23.0), Montrezl Harrell (o26.0)

Favorite longshot five-way flex play of the day

I’m not a huge fan of doing the largest offering of a five-way parlay on a daily basis, but if I were to run one out there on PrizePicks, here’s what I would throw in.

• Kevin Durant (u50.0), Serge Ibaka (o23.0), Lou Williams (u25.0), Caris LeVert (u27.5), Montrezl Harrell (o26.0)
  • Flex play payout: 10x for five correct, 2x for four correct, 0.4x for three correct