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NBA Postseason Series Preview: Warriors vs. Kings, Round 1
The defending NBA Champion Golden State Warriors finished sixth in the Western Conference regular season, yet they are a massive 3-1 favorite to win their first-round series against the Sacramento Kings. They played without key pieces in the lineup from start to finish. Despite the various lineups they used, they did win the regular […]
FTN Staff
NBA
Bets
NBA Postseason Series Preview: Nets vs. 76ers, Round 1
The Philadelphia 76ers ended the regular season as the No. 3 team in the Eastern Conference. They will face the Brooklyn Nets in the first round of the NBA playoffs. The 76ers won all four meetings against the Nets this season … but in the first two games they had guys like Ben Simmons, Kyrie […]
FTN Staff
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NBA DFS Strategy and Picks for Tuesday (4/11)
We have a two-game NBA playoff DFS slate Tuesday evening. Below, I’ll give you my core plays for the slate on both DraftKings and FanDuel. It is extremely important to keep up with the news up until lock. If you are new to NBA DFS, players often get ruled so staying on top of the […]
Adam Strangis
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DFS
NBA DFS Game-by-Game Breakdown (Play-In Round, 4/11)
Two teams will punch their ticket to the NBA playoffs Tuesday, as both conferences have their matchup between the Nos. 7 and 8 teams. In the East, the Atlanta Hawks and Miami Heat square off, while the West sees the Los Angeles Lakers get a gift in facing an undermanned Minnesota Timberwolves squad. Let’s break […]
Adam Strangis
NBA
Bets
NBA Play-in Round Betting Breakdown (Wednesday Games)
The NBA play-in round starts Tuesday with the Nos. 7 and 8 teams in each conference playing to solidify their spot in the playoffs. The Wednesday games between the Nos. 9 and 10 seeds are the first elimination games. The losers are done for the season, with the winners moving on to play the loser […]
FTN Staff
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Bets
NBA Play-in Round Betting Breakdown (Tuesday Games)
Welcome to the NBA Playoffs…almost! In July 2022, the NBA Board of Governors approved the adoption of the NBA Play-In Tournament featuring the teams ranked 7-10 in each conference. Now in its second season, the AT&T Play-In Tournament provides an additional week of drama for NBA fans. Starting on Tuesday, there will be a […]
FTN Staff
NBA
DFS
NBA DFS Strategy and Picks for Sunday (4/9)
This article will cover my NBA GPP plays for the day. It is extremely important to keep up with the news up until lock. If you are new to NBA DFS, players often get ruled out, so staying on top of the breaking news will give you the best edge to be profitable. The best […]
Adam Pfeifer
NBA
Bets
NBA Best Bets of the Day (4/9)
The NBA ends its regular season today, on Easter Sunday, with a massive 15-game slate with minimal playoff implications. All playoff teams have been set, but there are still seeding implications for a few matchups that could impact this week’s play-in games. In a bizarre Friday night twist, the Dallas Mavericks were eliminated from […]
FTN Staff
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DFS
5 Stats to Know: NBA DFS April 9
It’s going to be a long day of NBA action on Sunday with all 30 teams playing, creating the largest slate possible of 15 games. We’re going to be playing a lot of players that we wouldn’t have thought of in the past few weeks because there are only a few spots left for […]
Adam Strangis
NBA
DFS
NBA DFS Game-by-Game Breakdown (4/9)
Slates don’t get any larger than Sunday, as all 30 teams in the NBA are active, but there are a lot of players who will be out. We’re going to have values on top of values for this slate, so it’s going to take some time to get through everything. Note – No sportsbook […]
Adam Strangis
NBA
DFS
NBA DFS Strategy and Picks for Saturday (4/8)
We have a three-game NBA DFS slate Saturday evening. Below, I’ll give you my core plays for the slate on both DraftKings and FanDuel. It is extremely important to keep up with the news up until lock. If you are new to NBA DFS, players often get ruled so staying on top of the breaking […]
Adam Strangis
NBA
DFS
NBA DFS Game-by-Game Breakdown (4/8)
We only have two days left in the NBA regular season and only three games for the Saturday DFS slate. The Eastern Conference has been set with all first round-matchups and play-in matchups locked in while the West still has seedings up for grabs. Let’s talk about the small slate and lay it all out. […]
Adam Strangis
NBA
DFS
5 Stats to Know: NBA DFS April 8
There might only be three games on Saturday’s NBA DFS slate, but two of them have spreads of at least 14 points. The one game that doesn’t have a large spread involves the Denver Nuggets, who are likely sitting out players anyways. Let’s talk about some players that can help our lineups climb the leaderboards […]
Adam Strangis
NBA
DFS
NBA DFS Strategy and Picks for Friday (4/7)
This article will cover my NBA GPP plays for the day. We have an 11-game NBA DFS slate on tap for Friday. It is extremely important to keep up with the news up until lock. If you are new to NBA DFS, players often get ruled out, so staying on top of the breaking news will […]
Zac Graham
NBA
DFS
NBA DFS Game-by-Game Breakdown (4/7)
If Thursday was any indication about how the last three days of the NBA regular season will play out, we better buckle up for Friday’s 11-game DFS slate. There are sure to be an immense amount of shenanigans for this slate because the East is almost entirely clinched and the West is starting to be […]
Adam Strangis
NBA
DFS
5 Stats to Know: NBA DFS April 7
We’re not even close to lock for the Friday DFS slate of NBA action as I write this, but we are already missing a ton of players. Many teams have nothing left to play for. so utilizing the value plays and picking stars that do need to win is going to rule the day on […]
Adam Strangis
NBA
Bets
NBA Best Bets of the Day (4/7)
We are just two days away from the end of the NBA regular season, with most playoff teams already locked in. However, there are still major seeding implications yet to be determined as we embrace Friday’s robust 11-game slate. In the Eastern Conference, the Brooklyn Nets and Miami Heat continue to battle for the […]
FTN Staff
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5 Stats to Know: NBA DFS April 6
When it comes to NBA DFS, we have tons of advanced stats, tools and information to dive into. This article will present you with five actionable stats in order to help you with the night’s NBA slate of games. Let’s get into some actionable stats for the slate that will help you find top plays […]
Kyle Murray
NBA
DFS
NBA DFS Strategy and Picks for Thursday (4/6)
We have a five-game NBA DFS slate Thursday evening. Below, I’ll give you my core plays for the slate on both DraftKings and FanDuel. It is extremely important to keep up with the news up until lock. If you are new to NBA DFS, players often get ruled so staying on top of the breaking […]
Adam Strangis
NBA
DFS
NBA DFS Game-by-Game Breakdown (4/6)
Thursday’s five-game NBA DFS slate is an interesting one because most of these teams are now locked into their playoff seeding or they are out of the playoffs. There are some exceptions to this and those are teams we could potentially focus on but the rest of the teams could offer us some strong value […]
Adam Strangis
NBA
Bets
NBA Best Bets of the Day (4/6)
We have five days of regular season NBA action remaining, and there’s a small five-game slate for Thursday. The Cleveland Cavaliers, Portland Trail Blazers and Utah Jazz are all playing without their usual starting five, who are all going to sit out. The sportsbooks do not have any props listed yet for those teams and […]
FTN Staff
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DFS
Murray Model: NBA DFS Strategy and Picks for Wednesday (4/5)
Welcome to the NBA version of The Murray Model. This was an article introduced a couple of years ago when we first launched FTN and I’m excited to bring it back as my featured article for NBA DFS. Daily Fantasy Sports is a game of numbers, and over the last few years, I created my […]
Kyle Murray
NBA
DFS
NBA DFS Strategy and Picks for Wednesday (4/5)
This article will cover my NBA GPP plays for the day. We have an eight-game NBA DFS slate on tap for Wednesday. It is extremely important to keep up with the news up until lock. If you are new to NBA DFS, players often get ruled out, so staying on top of the breaking news will […]
Adam Pfeifer
NBA
DFS
NBA DFS Game-by-Game Breakdown (4/5)
If you like all the news early in the day for an NBA slate, DFS Wednesday is not going to be all that fun for you. There are a lot of players who are “uncertain” and could be resting as the season winds down and playoff pictures are becoming clearer. It’s going to be a […]
Adam Strangis
NBA
DFS
5 Stats to Know: NBA DFS April 5
More and more NBA teams are starting to lock into the playoffs — the Eastern Conference has seen its 10 teams set, though seeding is still up for grabs. Things are a little different in the West with 12 teams still mathematically alive for a spot. Wednesday, we have games with a closer spread. Of […]
Adam Strangis
NBA
Bets
NBA Best Bets of the Day (4/5)
Most of the NBA teams have three games or fewer to play in the 2022-23 NBA regular season. The 10 teams in the Eastern Conference are set. They may jostle around position and home court advantage in the series over the next few days, but the Orlando Magic were eliminated Tuesday, leaving exactly 10 teams […]
FTN Staff
NBA
Fantasy
NBA Playoff Best Ball Strategy (4/5)
It’s officially NBA playoff best ball season. With season-long best ball contests in their finals (using this space to brag once again that I’ve got four entries of the 186 making up the “Small Ball” final, although none are looking too hot), it’s time to get back to drafting. In this weekly article leading up […]
Zac Graham
NBA
DFS
NBA DFS Strategy and Picks for Tuesday (4/4)
This article will cover my NBA GPP plays for the day. We have a 13-game NBA DFS slate on tap for Tuesday. It is extremely important to keep up with the news up until lock. If you are new to NBA DFS, players often get ruled out, so staying on top of the breaking news will […]
Adam Pfeifer
NBA
DFS
NBA DFS Game-by-Game Breakdown (4/4)
After a night off on Monday, the NBA is back with a vengeance for Tuesday, with a sprawling 13-game DFS slate. We may have all three MVP candidates on the slate if Nikola Jokic makes it back, but we’ll have to wait and see on that. Let’s get into everything and start laying out the […]
Adam Strangis
NBA
DFS
5 Stats to Know: NBA DFS April 4
Tuesday’s 13-game NBA DFS slate is going to be a challenge, and not just because that’s a whole lot of games. Six games of the 13 have opened at more than a double-digit spread, so that’s going to be a large issue to navigate, although playoff positioning will help us out. Too many teams have […]
Adam Strangis
NBA
Bets
NBA Best Bets of the Day (4/4)
The NBA season is down to its last week. Tuesday is a massive 13-game slate after the association was dark Monday to give the NCAA championship game the spotlight. We have a massive number of players listed as out or questionable. The late-breaking news is going to open up a lot of value late […]
FTN Staff
NBA
DFS
NBA DFS Strategy and Picks for Sunday (4/2)
This article will cover my NBA DFS picks today with a focus on GPPs and tournaments. We have a massive slate in the NBA on Sunday with the regular season beginning to wind down. If you are new to NBA DFS, players often get ruled out, so staying on top of the breaking news will […]
Adam Strangis