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NBA Playoffs DFS Best Value Picks– April 17, 2017

A two-game slate is usually very tricky but since it's the playoffs, you'll surely have options to round out your NBA playoffs DFS roster. Here are 6 NBA Playoffs DFS Best Value Picks that you may want to look at this Monday night: The Studs LeBron James, SF, Cleveland Cavaliers ($11,300) "The King" does not rest during this time of the year and since it's just a two-game slate, the pickings are slim. So why not pick the best of them all while we're at it? LeBron had 32-6-13 in Game 1 along Read More

5 Awesome NBA Stats Of The Day– April 5, 2017

5 Awesome NBA Stats Of The Day-- April 5, 2017 1. "Lucky" 13? Shaun Livingston made only 12 three-pointers in his career and his 13th make couldn't be any luckier. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWftq93FYJY 2. Speaking of three's, Pau Gasol is getting pretty good at it. If the season ended today, Pau Gasol would have the best three-point percentage of any player in a single season in NBA history (min 50 3FG) — Jordan Howenstine (@AirlessJordan) April 6, 2017 Not the case with Andre Read More

5 Awesome NBA Stats Of The Day– March 19, 2017

1. D'Angelo Russell's career night. Per Elias Sports Bureau, D’Angelo Russell (21 years, 24 days old) is youngest Lakers player with at least 40 points in a regular season game — Mark Medina (@MarkG_Medina) March 20, 2017 He added six assists, two rebounds, two steals, and seven triples. 2. Speaking of career nights, Damian Lillard has a pretty good game himself. Damian Lillard's 49 points are the most by any NBA player on 21 field goal attempts or fewer since Amar'e Stoudemire (11/5/08). — Read More

5 Awesome NBA Stats Of The Day– Dec. 26, 2016

5 Awesome NBA Stats Of The Day-- Dec. 26, 2016 1. In pretty good company... Joel Embiid averages 2.4 blocks per game. The last rookie with at least 2.4 blocks per game for a full season was Tim Duncan in '97-98. 2. John Wall and Kyrie Irving assists numbers last 5 games. J-Wall= 56 Kyrie= 50 3. Karl-Anthony Towns' efficient night vs Hawks. He had 22 points on 8/8 from the field, 3/3 from three and 3/3 from the line. 4. Mason Plumlee! Mason Plumlee's fourth assist Read More

3 Things We Learned From NBA Finals Game 5

The Cleveland Cavaliers extended the series with a 112-97 whopping of the Golden State Warriors behind 41 points apiece from LeBron James and Kyrie Irving in the NBA Finals Game 5. It was two dazzling individual performances intertwined in the same game, making it impossible for the Warriors to pull off a comeback. And oh, they don't have Draymond Green and ultimately Andrew Bogut. Here are the 3 things we learned from the NBA Finals Game 5: 1. It's probably not a good idea to trash-talk LeBron Read More

7 Numbers From 2016 NBA Finals Game 4

1. 17 That's the number of three-point field foals made by the Golden State Warriors, an all-time NBA Finals record. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4FGNgy6g6o 2. 88 Warriors wins in the 2015-16 regular and post-season combined, another NBA record. 3. 32 Number of teams down 1-3 in the NBA Finals. Not one of them recovered from the deficit. 4. "Lineup of death" in full display Through 4 games, Warriors are a plus-51 in 93 minutes w/ no center on the floor & a minus-19 in 84 minutes Read More

5 Best Statistical Performances In 2015

The year 2015 gave us some of the best statistical performances from the best players in the NBA and we're rounding out the five. 1. Anthony Davis (vs Denver, March 15, 2015) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfz3ZZmSwd4 Eleven days before this game versus Denver, Anthony Davis terrorized the Detroit Pistons with an 8-block performance. Little did we know, he still has something up his sleeve versus the Nuggets. Davis had 36 points, 14 rebounds, 7 assists, and 9 blocks March 15th, making Read More