Indiana Pacers @ Cleveland Cavaliers ( -8 ) – O/U: 208.5

The Cavs looked awful yesterday without LeBron James in the lineup, but you shouldn’t expect anything like that coming from them tonight. According to the projection sheet on my most trusted source, DailyFantasyBootcamp.com, the top eight players from a $/pt perspective come from the Cavs’ roster- a very telling sign.

LeBron should be ready to roll after two consecutive Cavs’ losses, but I’m also intrigued by the rest of their starting lineup. Kyrie Irving and Kevin Love are my preferred plays, but Tristan Thompson and JR Smith could be valuable pieces when the night is all said and done. People might be tempted roll with Iman Shumpert after his major performance on Sunday, but he did see an unusual 34 minutes and I’m not sure he gets that kind of run tonight.

As I mentioned earlier, it doesn’t look like the Pacers are in a good spot, but point guards have been having field days against the Cavs lately and that makes George Hill up next in line. Hill’s had a nice body of work in his last six games, but there were two duds mixed in there.

Philadelphia 76ers @ Washington Wizards ( -11.5 ) – O/U: 214.5

This is the second meeting between these two teams that are scheduled to face each other three times in three weeks; the Wizards owe the NBA schedule-makers a bottle of wine and a fruit basket. Both teams played yesterday, but the Sixers were the ones on the road while the Wizards were at home.

It’s hard to pick and choose which angles to go at against the Sixers because you can take all of them. John Wall is a good play, if you want about three-quarters of production. I’m leaning more towards guys like Otto Porter, Jared Dudley and Markieff Morris. The narrative in this game has been written and now we just need to find ourselves some background characters; those three guys are perfect for this story.

The Wizards have improved a great deal on defense, so the Sixers won’t have it as easy as it seemed a couple of weeks ago. Robert Covington is probably the guy to target but I’m not giving him my full endorsement.

Utah Jazz @ Boston Celtics ( -6 ) – O/U: 202.5

As you know, I love to target bigs against the Celtics, so Derrick Favors and Rudy Gobert are the Jazz players I’m looking at specifically. The six-point spread is awkward because I feel like the Jazz can dominate this game from start to finish, but we shall see what happens. One thing to note, Trevor Booker is out tonight so that means Favors should see plenty of time on the court.

For the Celtics, I’m not so thrilled at the prospect of putting my players up against the Jazz defense. Before the deadline, the position to attack them was at point guard, but with Shelvin Mack manning the position now it’s a little more difficult. I think Isaiah Thomas can be somewhat productive, but I’ll be taking my business elsewhere. Evan Turner or Jae Crowder could be the plays, but again, I’m not fully confident in it.

This is a tough spot for the Boston offense, but Vegas likes them by six points. Honestly, I don’t have a good read on this game, with the exception of Favors and Gobert. If you find some good tidbits out there for Boston’s favor, send them my way.

Houston Rockets ( -1 ) @ Milwaukee Bucks – O/U: 212.5

I’ve never been a firm believer that a one-point spread or pick em’ necessarily means that we’re going to have a close game. It just means that Vegas doesn’t know which side holds the favor and there’s nothing that pops out in the numbers. However, this is going to be the game of the night in the NBA, but mainly because neither team excels at the defensive end.

James Harden finds himself in a great spot, and if you can fit him into your lineup, this is the night to do it. The Bucks are the fifth-worst team in the NBA against shooting guards and The Beard has been on an absolute tear of late; he scored at least 53 FDP in the five game prior to the Rockets’ last game against the Spurs- a house of horrors for Harden.

Also in play for the Rockets are Trevor Ariza and Corey Brewer. We should see a fairly up-tempo game, so Ariza and Brewer should do well in that setting. The Bucks have improved greatly down low since putting Miles Plumlee into their starting lineup and having Greg Monroe come off the bench. There are better plays at the center position so it’s an unnecessary risk to take with D12 tonight.

The Bucks are in a great spot and their “Big Three” of Giannis Antetokounmpo, Khris Middleton and Jabari Parker are all in play against a Rockets’ defense that gives the fourth-most fantasy points on average in the NBA this season. More specifically, these are the Rockets’ ranks against those players’ specific positions:

Khris Middleton, SG: 22 nd

Giannis Antetokonmpo, SF: 29 th

Jabari Parker, PF: 30th

Memphis Grizzlies ( -2 ) @ Denver Nuggets – O/U: 206.5

Brandan Wright has been ruled out indefinitely, so Zach Randolph will see all the run he can handle going forward. This is good news for Z-Bo tonight as the Nuggets rank in the bottom-third of the NBA against opposing frontcourts. Mike Conley will also be a main contributor, but his price tag is up there for a guy that caps out at just over 40 FDP and can very well be in the 30s.

This is a good spot for value on the Grizzlies’ side of things tonight all over the board. If Tony Allen is out again, that makes Lance Stephenson a must-play; he’s seen a resurgence since coming to Memphis averaging 24.5 minutes and 21.3 FDP in the four games since the trade. Matt Barnes still remains at $5000 on FanDuel and he’s seeing minutes in the 30s; he’ll see around the same type of minutes tonight. JaMychal Green, Vince Carter and PJ Hairston all stand in line for continued minutes, while we might even see more Chris “Birdman” Andersen.

The Nuggets also have plenty of value with Danilo Gallinari out of the lineup for a few weeks. Will Barton could FINALLY see his role increased to the level that he deserves. It’s been long enough, but he should emerge from this game with a ton of points; if he doesn’t get the most minutes on the Nuggets tonight then there’s something seriously wrong with Mike Malone.

Emmanuel Mudiay isn’t getting the 30+ minutes he was used to before DJ Augustin arrived in Denver. Augustin is certainly hurting Mudiay’s productivity and that’s a situation to avoid for the moment. Kenneth Faried and Nikola Jokic should see more time and usage, but we all know that the Nuggets’ rotation is about as unstable as they come. This is probably a situation to observe from the outside this evening, but then again, there’s no guarantee that what happens tonight will take place in their next game. Proceed with caution…

Oklahoma City Thunder ( -8 ) @ Sacramento Kings – O/U: 228

Now to the game where the majority of our greatness lies tonight…

OKC got the rug pulled out from under them on national television on Saturday night, and now the poor Kings have to deal with the wrath of Russell Westbrook and Kevin Durant. Make no mistake about it, these are the top two rated fellas on the slate this evening. Sacramento gives up the second-most fantasy points on average in the entire league, so one when two of the league’s best scorers come to town, you whip it up any way you like and make yourself a nice fantasy cake. Serge Ibaka has been playing very well of late, but aside from Saturday’s performance, I’m not sure that his price matches the production on a 5x level just yet. Steven Adams is also interesting as he’s hit 5x value in three of his last four games on FanDuel.

I’d find it hard to believe Rajon Rondo would miss this game. Rondo went through practice but Kings coach George Karl wouldn’t necessarily say he is playing for certain. However, if he is out that opens up a whole slew of production for guys like DeMarcus Cousins, Rudy Gay, Omri Casspi and Darren Collison. Those are the only routes I’d travel down with the Kings tonight.

Brooklyn Nets @ Los Angeles Clippers ( -13 ) – O/U: 208.5

Brooooooooklyn! I don’t want to brag or anything (not that I should), but the Nets have won their last two games, including a character-building win in Utah on Saturday night. Vegas seems to think the Nets have no chance tonight, and they very well may be right, but I do think there are some guys that can make an impact to your roster tonight.

Brook Lopez and Thad Young can become major factors down the stretch with Joe Johnson no longer in Brooklyn. Lopez has struggled in his last two games, but those were less than ideal matchups and Young seems like he’ll be fine no matter what. Lopez has the more favorable matchup tonight in a statistical sense, but I think it’ll be Young that has more stats tonight.

Bojan Bogdanovic couldn’t get in a groove on Saturday against the Jazz, but at the minimum price, he’s a good chance to take as he’s filling in Johnson’s vacated role. Wayne Ellington sees his usage rate increase in this scenario as well. Markell Brown is another guy that can clean it up in garbage time situations.

Most people are going to drift to Westbrook in his matchup against the Kings tonight, but Chris Paul wouldn’t be a bad alternative, and he’s cheaper too. The Nets are the fifth-worst team in the NBA this season against point guards and CP3 won’t have a problem at all in this matchup; the only issue, of course, is whether or not he’ll be on the court long enough in a blowout situation.

There are positive matchups all over the board for the rest of the Clippers as well. DeAndre Jordan, JJ Redick and Jamal Crawford are all in line for big nights, while Jeff Green and Wesley Johnson stand to benefit as well.