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The Dallas Mavericks had a great time whipping the tar out of a Golden State team on their own court on Tuesday night. It was a cleansing win both in that it was a start-to-finish blowout, but also because it washed away lingering intrusive thoughts stemming from a confounding loss to the Kings.
Now, Dallas looks to wrap up a three-game road trip with a visit to Detroit to play a Pistons team that has seen better days. The Kings are a bad Western Conference team. The Pistons are one of the worst teams in basketball at the moment. Dallas needs to shake off whatever malaise that has them playing down to bad teams and keep the kind of energy they had against the Warriors. Losing to the Pistons would not only not bode well for the Mavericks chances of holding onto the 6th seed (Portland is just a game behind them), but there’s a non-zero chance it mig
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Kevin Porter Jr. is poised to have a big night and could return a lot of value to fantasy owners.
See below for a breakdown of value plays for tonight’s slate of games on Fan Duel by FantasyPros.
Josh Jackson (DET) $5,600 vs. DAL
One of the best teams to target for value on Thursday is the Detroit Pistons. Detroit will be without Wayne Ellington, Cory Joseph, Mason Plumlee, Rodney McGruder, Jerami Grant and Dennis Smith Jr., leaving plenty of minutes for the remaining players. When the names listed above have been sidelined, Josh Jackson has averaged 44.15 FD points and an impressive 32.1 percent usage percentage per 36 minutes for the Pistons.
Detroit; Thursday, 7 p.m. EDT
BOTTOM LINE: Luka Doncic and the Dallas Mavericks take on the Detroit Pistons. Doncic is third in the league scoring 28.6 points per game.
The Pistons have gone 12-16 at home. Detroit has a 1-7 record in games decided by 3 points or fewer.
The Mavericks have gone 18-13 away from home. Dallas averages 43.7 rebounds per game and is 20-5 when winning the rebounding battle.
The teams meet for the second time this season. The Mavericks won 127-117 in the last matchup on April 21. Doncic led Dallas with 30 points, and Jerami Grant led Detroit with 26 points.
TOP PERFORMERS: Mason Plumlee leads the Pistons with 9.3 rebounds and averages 10.3 points. Saddiq Bey is averaging 13.7 points and 5.4 rebounds while shooting 39.6% over the last 10 games for Detroit.
Pistons rookies Isaiah Stewart, Saddiq Bey and Killian Hayes have seen plenty of opportunities this season.
Nobody’s tossing around “Fab Five” to describe the collection of raw newcomers on the Detroit Pistons’ roster. That nickname was taken 30 years ago, becoming famous in the state of Michigan by one of the most memorable collections of young talent in college basketball history.
Still, the Pistons are trying to accomplish a lot of the same things those Wolverines did with Chris Webber, Juwan Howard, Jalen Rose, Jimmy King and Ray Jackson. Tossing them into the deep end of the hoops pool? Playing them together against far more experienced opponents? Seeing development by the day as young guys throw off the training wheels?
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