Attack the value from tonight s NBA slate with help from FantasyPros.
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May 14, 2021 4:50 PM
Kent Bazemore is seeing a steady dose of minutes as the Warriors continue to jockey for playoff position.
See below for a breakdown of value plays for tonight’s slate of games on Fan Duel by FantasyPros.
Gary Trent Jr. (SG – TOR) $4,900
In his three games back from injury, Trent has been playing major minutes and returning solid fantasy numbers. The Raptors guard has been a 0.84 FPPM guy across his last 10 games played, and I see him in line for 35+ minutes tonight. Dallas might not be the most exciting team to face fantasy-wise, but I could still easily see Trent returning the highest value of the slate, making him a solid GPP or cash option.
Three quick observations from Tuesday night’s 119-100 loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves at Little Caesars Arena
TURNOVER TROUBLES – The Pistons have led the NBA in bench scoring for most of the season, averaging 41.6 points through the first 69 games. But it wasn’t hard to guess that it was going to be difficult matching that average in Game 70 given that most of the players who contributed to the league-leading number were either in the starting lineup or unavailable. The Pistons got Josh Jackson back after he’d missed the previous four games due to oral surgery and he moved into the starting lineup. But Frank Jackson, the bellwether of the bench since joining the rotation 30 games ago, was out with a sprained ankle – as was Jerami Grant, Mason Plumlee, Wayne Ellington, Cory Joseph, Dennis Smith Jr. and Rodney McGruder. Turnovers – 15 in the first half alone, seven of them charged to Jackson – dug a big hole for the Pistons, who trailed by 22 at halftime. They opened
Game Preview #69: Wolves at Pistons
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Two teams who have the 4th worst records in the NBA face off tonight in Detroit, MI. We got ourselves a
NICE one tonight with lotto implications at stake!
Game Info
When: 6:00 pm CT
TV: Bally Sports North PLUS
Radio: 830 WCCO AM Radio
What To Watch For
Coach Finch’s
Rubio-Russell starting backcourt is now 1-1 after their Florida road trip. The peanut gallery has long been skeptical of that pairing and many anticipate Ricky Rubio not even being on the team next year (
Not me though). To silence these murmurs, developing a strong chemistry between the 2 guards will surely do the trick.
Three quick observations from Sunday night’s 108-96 loss to the Chicago Bulls at Little Caesars Arena
IRON EIGHT – It was the Pistons fifth game of the week and they were without eight players. Before the first quarter was out, they were down another man. That’s a pretty good recipe for an uphill battle and that’s what the Pistons had on their hands. Chicago took a 10-point lead at the end of a quarter and the Pistons never got it back to single digits. Among the eight missing Pistons – Jerami Grant, Mason Plumlee, Cory Joseph, Wayne Ellington, Rodney McGruder, Dennis Smith Jr., Josh Jackson and Hamidou Diallo – was much of their scoring punch. That was further eaten into when Frank Jackson, averaging 12.4 points in 30 games since joining the rotation after the March All-Star break, left after playing the first eight minutes with a right ankle injury. That left the Pistons with an especially thin bench led by two second-round rookies, Saben Lee and Deividas Sirvydis, amo
Bey and Detroit take on Minnesota in non-conference action
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Detroit; Tuesday, 7 p.m. EDT
BOTTOM LINE: Saddiq Bey and the Detroit Pistons host Karl-Anthony Towns and the Minnesota Timberwolves in a non-conference matchup.
The Pistons are 13-20 in home games. Detroit is 7-28 in games when turning the ball over more than opponents and averages 14.8 turnovers.
The Timberwolves are 9-26 in road games. Minnesota is 10-25 against opponents with a winning record.
The teams play for the second time this season. The Timberwolves won the last meeting 111-101 on Dec. 23. Malik Beasley scored 23 points to help lead Minneso