Golden State Warriors @ Portland Trail blazers (10:00 PM ET)

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The Golden State Warriors travel into Portland tonight to take on the Blazers in a Western Conference Showdown!

 

Player Breakdowns:

CPT/MVP:

1.) Steph Curry PG (GSW) $17,400 – 

Steph gets the better of the match up here as the Blazers have not defended backcourts all that well all season long. Curry has averaged 46 actual in this head-to-head match up on the season, which equates to a near 60 fantasy point average, as well. He has put up 49+ fantasy points in six of his last seven games, and the Warriors will be without Kelly Oubre tonight, in which Curry picks up an extra 4.5% usage bump from him not being on the court. If Curry gets hot tonight, it will be hard to catch him if he isn’t your captain/MVP play. 

2.) Damian Lillard PG (POR) $18,300 – 

Dame is absolutely the contrarian selection between he and Steph Curry tonight, and he is priced a bit higher here as we know Dame loves playing on his home floor. Dame has also topped 50 fantasy points in seven of his last eight games played, and continues to flourish with CJ McCollum still on the shelf. I think Dame is the sneaky Captain/MVP pick here for tournaments if you are looking to play one of the top-two priced players.

3.) Draymond Green (GSW) PF/C $13,200 –

If you want to take some value at the Captain/MVP spot, then you can look at Dray here tonight. Dray tweaked his ankle last time out and only saw 13 minutes due to the ailment. He has no injury designation heading into tonight’s clash, and he had notched out 61, 48, and 45 fantasy points the three games prior to the tweaked ankle. Draymond isn’t going to score 30 actual, but it’s the assists (double-digits in four of his last seven), rebounds (8+ last five of seven), and defensive numbers (seven blocks and seven steals last five games) that make him so much more valuable as in terms of fantasy.

 

MID-TIER:

1.) Enes Kanter C (POR) $9,000 – 

Kanter is likely in line for a decent night here as the Warriors are starting Kevon Looney at the Center spot and I feel they still get demolished on the glass, and that should help Kanter here. Kanter has been solid lately, putting up 37 fantasy points or more in three of his last five, with all five going for 29+ fantasy points. He has recorded a double-double in his last three-straight and last four of five games played. The minutes have been there as well, as he has played 28+ in his last six of seven. Feel he has a nice floor for this match, and one of the better mid-tier picks.

2.) Andrew Wiggins SG/SF ($7,600) – 

Wiggins is likely going to get a nice usage bump here with Oubre sitting this one out. He has been a bit up and down here as of late, but he still has 35 point upside against this POR team. Like the value and price now on Wiggins!

 

3.) Gary Trent Jr. PG/SG (POR) $7,200 – 

Let’s stick with some Blazer’s here in the mid-tier with Trent Jr. as well. Trent is having a nice production run since gaining the starting role with the absence of McCollum. He has played over 30 minutes in virtually all of his recent games except a couple, while putting up 24+ fantasy points in his last six of seven games played. This game environment should fit him well, and he gets a really nice match up here tonight at home.

 

DART THROWS: 

1.) James Wiseman C (GSW) $4,600 – 

Wiseman has been putting up about a FP/M with the 18-20 minutes he is seeing pretty consistently once again for the Warriors. He has secured 18+ fantasy points in five of his last seven and feel he could easily have another 18-21 fantasy points here in this one tonight. 

2.) Kent Bazemore SF (GSW) – Bazemore is getting the start for Oubre tonight, he could be looking at 25+ mins and at his price thats just way too much value to pass on on to help get studs!