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NBA:

7-Game Slate 

Lock Time: 7:30pm EST

MEM @ MIA -8.5 T: 195.5

BOS @ NY +4.5 T: 207 

OKC @ GS -9 T: 233.5

CHI @ MIN -6 T: 217.5

POR @ PHO +6.5 T: 221

DAL @ UTA -8.5 T: 205

LAL @ SAC +1.5 T: 221.5

 

NBA Injury Report: Justin Fensterman brings you all the latest updates on injuries around the NBA.

Ben Scherr has you covered with the NBA DFS Playbook and lineup breakdowns in the NBA DFS Optimal Lineups.

Jon Impemba has you covered with the NBA Coach & Site-Specific plays for FanDuel and DraftKings.  

 

Contest Highlights Include:

DraftKings: $100,000 Fadeaway: $15 Entry, $10,000 to first. 21.99% win.

DraftKings: $225,000 Four Point, 20 Entry Max: $4 Entry, $25,000 to first. 25.79% win.

FanDuel:  $400,000 NBA Shot: $7.77 Entry, $100,000 to first.  20.07% win.

FanDuel: $20,000 Single Entry Assist: $5 Entry, $2,000 to first. 19.15% win.

 

NHL:

9-Game Slate 

Lock Time: 7:00pm EST

BUF @ WAS -210 T: 5.5

CHI @ CLB -165 T: 5.5

WIN @ DAL -150 T: 5.5

BOS @ TOR -112 T: 5.5

TB @ MON +145 T: 6

CAR @ DET OFF

PIT @ FLA +100 T: 6

ANA @ ARI +145 T: 5.5

EDM @ LA -145 T: 5.5 

 

NHL Waiver Wire: Each week The Sports Forecaster-Gabriel Farnesi will bring you the top players available on the waiver wire for your fantasy hockey league.

Check out our extensive NHL Tools to aid you in your research of tonight's match-ups.

New NHL DFS 3 on 3 Podcast! Brett Talley and Thomas Vecchio break down Friday's five-game NHL DFS slate.

Brett Talley breaks down the slate today’s DFS NHL playbook

 

Contest Highlights Include:

DraftKings: $30,000 Two-Man Advantage: $8 Entry, $3,000 to first.  24.60% win.

DraftKings: $13,000 Sniper 20 Entry Max: $3 Entry, $1,000 to first.  23.76% win.

FanDuel:  $30,000 Breakaway: $4.44 Entry, $3,000 to first. 19.94% win.

FanDuel:  $3,000 Wrister 10-Entry Max: $2 Entry, $300 to first. 18.15% win.

 

MMA

UFC on Fox 28: Stephens vs. Emmett

Roster Lock:  4:15 PM ET

MMA DFS Playbook | T.J. Scott breaks down each fight on the card for UFC on Fox 28: Stephens vs. Emmett as it pertains to DFS MMA contests on DraftKings.

Contest Highlights Include:

DraftKings: $80,000 Hook: $8 Entry, $15,000 to first.  23.16% win.

DraftKings: $25,000 Sprawl 20 Entry Max: $4 Entry, $1,500 to first.  26.91% win.

 

MLB

Offseason Coverage

Howard Bender and Jim Bowden break down the offseason transactions and story lines for the Kansas City Royals heading into the 2018 baseball season.

Justin Vreeland offers pick by pick analysis of his draft after spending Monday evening with Howard Bender and his Mock Draft Army. 

Greg Jewett dives into the bullpens and looks at whether it's best for fantasy baseball owners to invest in closers on draft day or to chase saves on the waiver wire all year. 

Michael Stein takes you through the injuries with the greatest impact heading into the 2018 MLB season and how fantasy baseball owners should handle them on Draft Day.

Colby Conway reviews the draft trends in both the Mock Draft Army and the NFBC. He breaks down overall average draft position and even includes some individual player and positional breakdowns. 

MLB Fantasy Fallout: The Padres sign Eric Hosmer to 8-yr, $144M deal while the Rays trade Jake Odorizzi, acquire C.J. Cron and DFA Corey Dickerson and Greg Jewett has the fantasy baseball fallout.

Howard Bender gives you the pick-by-pick rundown of his fantasy baseball team from the 2018 FSTA Conference.  

For the 2018 MLB Draft Guide, Howard Bender & the Fantasy Alarm team offer you a more expansive look at the key impact MLB players with regard to the 2018 fantasy baseball season. 

 

NASCAR

Folds of Honor 500 Practice Notes | Matthew Selz watches the NASCAR practices in order to give you all of the tidbits of information that are important from each session.

Folds of Honor 500 Track Breakdown | Playing DFS NASCAR this week? Matthew Selz has the full track breakdown for this week's race -- the Folds of Honor 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway.

 

NFL

Offseason Coverage

2018 NFL Divisional Draft Needs: NFC East |Dom Murtha goes division by division, team by team, and pick by pick, breaking down the 2018 draft strategy for each NFL franchise.

2018 NFL Draft: Position Previews – Quarterback | Dom Murtha breaks down the Pros and Cons of the top quarterbacks available in the 2018 NFL Draft.

2018 NFL Draft: Position Previews – Running Back | Dom Murtha breaks down the pros and cons of the top running backs available in the 2018 NFL Draft.

2018 NFL Draft: Mock Draft Version 1.0 | Dom Murtha is moving the calendar forward to the upcoming NFL Draft and telling you how he currently sees all 32 first-round picks playing out in 2018.

2018 NFL Divisional Draft Needs: AFC East | Dom Murtha goes division by division, team by team, and pick by pick, breaking down the 2018 draft strategy for each NFL franchise.