NBA DFS Picks, Projections, Lineups, Injuries & More Today: Thursday Playbook
Published: Mar 27, 2025
Happy Thursday, March 27th everyone! We have a six-game NBA DFS main slate on DraftKings, while FanDuel included the two late games for a total of eight games on their main slate.
We have plenty of stars to spend up for (pending the Lakers injury report), even on the shorter DK slate. Luka Doncic, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, and LeBron James headline the slate in the top tier of the salary range, while Anthony Davis (questionable) has a chance to return to the lineup for the Mavericks.
In addition to Anthony Davis, the other prominent names on the injury report include Josh Giddey, Jalen Williams and Nikola Vucevic.
Make sure to tune into the 5 p.m. live show and come hang out in our Discord closer to lineup lock.
Before actually diving into the meat and potatoes, welcome to the NBA DFS season. If this is your first time reading our column on NBA DFS picks, I just want to welcome you and give you a few tips and tricks on what you should be looking for each night.
- News outlets: reliable sources that give us injury news & starting lineups
- Pace of play: who's playing fast vs. who's playing slow. Which teams get a pace-up spot (more possessions) vs. pace-down (fewer possessions)
- Usage rates: is a percentage of how many plays that player is being used in
- NBA DFS Projections
- Lineup Generator
- NBA Ownership
NBA DFS Picks & Daily Fantasy Playbook Today, March 27th
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Pre/Post-Lock Update
This section will be used for anything that changes from the morning until right up to roster lock.
Injury updates, players we’re higher on than we were in the morning and so much more.
All status updates after contest roster lock will be made in the Fantasy Alarm Discord: https://discord.gg/2yATJxXe8G
UPDATE 6:00 PM ET
- Ty Jerome - OUT
- De'Andre Hunter is now a Core value play
- Duncan Robinson - OUT
- Alec Burks - Available
- Anthony Davis - Expected to play 24-28 minutes
UPDATE 6:20 PM ET
- Josh Giddey - Available
- Nikola Vucevic - Available
UPDATE 6:35 PM ET
- Lonzo Ball - OUT
NBA Injuries, News & Updates Today, 3/27
- Anthony Davis - Available
- P.J. Washington - OUT
- Brandon Williams - Available
- Caleb Martin - Available
- Cole Anthony - OUT
- Kyshawn George - OUT
- Marcus Smart - OUT
- Evan Mobley - OUT
- Ty Jerome - OUT
- Duncan Robinson - OUT
- Alec Burks - Available
- Rui Hachimura - OUT
- Josh Giddey - Available
- Nikola Vucevic - Available
- Tre Jones - OUT
- Lonzo Ball - OUT
- Ja Morant - OUT
- Brandon Clarke - OUT
- Jalen Williams - Q
- Aaron Wiggins - OUT
- Cason Wallace - Q
- Amen Thompson - Q
- Steven Adams - Q
- Lauri Markkanen - OUT
- John Collins - OUT
- Jordan Clarkson - OUT
- Toumani Camara - Q
- Jerami Grant - D
- Malik Monk - Q
- Jake LaRavia - OUT
NBA DFS Slate & Game Overviews
In the section below, I’m listing the most notable things we need to look at in Las Vegas, including notable O/U and spreads. Not every game is listed, but every game listed has the pace and defensive numbers listed.
NBA DFS Core Player Pool & Lineup Picks
Here are the core players I’m looking at for my NBA DFS picks tonight. You can see the full analysis of tonight’s NBA DFS projections and player pool below or skip ahead to building the best lineups possible by locking these into the aforementioned lineup generator now.
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Mid
- Franz Wagner, Donovan Mitchell, Darius Garland, Coby White, Bam Adebayo, Tyler Herro, Jaren Jackson, Jarrett Allen, Andrew Wiggins, Myles Turner, Alex Sarr
Value
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