NBA DFS Picks, Projections, Lineups, Injuries & More Today: Tuesday Playbook

Published: Feb 04, 2025
Happy Tuesday, February 4th, we have a seven-game NBA DFS main slate on both sites. There are plenty of players sitting out, and we'll continue to hold our breath each slate this week until the trade deadline is over.
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UPDATE - 5:25 p.m. ET. News is starting to break, get in the discord. We could be seeing another nice leverage/value spot with Thomas Bryant again with Myles Turner questionable.
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, February 4th
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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.
UPDATE 5:25 p.m. ET
- Joel Embiid - IN
- Andre Drummond - OUT
- Eric Gordon - OUT
- Kyle Lowry - OUT
UPDATE 5:50 p.m. ET
- Bruce Brown - IN
- Chris Boucher - OUT
UPDATE 6:03 p.m. ET
- Alperen Sengun - GTD
- KJ Martin - OUT
NBA Injuries, News & Updates Today, 2/4
- Anthony Davis - OUT
- Fred VanVleet - OUT
- Tari Eason - OUT
- Paul George - OUT
- Caleb Martin - OUT
- Jimmy Butler - OUT
- RJ Barrett - OUT
- OG Anunoby - OUT
- PJ Washington - OUT
- Quentin Grimes - OUT
- Talen Horton-Tucker - OUT
- Myles Turner - Q
- Aaron Nesmith - Q
- Kyle Lowry - Q
- Joel Embiid - Q
- Eric Gordon - Q
- Bruce Brown - Q
- Chris Boucher - Q
- Andre Drummond - Q
- Jock Landale - Q
- Kenyon Martin Jr. - Q
- Jalen Smith - Q
- Josh Hart - P
- Karl-Anthony Towns - P
- Mikal Bridges- P
- Alperen Sengun - P
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.
Cleveland Cavaliers vs. Boston Celtics
- Total: 239
- Spread: CLE -1.5
- Big total, look for stars to shine at low pOWN%
Chicago Bulls vs. Miami Heat
- Total: 229
- Spread: MIA -3.5
- Big pace-up spot for Miami, sans Butler
L.A. Clippers vs. L.A. Lakers
- Total: 221
- Spread: LAC -8.5
- Ugly pace, but no Anthony Davis will boost usage to Lakers for possible outlier scores
Portland Trail Blazers vs. Indiana Pacers
- Total: 233.5
- Spread: IND -5
- Pacers on second leg of b2b, Myles Turner Q (Thomas Bryant)
- Deandre Ayton has been excellent for Indy, was almost my cover boy of the article
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. (UPDATED: 6:07 p.m. ET)
High
- Joel Embiid (FanDuel, GPP), LeBron James, Jayson Tatum (GPP), Karl-Anthony Towns
Mid
- Donovan Mitchell (GPP), Kristaps Porzingis (DK), Bam Adebayo, Amen Thompson, Kel'el Ware, Deandre Ayton, Josh Hart
Value
- Ziaire Williams, Cam Whitmore, Terry Rozier, Precious Achiuwa (FD), Nikola Jovic (GPP), Duncan Robinson (GPP), Lonzo Ball (FanDuel, GPP), Jae'Sean Tate (GPP, but would be MUCH better if Sengun sits)
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