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

Published: Mar 11, 2025

Welcome to the Fantasy Alarm NBA DFS Playbook for Tuesday, March 11th, 2025! Tonight, we’re breaking down a compact yet exciting four-game slate on DraftKings and FanDuel, offering you the insights you need to dominate your daily fantasy basketball lineups. With a smaller slate, every decision counts, from pinpointing the top studs to uncovering the best value plays and avoiding potential traps. Our expert analysis will guide you through each position, highlighting key matchups, injury updates, and strategic tips to maximize your points and outsmart the competition. Let’s dive into this action-packed night of NBA DFS and build some winning rosters together!

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 11th

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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 - 4pm ET

We are on #LetEmKnow watch tonight when it comes to Donovan Mitchell. For those who do not know. On game day Donovan Mitchell always tweets #LetEmKnow around two hours before tip off to signify that he will be playing in the game tonight. If we do not get the tweet then Mitchell is going to sit out this contest.

UPDATE - 6pm ET

Donovan Mitchell OUT

DeAndre Hunter OUT

Tyrese Haliburton IN

T.J. McConnell IN

NBA Injuries, News & Updates Today, 3/11

RULED 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.