Welcome to the NBA DFS Playbook for Tuesday, October 28th, featuring a compact yet star-studded five-game slate packed with high-upside matchups and fantasy potential. The action tips off at 7:00 PM ET with the Philadelphia 76ers visiting the Washington Wizards, followed by the Charlotte Hornets battling the Miami Heat at 7:30 PM ET. Dual 8:00 PM ET showdowns include the New York Knicks facing the Milwaukee Bucks and the Sacramento Kings taking on the Oklahoma City Thunder, before wrapping up with a late-night Western Conference clash between the Los Angeles Clippers and Golden State Warriors at 11:00 PM ET. Whether you're chasing value plays amid potential injuries or stacking high-scoring games like Knicks-Bucks, we've got the picks, projections, lineup strategies, and injury updates to elevate your daily fantasy lineups tonight.
 

 

 

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, October 28th

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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

 

12:22pm ET

  • Norman Powell downgraded to Questionable (Groin)

6:30 PM ET

  • Chet Holmgren ruled out
  • Norman Powell ruled out
  • Joel Embiid limited to 20 minutes

 

NBA Injuries, News & Updates Today, 10/28 

(As of 11am ET, see latest updates above)

PHI:
Yet to submit

WAS:
Tre Johnson - Questionable
Bilal Coulibaly - Out

CHA:
Tre Mann - Questionable
Brandon Miller - Out
Grant Williams - Out
Josh Green - Out

MIA:
Simone Fontecchio - Questionable
Kasparas Jakucionis - Out
Tyler Herro - Out

NYK:
Karl-Anthony Towns - Questionable
Deuce McBride - Questionable
Guerschon Yabusele - Questionable
Mitchell Robinson - Out

MIL:
Kyle Kuzma - Questionable
Cole Anthony - Questionable
Kevin Porter - Out

SAC:
Keegan Murray - Out
Nique Clifford - Out

OKC:
Yet to submit

LAC:
Bradley Beal - Out
Kobe Sanders - Out
Jordan Miller - Out

GSW:
Yet to submit

h/t Underdog

 

 

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.

High

Mid

Value

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