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

It's Saturday, March 14th, and we have a 3-game NBA DFS main slate on DraftKings and FanDuel. 

Despite the short slate, there are still plenty of tough decisions to make. MVP candidates Nikola Jokic and Luka Doncic square off in the featured game of the evening, but the other two games also have totals above 230 points. Let's break it all down. 

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 14th

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Pre/Post-Lock Update Section

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Injury updates, players we’re higher on than we were in the morning and so much more.

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UPDATE 5:00 PM ET

• Malik Monk - OUT
• Nicolas Batum - OUT
• John Collins - AVAILABLE 

NBA Injuries, News & Updates Today, 3/14

• ORL:
  Jonathan Isaac - Out
  Anthony Black - Out
  Franz Wagner - Out
• MIA:
  Norman Powell - Available
  Tyler Herro - Available
  Dru Smith - Probable
  Andrew Wiggins - Out
  Nikola Jovic - Out
• DEN:
  Aaron Gordon - Probable
  Jamal Murray - Probable
  Peyton Watson - Out
• LAL:
  Jaxson Hayes - Available
  Maxi Kleber - Out
• SAC:
  Malik Monk - Out
  Drew Eubanks - Out
  Devin Carter - Out
  Domantas Sabonis - Out
  Keegan Murray - Out
  Zach LaVine - Out
  De'Andre Hunter - Out
• LAC:
  Yet to submit

h/t @UnderdogNBA 

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

• Nikola Jokic, Luka Doncic, Kawhi Leonard, Paolo Banchero

Mid

• Jamal Murray, LeBron James, Austin Reaves, Darius Garland, Jalen Suggs, Bennedict Mathurin, Deandre Ayton, Wendell Carter

Value

• Derrick Jones, Tristan da Silva, Brook Lopez, Kris Dunn, Killian Hayes, Jordan Miller, Jett Howard, Isaiah Jackson 

Stacks

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