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

The final day of the NBA regular season has arrived! It's Sunday, April 12th, and we have a 7-game NBA DFS main slate on DraftKings and FanDuel. 

Both sites decided to go with the seven Eastern Conference games starting at 6:00 pm ET, so we have some afternoon basketball! The top four seeds in the conference are locked in (Detroit, Boston, New York, and Cleveland), so those teams will be resting their regulars. The 5-8 seeds are up for grabs, as are the 9 and 10 seeds. Toronto, Orlando, and Philadelphia all have paths to stay out of the play-in tournament by securing a top-six seed. 

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, April 12th

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Pre/Post-Lock Update Section

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 1:00 PM ET

• Jalen Johnson - OUT
• Nickeil Alexander-Walker - OUT
• CJ McCollum - OUT
• Dyson Daniels - OUT
• Onyeka Okongwu - OUT
• Jonathan Kuminga - OUT
• Gabe Vincent - OUT
• Mouhamed Gueye - Questionable (downgrade)
• Hugo Gonzalez - Questionable (downgrade)
• Landry Shamet - OUT
• Nolan Traore - Doubtful (downgrade)
• Ochai Agbaji - Available 
• Anthony Gill - Available 
• Simone Fontecchio - Questionable (downgrade)

NBA Injuries, News & Updates Today, 4/12

• ATL:
  Jalen Johnson - Out
  Nickeil Alexander-Walker - Out
  CJ McCollum - Out
  Dyson Daniels - Out
  Onyeka Okongwu - Out
  Jonathan Kuminga - Out
  Jock Landale - Out
• MIA:
  Tyler Herro - Available
  Davion Mitchell - Available
  Norman Powell - Questionable
  Simone Fontecchio - Probable
  Nikola Jovic - Out
  Dru Smith - Out
• BKN:
  Nolan Traore - Doubtful
  Ochai Agbaji - Available
  Danny Wolf - Out
  Day'Ron Sharpe - Out
  Egor Demin - Out
  Josh Minott - Out
  Michael Porter - Out
  Nic Claxton - Out
  Noah Clowney - Out
  Terance Mann - Out
  Ziaire Williams - Out
• TOR:
  Collin Murray-Boyles - Questionable
  RJ Barrett - Questionable
  Trayce Jackson-Davis - Questionable
  Chucky Hepburn - Out
• CHA:
  Coby White - Probable
  PJ Hall - Out
• NYK:
  Jalen Brunson - Out
  Josh Hart - Out
  Karl-Anthony Towns - Out
  Mitchell Robinson - Out
  OG Anunoby - Out
  Tyler Kolek - Out
• DET:
  Jalen Duren - Out
• IND:
  Ben Sheppard - Questionable
  Jarace Walker - Questionable
  Kobe Brown - Questionable
  Aaron Nesmith - Out
  Andrew Nembhard - Out
  Ivica Zubac - Out
  Johnny Furphy - Out
  Pascal Siakam - Out
  T.J. McConnell - Out
  Tyrese Haliburton - Out
• MIL:
  Gary Harris - Questionable
  Pete Nance - Questionable
  Bobby Portis - Out
  Gary Trent - Out
  Giannis Antetokounmpo - Out
  Kevin Porter - Out
  Kyle Kuzma - Out
  Myles Turner - Out
  Ryan Rollins - Out
• PHI:
  Joel Embiid - Out
  Johni Broome - Out
• ORL:
  Jett Howard - Questionable
  Jonathan Isaac - Questionable
• BOS:
  Nikola Vucevic - Doubtful
  Payton Pritchard - Doubtful
  Sam Hauser - Doubtful
  Derrick White - Out
  Jaylen Brown - Out
  Jayson Tatum - Out
  Neemias Queta - Out
• WAS:
  Anthony Gill - Available
  Alex Sarr - Out
  Anthony Davis - Out
  Bilal Coulibaly - Out
  Cam Whitmore - Out
  Kyshawn George - Out
  Trae Young - Out
  Tre Johnson - Out
  Tristan Vukcevic - Out
  D'Angelo Russell - Out
• CLE:
  Dean Wade - Out
  Dennis Schroder - Out
  Donovan Mitchell - Out
  Evan Mobley - Out
  James Harden - Out
  Jarrett Allen - Out
  Keon Ellis - Out
  Sam Merrill - Out
  Thomas Bryant - Out
   

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

• Tyrese Maxey, Bam Adebayo

Mid

• LaMelo Ball, Paolo Banchero, Scottie Barnes, Paul George, VJ Edgecombe, Brandon Miller, Jalen Suggs, Julian Reese, Norman Powell, Miles Bridges, Andrew Wiggins, Jaime Jaquez, Ben Saraf, Max Strus 

Value

• Malachi Smith, Cormac Ryan, E.J. Liddell, Tyson Etienne, Paul Reed, Luka Garza, Jordan Walsh, Jalen Wilson, Jaylon Tyson, Jose Alvarado, Craig Porter, Larry Nance, Mohamed Diawara, Ariel Hukporti, Amari Williams, Keaton Wallace, Buddy Hield, Zaccharie Risacher 

Stacks

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