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

It's Tuesday, March 31st, and we have a five-game NBA DFS main slate on DraftKings and FanDuel. 

Four of the five games have a spread of less than five points, and we have most of the impactful injury news. Brandon Ingram is one big name that remains questionable as we head into the late afternoon. 

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 31st

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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 6:40 PM ET 

• Ryan Rollins - AVAILABLE
• Kyle Kuzma - AVAILABLE
• Gary Harris - OUT
• Miles McBride - AVAILABLE 
• Klay Thompson - OUT

UPDATE 2:00 PM ET 

• Jalen Wilson - OUT
• DAL: 
  • Marvin Bagley OUT 
  • Naji Marshall - OUT
  • Caleb Martin - OUT
  • Klay Thompson - Doubtful
  • P.J. Washington - OUT
• DET: 
  • Jalen Duren - Probable
  • Tobias Harris - Probable
  • Caris LeVert - Questionable
  • Duncan Robinson - Probable 
  • Marcus Sasser - Questionable 
• Haywood Highsmith - OUT

NBA Injuries, News & Updates Today, 3/31

• PHX:
  Yet to submit
• ORL:
  Anthony Black - Out
  Franz Wagner - Out
  Jonathan Isaac - Out
• CHA:
  None
• BKN:
  Jalen Wilson - Out
  Danny Wolf - Out
  Day'Ron Sharpe - Out
  Egor Demin - Out
  Michael Porter - Out
  Terance Mann - Out
• DAL:
  Yet to submit
• MIL:
  Gary Harris - Out
  Kyle Kuzma - Available
  Ryan Rollins - Available
  Bobby Portis - Out
  Giannis Antetokounmpo - Out
  Kevin Porter - Out
• NYK:
  Deuce McBride - Available
  Landry Shamet - Out
• HOU:
  Fred VanVleet - Out
  Steven Adams - Out
• TOR:
  Brandon Ingram - Questionable
  Collin Murray-Boyles - Questionable
  RJ Barrett - Probable
  Immanuel Quickley - Out
  Jamison Battle - Out
• DET:
  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

• Cooper Flagg, Paolo Banchero, Devin Booker, Jalen Brunson, Karl-Anthony Towns, Alperen Sengun, Ryan Rollins 

Mid

• Scottie Barnes, Kevin Durant, Jalen Duren, LaMelo Ball, Amen Thompson, Jalen Green, Brandon Miller, RJ Barrett, Daniss Jenkins, Josh Hart, Jalen Suggs, Kon Knueppel, Jabari Smith, Miles Bridges, Tobias Harris, Jakob Poeltl, Mikal Bridges, Coby White

Value

• Daniel Gafford, Brandon Williams, Jamal Shead, Tari Eason, Ja'Kobe Walter, Ryan Nembhard, Dwight Powell, Khris Middleton

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