Welcome to the DFS NBA Picks for Wednesday, November 19th, where the NBA serves up a loaded slate perfect for daily fantasy domination. Tonight features must-watch matchups like the Charlotte Hornets vs. Indiana Pacers, Golden State Warriors vs. Miami Heat, Houston Rockets vs. Cleveland Cavaliers, and Dallas Mavericks vs. New York Knicks, among others. In this DFS Playbook, we’ll break down the top plays, sneaky value options, and lineup-building strategies to help you cash big on DraftKings, FanDuel, and everywhere else.

 

 

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, November 19th

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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 - 6:35pm ET

  • Cooper Flagg - OUT
  • Justin Edwards - Starting for 76ers
  • Nae'Qwan Tomlin - Starting for 76ers
  • Zion Williamson - Game Time Decision 
  • Mike Conley - Starting for Jaden McDaniels

UPDATE - 6:15pm ET

UPDATE - 1:45pm ET

UPDATE - 1:15pm ET

NBA Injuries, News & Updates Today, 11/19

Injuries 11/19 - 11:00 AM ET

CHA:
Tre Mann - Doubtful
Liam McNeeley - Out
Brandon Miller - Out
Grant Williams - Out
Josh Green - Out

IND:
Aaron Nesmith - Out
Johnny Furphy - Out
Quenton Jackson - Out
Obi Toppin - Out
Kam Jones - Out
Tyrese Haliburton - Out

HOU:
Jabari Smith. - Questionable
Tari Eason - Out
Dorian Finney-Smith - Out
Fred VanVleet - Out

CLE:
Sam Merrill - Questionable
Darius Garland - Out
Jaylon Tyson - Out
Max Strus - Out

TOR:
Ochai Agbaji - Probable
Collin Murray-Boyles - Questionable

PHI:
Joel Embiid - Doubtful
Paul George - Out
Kelly Oubre - Out
Adem Bona - Out

GSW:
Stephen Curry - TBD
Jonathan Kuminga - TBD
Al Horford - Out
De'Anthony Melton - Out

MIA:
Bam Adebayo - Questionable
Nikola Jovic - Questionable
Tyler Herro - Out

DEN:
Christian Braun - Out
Julian Strawther - Out

NOP:
Zion Williamson - Questionable
Saddiq Bey - Questionable
Karlo Matkovic - Out
Jordan Poole - Out
Dejounte Murray - Out

SAC:
Domantas Sabonis - Out
Keegan Murray - Out

OKC:
Jalen Williams - Out
Aaron Wiggins - Out
Kenrich Williams - Out
Nikola Topic - Out
Thomas Sorber - Out

WAS:
Alex Sarr - Questionable

MIN:
Jaden McDaniels - Questionable
Terrence Shannon Jr. - Out

NYK:
Jalen Brunson - Questionable
OG Anunoby - Out

DAL:
Dereck Lively - Probable
Daniel Gafford - Probable
Cooper Flagg - Questionable
Ryan Nembhard - Out
Kyrie Irving - Out
Anthony Davis - Out

CHI:
Tre Jones - Questionable
Jalen Smith - Probable
Zach Collins - Out

POR:
Yet to submit

h/t UD

 

 

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.

Note: Players in BOLD designate “core building blocks”

Updated - 6:15pm ET

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