It’s a seven-gamer to start Halloween weekend and before we all stuff our faces with as much candy as humanly possible, let’s make it an extra sweet start to your weekend by winning in DFS NBA. There will be a good amount of opportunity for the Pacers offense with Malcolm Brogdon sidelined for their match up against the Nets. Let’s get to tonight’s Starting-5.
PG: Devonte’ Graham: The Kings defense is very weak at stopping guards and the shots are divided pretty evenly when looking beyond Brandon Ingram. The pace works in the Pelicans favor for this matchup and Graham has been shooting over 44 percent from the field. He takes 14 shots per game. Graham has scored 21 points and dished 6-plus dimes in his last two games. He’s grabbing a steal per game and is even pulling down boards. He’s posting 3.6 rebounds per game and being that the match up is strong, let’s ride his hot shooting as he’s shot over 47 percent in his last 2 contests.
SG: Chris Duarte: Duarte has filled in nicely for Caris LeVert (who could potentially return tonight), but with the Pacers leading scorer out, Duarte, the team’s third leading scorer should be in line for more shots. He’s been playing 37 minutes per and taking 16-17 shots per game. He’s scoring 18.6 points per game and is shooting a lethal 41.7 percent from downtown. It’s a nice pace jump for the Pacers tonight and Duarte has been very committed on both sides of the ball and will be needed to play heavy minutes. Duarte has grabbed 4.6 rebounds per outing and he’s even swiped a ball in 4 of 5 games this season.
SF: OG Anunoby: The Raptors leading scorer has an excellent match up this evening as he’ll be able to beat up Wendell Carter Jr. with Mo Bamba having to watch Precious Achiuwa. After starting off the season shooting very poorly, Anunoby has shot at least 42.9 percent from the field. He’ll play mid-30s minutes and he’s taken 17 or more shots in all but 1 game this year. He’s hit the 22-point mark in each of his last 3 games. Anunoby has grabbed multiple steals in all but one game this season. He’s coming off of producing a five-steal game. Editors note - The N/A in the Yahoo! section of his pricing is because Yahoo! excluded Orlando/Toronto from it's slate.
PF: Domantas Sabonis: This matchup against the Nets serves up an excellent bounce-back opportunity for Sabonis and with Brogdon out, he becomes the prioritized scorer and he’s scoring 21.6 points per game. Sabonis will play heavy minutes and he’s grabbing 11.4 rebounds per contest. Sabonis has also grabbed seven steals total in his last three games and it will be a challenge for Kevin Durant and Blake Griffin to contain Sabonis in the post. He’s shooting 63.6 percent from the field and even 40 percent from beyond the arc.
C: Jonas Valanciunas: Valanciunas has been on fire this year with Zion Williamson sidelined scoring 17 points and grabbing 15 rebounds per contest. He recorded a 20-20 game a few games ago and he’s even blocked a shot in every game. The Pelicans don’t have a lot of size up front and Holmes is a very easy center to pick on. Both of the centers in this matchup are in great spots as neither is great at defending but Valanciunas takes more shots and that creates a bit of a safer floor when it comes to DFS. The Pelicans are in a pace-up spot heading into tonight and Valanciunas plays about 35 minutes per game.