Daily Fantasy NBA News and Injury Updates - 3/31/18

With only three games on tonight's main slate, there isn't a whole lot to go over before we set those lineups. DFSR has all you need to know before lock.

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What We Know

Stephen Curry will be joined by Andre Iguodala and Omri Casspi on the Warriors inactive list for tonight.
We're all familiar with the point guard situation in Golden State by now. Steph Curry remains out, and Quinn Cook has done an impressive job filling in at the one. The price on Cook is up significantly, though he has still proven to be a viable cash game option especially against a Kings defense surrendering the second most fantasy points to the position over their last five games. In addition to Curry, the Warriors will be without Andre Iguodala and Omri Casspi at the three tonight. Iggy was held out of practice on Friday following some soreness in his knee on Thursday night's game against the Bucks. He will sit out tonight along with Casspi who will miss his seventh straight game with an ankle sprain. This actually means good news for Nick Young and Patrick McCaw who stood to lose some time to the returning Klay Thompson, back from an eight game absence with a thumb injury. Young and McCaw stand to continue to pick up added time with the absence of Iggy and Casspi.

Jaylen Brown is probable for the Celtics tonight.
Brown came into the day with a questionable tag after suffering a toe injury in the Celtics game against the Jazz on Wednesday night. He was then upgraded to probable and has been officially cleared to take his spot in the starting rotation tonight against the Raptors. Brown's averaging 15.7 points, 4.0 rebounds, and 2.3 assists over his last three games, and could pick up some additional time with Shane Larkin being ruled out with an illness. Jayson Tatum could also benefit with some added run in Larkin's absence. The Celtics will also have Al Horford and Marcus Morris both available after the pair missed Wednesday's game.

Every Lineup Guys

Kevin Durant FD - $10800 DK - $10900
Opponent - SAC
Proj Pts FD - 49.66 DK - 50.24
We didn't spotlight Kevin Durant in the daily picks article as he wasn't overly high on the points per dollar projections in our NBA lineup optimizer, but with so much value on the slate tonight you hasve to spend up somewhere and our system is finding no trouble fitting KD into the top lineups being put out for both FanDuel and DraftKings. The Warriors are starting to look like themselves again, with just one of the fab four remaining out of commision. Durant made his own return from a six game absemnce due to a rib injury against the Bucks on THursday and was ejected after just 17 minutes with two technical fouls. If nothing else he should be fresh for tonight's tilt in Sacramento against the 19th ranked defense against small forwards in the game. Prior to his rib injury Durant was doing Durant things crushing value at these prices in three of his last four gasmes with two double doubles, and three games scoring at least 37 real points. With all of the value to go around, and no other players priced above $9K Durant should be highly owned tonight, I know I'll have him in 100% of my lineups.

Bogdan Bogdanovic FD - $4300 DK - $4900
Opponent - GS
Proj Pts FD - 27.27 DK - 28.33
Speaking of that value that abounds on tonight's short slate, Bogdan Bogdanovic holds the top points per dollar projection of the night at all positions for less than $5K across the industry. Bogdan is projecting for nearly 6X PPD on both sites in a pace up contest with the Warriors who run the third fastest game in the NBA while playing the fourth worst defense at the position. Both of these plays come from one of the two games on tonight's three-game set that project for a 210 O/U and hold a spread of 8 points. I wouldn't be surprised to see Sacramento make it even more competitive than that with the issues Golden State has been dealing with down the stretch. Bogdan has been hot from the field lately scoring in double digits in three of his last four games, coming off a 21 point, three board, four dime outing in 39 minutes against a tough Pacers defense.

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