FanDuel NBA Picks and DraftKings NBA Playoff Picks - Saturday 4/27/19   We've got a Spurs team that won't die, a Denver team that looks shook, and a series between a 2 and a 3 seed that is already over if Twitter is to be believed, even though it hasn't even started. At the very least all of the teams with legitimately no chance have been eliminated, and the real playoffs can begin! Let's do this. Head on over a for your chance to get DFSR PRO, which will give you access to our NBA FanDuel and DraftKings optimizer, our MLB Optimizer our player lab! Get started for free by clicking the button below. START YOUR FREE TRIAL NOW! First time with NBA or MLB? Be sure to read our free NBA and MLB Ebooks on building lineups, general strategy and more. We've got you completely covered. Spurs (5.5) vs. Nuggets (-5.5) Vegas Projected Score: Denver 109 - San Antonio 103.5 Over/Under: 209 Series: 3-3 It's our first game 7 of the 2019 NBA playoffs! It's been something of a strange trip, but here we are. Both of these teams have looked great at other times and totally stilted at others, but at the very least we can say they are pretty evenly matched. In spite of the Spurs' 17 point victory in game 6, Vegas hasn't changed its tune at all, here, with Denver continuing to be favored by 5.5 points at home. Let's have a look at what each team believes to be its "final form." Denver Early returns from our system has it loving basically all of the DEnver guys here at current prices. What makes DFS an interesting game tends to be that the best value plays are the ones that have been underperforming recently. Short blips in performance can cause prices and ownership to go down, and on two game slates we need to take value wherever we can find it. All that said, the Nuggets have consolidated opportunity in a way that can be concerning for DFS players. Yes, guys like Paul Millsap are cheap, but he's also doing next to nothing from a DFS perspective. The Nuggets seem ready to ride or die with the combination of Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray at the cost of scoring production from their other members. The offense ran through Jokic almost entirely in game 6, and it was shocking to see the Nuggets lose in spite of his wild effectiveness. If you were to tell someone that Jokic went 19-30 from the floor with 12 boards and 9 assists against just 2 turnovers, but the Nuggets suffered a blowout loss, I'm not sure what they'd...

FanDuel NBA Picks and DraftKings NBA Playoff Picks - Tuesday 4/23/19   On Monday, the Bucks took care of business closing out the Pistons. But the Rockets couldn't do the same with the Jazz extending the series at least one more game. On Tuesday, the Raptors, Sixers and Blazers will all look to get out of the first round. Head on over a for your chance to get DFSR PRO, which will give you access to our NBA FanDuel and DraftKings optimizer, our MLB Optimizer our player lab! Get started for free by clicking the button below. START YOUR FREE TRIAL NOW! First time with NBA or MLB? Be sure to read our free NBA and MLB Ebooks on building lineups, general strategy and more. We've got you completely covered. Magic (11.5) vs. Raptors (-11.5) Vegas Projected Score: Toronto 108.75 - Orlando 97.25 Over/Under: 206 Series: Toronto 3-1 After that first game upset, Toronto has taken care of business against the Magic. They won the next three games, two in rather convincing fashion. Game 4 was really never in doubt and the Raptors won by 22 when it was all said and done. The series now shifts back to Toronto where it sure seems like the Raptors will take care of business against a feisty, but outgunned Magic squad. Orlando Value Evan Fournier FD - $5100 DK - $5100Opponent - TORProj Pts FD - 28.5 DK - 29.69 We’ve written up Fournier as a *value* play over the last couple of games mostly because he’s one of the few Magic players seeing healthy minutes even if the games get out of hand. He ran 35 in Game 4, finishing with 19 points on 8-16 shooting (second most attempts on the team). He’s reliant on scoring to hit value, so the shot needs to fall. But considering the price, I’m still on board for playing him here in cash games. Toronto Value Kawhi Leonard FD - $9800 DK - $8300Opponent - ORLProj Pts FD - 46.89 DK - 47.14 After struggling some from the field in Game 3, Kawhi bounced back in Game 4 and turned in a superstar level performance with 34 points on 12-20 shooting. He also got the line nine times and grabbed six rebounds. The Magic don’t have many answers on the defensive end when he gets cooking and the price still hasn’t totally gotten to the point where he’s going to dust you even if the shot isn’t falling. Pascal Siakam FD - $8600 DK - $7500Opponent - ORLProj Pts FD - 41.76 DK - 41.86 Siakam was something of a disappointment in Game 4, finishing with 16 points and six rebounds in 36 minutes....

DraftKings and FanDuel MLB Picks for Saturday 4/21/19 Now’s your chance to get DFSR PRO, which will give you access to our MLB and NBA optimizers and our new player lab! Get started for free by clicking the button below. START YOUR FREE TRIAL NOW! Pitchers James Paxton FD - P 9600 DK - SP 9400 Opponent - KC (Jorge Lopez) Park - NYY FD - 40.35 DK - 22.3 Paxton is the biggest projected favorite on this slate and it's easy to see why. After struggling the first three games, Paxton threw an absolute gem against the Boston Red Sox in his most recent outing. Paxton pitched eight-shutout innings, allowing just three baserunners while striking out 12 batters. That's the Paxton that we've become accustomed to, as he's posted a 2.90 FIP and 30.3 percent K-rate in his last two years with the Mariners. Facing Kansas City is a treat too, as they currently rank 25th in wOBA.  Joey Lucchesi FD - P 8300 DK - SP 9400 Opponent - CIN (Tyler Mahle) Park - SD FD - 31.25 DK - 16.52 Luchessi's 5.06 ERA is far from pretty but his underlying statistics tell a different story. In fact, Luchessi owns a 3.30 FIP this season and 26 percent career K-rate. Those are the numbers of an elite pitcher and he should have success in a pitcher's park like Petco. What really makes him an intriguing option here is his matchup, as he faces a Reds team who ranks dead-last in both OBP and batting average. That's why Cincinnati's projected run total is barely above three and Luchessi should have no problem shutting down one of the weakest lineups in baseball in such a friendly park.  Stephen Strasburg FD - P 10500 DK - SP 10700 Opponent - MIA (Trevor Richards) Park - MIA FD - 39.26 DK - 21.36 Strasburg has traditionally struggled against the Marlins but it's a tough matchup to fade. In fact, the Marlins currently rank last in both wOBA and xwOBA so far this season. That's really no surprise when you consider the fact that Starlin Castro is probably their best hitter. Pitching in Miami is fantastic too, as that currently ranks as the best pitching park in the majors based on park factors. In addition, Strasburg's has some special peripherals, owning a 2.92 xFIP and a 29 percent K-rate for his career.  Catcher/First Base Wellington Castillo FD - C 2600 DK - C 3400 Opponent - DET (Daniel Norris) Park - DET FD - 9.77 DK - 7.5 Picking catchers is like pulling teeth but Castillo has some serious home run upside in this matchup. Over the last five years, Castillo has...

FanDuel NBA Picks and DraftKings NBA Playoff Picks - Sunday 4/21/19   Another day, another four game NBA playoff slate. We thought the end of the regular season was crazy, but the playoffs have delivered their fair share as well. Will Boston complete the sweep? Will the Warriors continue to step on the Clippers' collective necks? Let's jump into it and find out.   Head on over a for your chance to get DFSR PRO, which will give you access to our NBA FanDuel and DraftKings optimizer, our MLB Optimizer our player lab! Get started for free by clicking the button below. START YOUR FREE TRIAL NOW! First time with NBA or MLB? Be sure to read our free NBA and MLB Ebooks on building lineups, general strategy and more. We've got you completely covered. Celtics (3) vs. Pacers (-3) Vegas Implied Score: Indiana 103.25 - Boston 100.25 Over/ Under: 204 Series: Boston 3-0 After back to back soul-crushing losses, this one is certainly starting to feel like a tailor-made 4-0. Following up a big 2nd quarter with a 12 point disaster must have been truly heartbreaking, and it's very hard to imagine the Pacers bounce back here. Still, Vegas is relatively unphased, and the Pacers are actually favored by three points here. We'll treat this game as any other in the meantime, and break down what we've seen from each team recently. Boston Value Al Horford FD - $6700 DK - $6600Opponent - INDProj Pts FD - 38.54 DK - 38.16 Jaylen Brown FD - $4900 DK - $4900Opponent - INDProj Pts FD - 29.11 DK - 29.25 The Celtics have consolidated their minutes for the playoffs, and Horford and Brown seem to be two of the biggest beneficiaries. I was close in deciding between Brown and Danny Green last game, but it seems clear that Brown is going to be more actively involved for the Celtics than I had assumed. Both are excellent value options on any site. I'm not big on Kyrie or Tatum, but don't sleep on Gordon Hayward. He's looked oddly spry these playoffs, and is coming off of a game where he played 32 minutes. He didn't do a whole lot with it, but he's still pretty cheap at a somewhat thin position. Indiana Value Our system is considerably unimpressed with the Pacers messing with their minutes, and of course you can't really blame them given that not much has been working. They've leaned more heavily into Thaddeus Young and Bojan Bogdanovic, but those two guys have been priced out of consideration on FanDuel. On DraftKings, though, both are looking like good options on the basis of being the only two reliable minutes...

FanDuel NBA Picks and DraftKings NBA Playoff Picks - Saturday 4/20/19   We've got a fat four game slate for you, but with how tightly the games are packed, we still might not be living the high life here. Will the Jazz, Nets, and Pistons get smoked again? Am I hallucinating, or are the Spurs kind of just a better version of the Nuggets all of a sudden? Let's get into it!   Head on over a for your chance to get DFSR PRO, which will give you access to our NBA FanDuel and DraftKings optimizer, our MLB Optimizer our player lab! Get started for free by clicking the button below. START YOUR FREE TRIAL NOW! First time with NBA or MLB? Be sure to read our free NBA and MLB Ebooks on building lineups, general strategy and more. We've got you completely covered. 76ers (-1.5) vs. Nets (+1.5) Vegas Projected Score: Philadelphia 116.75 - Brooklyn 115.25 Over/Under: 232 Philadelphia leads the series 2-1 Welp, someone seems to have woken up the Sixers, who dispatched the Nets by 16 points in game three without the benefit of having Joel Embiid. By now you know the drill - if Embiid is hurt, the rest of the Philly "big three" are firmly in play. Heck, they are probably in play even if Embiid is around. Ben Simmons FD - $10300 DK - $8500Opponent - BKNProj Pts FD - 51.57 DK - 52.25 Jimmy Butler FD - $7800 DK - $7200Opponent - BKNProj Pts FD - 39.24 DK - 38.2 Tobias Harris FD - $7700 DK - $6500Opponent - BKNProj Pts FD - 35.13 DK - 36.3 Game three was interesting from the Philly side, though. We saw the Sixers press the issue with Tobias Harris, whose inside-outside game was just too much for the Nets to handle. Harris led the team with 19 shots, and was 6/6 from three while also netting 16 rebounds. He just looked like a man among boys out there, and looks like a pretty safe option on slate without many of them. Simmons was excellent in game three as well, facilitating as well as ever and getting to the rack with refreshing efficiency, going 11-13 from the field and 9-11 from the line. He has taken a leap since game one, and it wouldn't shock me to see him turn into the $11,000 fantasy player we've dreamed about. If Embiid is out, Greg Monroe is the most obvious play on the slate. He played 25 minutes in a blowout the last time around, and should be the heir to abusing the Nets interior defense if the Sixers don't want to commit to Boban for more than...