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Pistons @ Hornets (-7)- 234.5

• The Pistons are  really short-handed today, Jalen Ivey, Bojan Bogdanovic and possibly Isiah Stewert. Killan Hayes  and Alec Burks will be asked to handle the majority of the ball handling tonight which makes both of these guys strong targets. I could see possibly setting a max 1 rule though as both guys will feed into each other usage. The big men are in play as well as  Marvin Bagley and James Wiseman  will get a usage spike if Stewert misses.

• The Hornets are playing great basketball over the past week and tonight they get a very good match up versus a short handed Pistons squad. LaMelo Ball has been one of the most ball-dominant guards over the past week and he gets a great match up versus  Killan Hayes. Terry Rozier’s match up is great as well but I would not roster them together even on a short slate. The guy that gets the best match up out of the starting five is Mark Williams. He had a great stat line last game and is clearly taking over the starting center role.

Heat @ 76ers (-6)- 217

• Tough to like any pieces in this game as both teams play elite defense. Also, this game has the lowest game total on the slate. Nobody gets a great match up but in large field GPPs I am ok with taking a few shots on Joel Embiid, Tyrese Maxey, Jimmy Butler, Tyler Herro and Tobias Harris

Celtics (-2.5) @ Knicks- 224

• The Celtics will be without Jaylen Brown so this means its Jayson Tatum night. He sees a massive usage spike and is firmly in play on both sites. With all of the value that we have tonight from the Pistons we could see stars/scrubs builds that include Ball and Tatum. The role players are in play as well as Derrick White, Marcus Smart and Robert Williams get a solid usage increase as well. I would not play Derrick White and Marcus Smart together though.

•  The Knicks get a tough match up versus a very good defensive team I don’t mind taking a few shots at Julias Randle or Jalen Brunson but that would really just be it. With such a low total I will be setting a max of 1 rule.

Magic @ Pelicans (-4)- 227

• The Magic get a tough match up tonight versus a Pelicans team that can play defense when they are locked in. I normally target Paolo Banchero but is likely going to run into Herb Jones which make this a really tough spot for him.If targeting anyone from the Magic it would just be Franz Wagner, Wendall Carter, and Markelle Fultz.

• The Pelicans need to start winning some games as they are slowly losing ground in the West, Brandon Ingram has the majority of my interest from the Pels tonight as he could really smash in this spot.  At his price and recent usage he is one of the best forwards on the slate. Jonas Val  and C.J. McCollum are in play as well but I will be setting a max of 1 as I do not want to play them together.

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