Welcome everyone to your Run Pure Sports – NBA DFS Daily Breakdown. Today we will be previewing Tuesday’s eight game slate in the NBA. The idea of this article will be to give you a quick glance at the games each day and provide the overnight point spreads, game and team totals along with overnight injury news and potential DFS targets.
PACERS (113) -1.5, 224.5 vs BULLS (111.5)
The Chicago Bulls (20-28) begin a five-game road trip as they travel to Indiana to take on the Pacers (22-26). The Bulls are coming off a big 115-107 win over Brooklyn. Zach LaVine led the way with 25 points. Nikola Vucevic added 22 points and 13 rebounds. Tomas Satoransky contributed 19 points and 11 assists. They are 3-7 in their last 10 games. The Pacers won a shootout in San Antonio on Saturday 139-133. Caris LaVert led seven players in double figures with 26 points and 9 assists. They are 5-5 in their last 10 games.
Injury News
Chicago – Daniel Thies, OUT, Devon Dotson, OUT, Garrett Temple, OUT, Coby White, Probable
Indiana – Domantas Sabonis, Questionable, Malcolm Brogdon, Questionable, Jeremy Lamb, Questionable
DFS Targets
Domantas Sabonis, Caris LaVert, Nikola Vucevic
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HAWKS (115) -4.5, 225.5 vs PELICANS (110.5)
The Atlanta Hawks (26-24) will look to make it four wins in a row when it hosts the New Orleans Pelicans (22-27) at State Farm Arena. The Hawks beat the Warriors 117-111 on Sunday behind 24 points and 18 rebounds from Clint Capela. Danilo Gallinari added 25 points and 10 rebounds off the bench. They are 6-4 in their last 10 games. The Pelicans come in off a 122-115 win in Houston. Lonzo Ball led the way with 27 points including 8-15 from 3-point range and 9 assists, They played without Zion Williamson and Brandon Ingram. They are both questionable for tonight.
Injury News
Atlanta – De’Andre Hunter, OUT, John Collins, OUT, Kris Dunn, OUT, Clint Capela, Probable, Trae Young, Probable
New Orleans – Steven Adams, Probable, Zion Williamson, Questionable, Brandon Ingram, Questionable, Kira Lewis, Doubtful
DFS Targets
Clint Capela, Danilo Gallinari, Zion Williamson (if in)
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76’ERS (112) -1.5, 222.5 @ CELTICS (110.5)
The Boston Celtics (25-25) welcome in the Philadelphia 76’ers (34-16) to TD Garden Arena. The Celtics look to make it three wins in a row after they hammered Charlotte 116-86 on Sunday behind 22 points and 8 rebounds from Jayson Tatum. Jaylen Brown finished with 17 and Robert Williams added 16 points and 8 rebounds. They are 5-5 in their last 10 games. The 76’ers are coming off a 116-100 loss to Memphis. Tobias Harris led the way in the loss with 21 points and 8 rebounds. They are 6-4 in their last 10 games. Joel Embiid is expected to play.
Injury News
Philadelphia – George Hill, OUT, Tyrese Maxey, Probable
Boston – Tristan Thompson, OUT
DFS Targets
Tobias Harris, Jayson Tatum
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RAPTORS (109) -2.5, 215.5 vs LAKERS (106.5)
The Toronto Raptors (20-30) are looking to make it three wins in a row when it hosts the Los Angels Lakers (31-19). The Raptors beat Washington 103-101 on Monday behind 22 points from Pascal Siakam. They have won two in a row after losing 13 of their previous 14 games. The Lakers come in off a loss to the Clippers 104-86. Montrezl Harrell led the way off the bench with 19 points and 6 rebounds. They continue to play without stars Anthony Davis and Lebron James. They are 4-6 in their last 10 games.
Injury News
Toronto – Kyle Lowry, OUT, Rodney Hood, OUT, Fred VanVleet, Questionable, Patrick McCaw, Questionable, Jalen Harris, Questionable
LA Lakers – Lebron James, OUT, Anthony Davis, OUT, Andre Drummond, Questionable, Wesley Matthews, Questionable
DFS Targets
Kyle Kuzma, Montrezl Harrell, Pascal Siakam
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HEAT (111) -5, 217 vs GRIZZLIES (106)
The Miami Heat (26-24) look to stay red hot when they host the Memphis Grizzlies (24-23). The Heat have won four games in a row after losing their previous six games and are coming off a 115-101 win against Cleveland. Bam Adebayo led the way with 18 points and 11 rebounds. Jimmy Butler added 15 points, 6 rebounds and 11 assists. The Grizzlies are coming off an impressive 116-100 win in Philadelphia on Sunday. Dillon Brooks led seven players in double figures with 17 points. Jonas Valanciunas added 16 points and 12 rebounds. They are 6-4 in their last 10 games.
Injury News
Miami – Gabe Vincent, Probable, Andre Iguodala, Probable
Memphis – Justise Winslow, OUT, De’Anthony Melton, OUT, Brandon Clarke, Questionable
DFS Targets
Bam Adebayo, Tyler Herro, Duncan Robinson, Jonas Valanciunas
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NUGGETS (117) -14, 220 vs PISTONS (103)
The Denver Nuggets (31-18) will look to continue their hot streak when they host the Detroit Pistons (15-35). The Nuggets have won five games in a row and are coming off a 119-109 win over Orlando. Aaron Gordon has adjusted nicely to his new team leading the way with 24 points and 7 rebounds. Jamal Murray had 22, Michael Porter Jr added 20 points and 12 rebounds and MVP candidate Nikola Jokic just missed another triple-double finishing with 17 points, 9 rebounds and 16 assists. The Pistons crushed the Thunder on Monday in Oklahoma City 132-108 behind a balanced offensive attack led by Jerami Grant with 21 points. They are 3-7 in their last 10 games.
Injury News
Detroit – Hamidou Diallo, Doubtful, Killian Hayes, Doubtful, Kahlil Okafor, Questionable, Rodney McGruder, Questionable, Mason Plumlee, Probable, Wayne Ellington, Probable
DFS Targets
Jerami Grant, Josh Jackson, Nikola Jokic, Michael Porter Jr
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BUCKS (119.5) -6.5, 232.5 @ WARRIORS (113)
The Milwaukee Bucks (32-17) will hope to continue their winning streak when it visits the Golden State Warriors (23-27). The Bucks have won three games in a row after their 129-128 dramatic win in Sacramento over the weekend. Jrue Holiday led the way with 33 points, 7 rebounds and 11 assists. Brook Lopez had 26 points and Donte DiVincenzo added 12 points, 14 rebounds and 7 assists. They played without Giannis Antetokounmpo who sat out the game with knee soreness. The Warriors are looking to break a three-game losing streak. They lost in Atlanta 117-111 on Sunday. Steph Curry had 37 points leading the way. Kelly Oubre Jr added 20 points and 11 rebounds. They are 3-7 in their last 10 games.
Injury News
Milwaukee – PJ Tucker, OUT, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Probable
Golden State – Steph Curry, Probable
DFS Targets
Steph Curry, Draymond Green, Giannis Antetokounmpo (if in), Donte DiVincenzo
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CLIPPERS (116.5) -5.5, 227.5 vs BLAZERS (111)
The Los Angels Clippers (33-18) host the Portland Trail Blazers (30-19) in a game between two of the top teams out West. The Clippers are coming off a 104-86 win over the Lakers . They were led by Marcus Morris Sr with 22 points and 7 rebounds. Kawhi Leonard had 19 points, 10 rebounds and 8 assists. They have won seven of their last 10 games and are currently the #3 seed in the Western Conference. The Trail Blazers come in playing some great basketball. They are coming off a 133-85 blowout win over Oklahoma City and have won five of their last six games. CJ McCollum led eight players in double figures in the win over the Thunder with 20 points. Enes Kanter came off the bench with 12 points and 17 rebounds in 29 minutes.
Injury News
LA Clippers – Serge Ibaka, OUT, Patrick Beverley, Questionable
Portland – Jusuf Nurkic, OUT, Derrick Jones, Probable
DFS Targets
Damian Lillard, Norman Powell, Kawhi Leonard, Marcus Morris Sr
