Welcome everyone to your Run Pure Sports – NBA DFS Daily Breakdown. Today we will be previewing Thursday’s six 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.
JAZZ (124) -10, 238 @ WIZARDS (114)
The Utah Jazz (29-10) will take their league-best record into Washington to take on the Wizards (14-25). The Jazz are coming off an impressive road win in Boston on Tuesday night 117-109. Donovan Mitchell led the way with 21 points. Rudy Gobert posted and double-double with 16 & 12 while Jordan Clarkson added 20 points off the bench. The Jazz are 5-5 in their last 10 games. The Wizards are coming off a disappointing home loss to Sacramento 121-119. They were led by Bradley Beal with 29 points and 6 rebounds. Russell Westbrook added another triple-double with 26, 14 & 10. The team shot 4-25 from 3-point range. They are 3-7 in their last 10 games.
Injury News –
Utah – Mike Conley, OUT
DFS Targets –
Donovan Mitchell, Rudy Gobert, Jordan Clarkson, Russell Westbrook, Bradley Beal
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HAWKS (116) -7, 225 vs THUNDER (109)
The Atlanta Hawks (20-20) will look to extend their winning streak to seven games when they host the Oklahoma City Thunder (17-23). The Hawks defeated the Rockets 119-107 on Tuesday led by Danilo Gallinari’s 29 points. Trae Young was ice cold from the field (3-13) with only 13 points but he did add 14 assists. John Collins had a double-double with 20 & 10. The Thunder are coming off a 123-102 loss in Chicago. Moses Brown got the start and played well with 20 points and 16 rebounds in 30 minutes of action. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander led the way with 21 points and 8 assists. They are 5-5 in their last 10 games.
Injury News –
Oklahoma City – Darius Bazley, OUT, Kris Dunn, OUT, George Hill, OUT, Al Horford, Probable, Luguentz Dort, Questionable
Atlanta – De’Andre Hunter, OUT, Clint Capela, Questionable
DFS Targets –
Trae Young, John Collins, Danilo Gallinari, SGA, Moses Brown
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KNICKS (107.5) -6.5, 208.5 vs MAGIC (101)
The New York Knicks (20-21) will look to bounce after tough losses to Philadelphia and Brooklyn as they host the Orlando Magic (13-26). In the loss to the 76’ers Julius Randle had 19 points, 15 rebounds and 8 assists. RJ Barrett continued his hot stretch with 17 points and 8 rebounds. The Knicks are 5-5 in their last 10 games. Monitor the injury news for the Knicks throughout the day. The Magic have lost eight games in a row after their 102-97 loss to Miami. Nikola Vucevic was a monster in the loss with 38 points, 10 rebounds and 6 assists. Terrence Ross added 31 points off the bench. Evan Fournier and Aaron Gordon both returned to practice this week and could play tonight. This is one of the lowest game totals I have seen this year.
Injury News –
Orlando – James Ennis, OUT, Cole Anthony, OUT, Terrence Ross, Questionable, Evan Fournier, Questionable, Aaron Gordon, Questionable
NY Knicks – Austin Rivers, OUT, Derrick Rose, OUT, Elfrid Payton, Doubtful, Immanuel Quickley, Questionable
DFS Targets –
Julius Randle, RJ Barrett, Nikola Vucevic, Terrence Ross
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SUNS (119.5) -10.5, 228.5 vs TIMBERWOLVES (109)
The Phoenix Suns (26-12) will look to stay red hot when they host the Minnesota Timberwolves (9-31). The Suns have won six of their seven games and are coming off a 122-99 win over Memphis. Devin Booker scored a season-high 43 points on 15-26 shooting when the Suns beat the Timberwolves back on Feb 28th in Minneapolis. Minnesota comes in with the league’s worst record and are coming off a 137-121 to the Lakers and are 2-8 in their last 10 games. Anthony Edwards has played well since the coaching change and has scored 20+ points in seven of his last eight games. Karl Anthony-Towns leads the team in scoring at 22.2 ppg.
Injury News –
Phoenix – Cameron Johnson – OUT
Minnesota – Jarrett Culver, Doubtful
DFS Targets –
Devin Booker, DeAndre Ayton, Karl Anthony-Towns, Anthony Edwards
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TRAIL BLAZERS (120.5) -1, 240 vs PELICANS (119.5)
The New Orleans Pelicans (17-23) will travel to Portland to take on the Trail Blazers (23-16). These two teams have played twice this season and both times the Pelicans have jumped out to big leads but were unable to hold on. The main reason was Damian Lillard. He had 43 points and a career-high 16 assists in a 126-124 win in New Orleans on Feb. 17. On Tuesday, Lillard scored 50 points on 13-20 shooting including six 3-pointers and converted 18-18 from the free throw line in a 125-124 win. They have won five of their last seven games. In the loss to Portland on Tuesday, Brandon Ingram led the Pelicans with 30 points and Zion Williamson added 28. Lonzo Ball had 11 points and a career-high 17 assists. They are 4-6 in their last 10 games.
Injury News –
New Orleans – J.J. Redick, OUT, Harry Giles, Probable
DFS Targets –
Damian Lillard, Gary Trent Jr, Zion Williamson, Brandon Ingram, Lonzo Ball
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LAKERS (117) -8, 226 vs HORNETS (109)
The Los Angels Lakers (27-13) will look to extend their winning streak to four when they welcome in the Charlotte Hornets (20-19) to Staples Center. They cruised to a 137-121 win over Minnesota on Tuesday behind another triple-double by Lebron James. The King finished with 25 points, 12 rebounds and 12 assists. Montrezl Harrell has been impressive off the bench the last two games scoring 52 points. The Hornets opened their five-road trip with a 129-104 road loss at Denver but had won four in a row prior to that. LaMelo Ball who is one of the leading candidates for Rookie of the year at this point in the year, will play a home game (of sorts) as he grew up just 39 miles from the Staples Center. They are led in scoring by Gordon Hayward and Terry Rozier who are each averaging 20 ppg. They are 6-4 in their last 10 games.
Injury News –
LA Lakers – Alex Caruso, OUT, Marc Gasol, OUT, Markieff Morris, Probable, Lebron James, Probable
DFS Targets –
Lebron James, Montrezl Harrell, Dennis Schroder, LaMelo Ball, Terry Rozier, Gordon Hayward
