Top NBA Plays 12/27 | Lucky Charm Wednesday 🍀

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Clarkson doing the money dance.

Guards

Kris Dunn, CHI [vs NY] (DK: $7.2k, FD: $7.9k)

Dunn's salary is right around the most expensive as he's ever been, but he's been performing at a high level and has a nice matchup tonight. He's put up 7 games of 39+ fantasy points in the last 10 games. Now he gets to face the Knicks who are ranked 27th against starting point guards allowing 35 fantasy points a game, and even more when they're on the road. He also had a nice effort against the Knicks putting up 44 fantasy points earlier this month.

Jordan Clarkson, LAL [vs MEM] (DK: $5.6k, FD: $5.5k)

It's not an ideal matchup as the Grizzlies are ranked 3rd versus point guards. Lonzo Ball is out again and Clarkson will have to handle staring point guard duties. In his first start he played 35 minutes and put up 43 fantasy points. With the tougher matchup, he likely won't exceed those numbers but with his salary not rising much can still provide nice value tonight.

Andrew Harrison, MEM [@LAL] (DK: $4.1k, FD: $4.2k)

Andrew Harrison doesn't have a high ceiling, so this is more of a cash play tonight. He's got a nice matchup against the Lakers who are ranked 27th versus starting shooting guards allowing 34 fantasy points a game. With the injuries on the Memphis side, Harrison has played 30+ minutes in each of the last 3 games, look for that to continue tonight.

Forwards

Draymond Green, GS [vs UTA] (DK: $7.5k, FD: $8.7k)

Draymond is coming off of a huge game, so don't expect a repeat performance of that. What it did show though, after playing 40 minutes is that he's likely fully recovered from his injury and ready to return to a full workload. With Stephen Curry still out, Green is going to see higher usage rate. It's a solid matchup against the Jazz who are ranked 25th against starting power forwards allowing 31 fantasy points a game. The downside here, is that the Warriors are favored by 12 points, so this could potentially be a blowout early.

Zach Randolph, SAC [vs CLE] (DK: $6.3k, FD: $6.1k)

Randolph is coming off a very disappointing game, but it was an early blowout and he only played 21 minutes. This could help keep his ownership lower and makes for a nice tournament target. He gets to face the slump busting Cleveland Cavaliers tonight who are ranked 24th against starting power forwards allowing 31 fantasy points per game. Randolph put up 48 fantasy points against the Cavs earlier this month. Cleveland is favored to win this contest by 9.5 points but almost never get that lead till late in the 4th quarter, so Randolph will have a good chance to play 30+ minutes tonight which would result in a solid performance.

Ersan Ilyasova, ATL [vs WAS] (DK: $4.8k, FD: $5.3k)

Ersan has payed 30+ minutes in 4 of the last 5 games, with 2 games in a row of 30+ fantasy points. Vegas has this game as one of the higher scoring of the night at 212 points and only a 6 point spread, making this one of the games to target players in tonight.

Towns DunkCam.

Centers

Karl-Anthony Towns, MIN [vs DEN] (DK: $8.7k, FD: $10.5k)

This is more of a DraftKings play with the large salary difference from FanDuel. Towns is still expensive on DK but he's been extremely consistent putting up 48+ fantasy points in 7 of the last 9 games played. Denver is ranked 29th against starting centers allowing 35 fantasy points per game and Towns put up 49 fantasy points against them just 7 days ago.

Derrick Favors, UTA [@GS] (DK: $5.8k, FD: $5.6k)

It's not a great matchup for Favors as the Warriors are ranked 4th against starting centers only allowing 27 fantasy points per game. However, they're just getting Zaza Pachulia back and he could be a bit rusty after missing around 10 games. Utah remains without Rudy Gobert in the lineup which gives Favors a high ceiling, though he hasn't hit that ceiling in the 4 games since he's returned from injury.

Steven Adams, OKC [vs TOR] (DK: $5.7k, FD: $6.8k)

Adams continues to be fairly priced, and makes for a decent tournament center option tonight. He has the ability to put up 40 fantasy points when the conditions are right. The Raptors are ranked 20th versus starting centers allowing 32 fantasy points per game. Maxi Kleber was able to eclipse the 40 fantasy point mark against the Raptors in their previous game. Vegas has this as a 209 point over under with only a 4 point spread in favor of the Thunder, so this should be a competitive game to the end.

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