Fantasy basketball picks, DFS and betting suggestions for Wednesday’s NBA video games

ESPN’s fantasy basketball each day cheat sheet is your pregame vacation spot earlier than you set your lineups for that evening’s video games. Here you may learn our greatest recommendation for the evening, together with a collection of gamers you may stream in addition to game-by-game harm reviews.

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What it’s essential to know for Wednesday’s video games

The NBA has six video games on faucet tonight on the final Wednesday of February, headlined by three battles between Eastern and Western convention playoffs contenders. The Detroit Pistons face their second straight sport in opposition to a crew vying for greatest file within the league after they host the Oklahoma City Thunder. The San Antonio Spurs got here into Detroit and received on Monday, making tonight’s sport even larger for each groups.

Speaking of the Spurs, tonight they head north of the border to face a Toronto Raptors crew nonetheless locked into the fifth seed within the East. The Spurs are the most popular crew within the NBA on a nine-game profitable streak and look to comb the season sequence, having defeated the Raptors by 18 factors of their first matchup in October.

The final sport of the evening pits the Boston Celtics in opposition to the Denver Nuggets. The Celtics have received 4 straight video games and opened up a two-game lead over the New York Knicks for the second seed within the East, whereas the Nuggets stay enmeshed within the scrum of 4 groups inside 1.5 video games of each other for the third by way of sixth seeds within the West.

All of those storylines and extra will probably be on show. Let’s dig deeper into the motion to establish some fantasy streamers, betting angles and DFS performs of curiosity for tonight’s video games.

Wednesday’s fantasy stream crew

Cason Wallace, SG, Oklahoma City Thunder (rostered in 22.9% of ESPN leagues): Wallace is having a monster week. He set a brand new career-high with 10 assists on Sunday, then adopted that up with a career-high 27 factors final evening in opposition to the Raptors. With Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Jalen Williams sidelined, Wallace is stepping up as a significant offensive engine.

Precious Achiuwa, PF/C, Sacramento Kings (11.6%): Achiuwa moved into the beginning lineup for the Kings with all their accidents, and he appears locked in on the energy ahead slot. In his final three video games, he has averaged 16.7 PPG and eight.3 RPG with double-doubles in two of the three.

Javon Small, PG, Memphis Grizzlies (3.2%): Small has stepped up as an affect participant off the bench for the Grizzlies with so a lot of their rotation gamers out. In his final six video games, he has averaged 14.7 PPG, 4.2 RPG, 3.8 APG and a couple of.2 3PG in 25.2 MPG off the bench.

Brandin Podziemski, SG/PG, Golden State Warriors (42.0%): Podziemski has stepped up in a giant manner for the injury-depleted Warriors, together with grabbing a surprising 15 rebounds in every of his previous two video games. Podziemski has scored double figures in six straight video games, averaging 15.2 PPG, 8.7 RPG and 4.8 APG in 32.8 MPG off the bench in that span.

Dre’s bets for Wednesday

Victor Wembanyama 12+ rebounds (-156)

Wembanyama has his second straight sport in opposition to a crew with elite inside protection, so once more I’m a prop moreover scoring. Wemby has been dominant on the glass all season, however even moreso of late. He has averaged 12.5 RPG in his final 13 outings, grabbing 12 or extra in seven of these video games together with the final two in a row. The Raptors are middle-of-the-pack, permitting 14.1 RPG to opposing facilities, however Wembanyama already has a 15-rebound effort in opposition to the Raptors of their assembly earlier this season.

Oklahoma City Thunder (-8.5) over Detroit Pistons (-105)

I’ve the Pistons as favorites to win tonight, however 8.5 is a variety of factors. The Thunder are with out MVP Gilgeous-Alexander and All-Star Williams, however they’re 7-3 with out SGA this season and have received 5 of their previous six in latest weeks together with wins over 4 playoffs groups. This week alone, the Thunder ended the Cavaliers’ profitable streak and went to Toronto to take out the Raptors. According to ESPN BPI, the Pistons must be favored tonight however solely by 2.7 factors, effectively throughout the unfold.

Jaylen Brown over 28.5 factors (-109)

This relies on Brown (questionable, knee) enjoying after sitting out final evening with a bruised knee. Brown has performed in seven of the final 9 video games for the Celtics, scoring 29 or extra factors in 4 of these video games together with 32 in his final outing on Sunday. Brown confronted the Nuggets final month and dropped 33 factors in 34 minutes.

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Top Daily Fantasy values of the day

$8,100+ salaries

Donovan Mitchell, SG, Cleveland Cavaliers ($9,700)

Mitchell has an important matchup tonight in opposition to a Milwaukee Bucks squad that’s bottom-10 within the NBA in fantasy factors allowed to opposing taking pictures guards.

Kevin Porter Jr., PG, Milwaukee Bucks ($8,100)

Porter has locked in as the first fantasy possibility on the Bucks with Giannis Antetokounmpo out, averaging 22.1 PPG, 8.3 APG and 5.1 RPG in his final eight video games.

$6,100-$8,000 salaries

Jarrett Allen, C, Cleveland Cavaliers ($6,100)

Allen has outscored his fantasy common of 32.1 fantasy factors in 9 straight video games, averaging effectively over 40 FP/G in that span.

$3,500-$6,000 salaries

GG Jackson, SF, Memphis Grizzlies ($5,500)

Jackson has scored between 27 and 46 fantasy factors in 4 straight video games and 5 of his final six total.

Oklahoma City Thunder at Detroit Pistons
7:30 p.m. ET

Line: Thunder +8.5 (-115) | Pistons -8.5 (-105)
Money line: Thunder +250 | Pistons -310
Total: 220.5 (-108 O, -112 U)
BPI Projection: Pistons by 2.7, straight up 58%, 224.6 complete factors.

Injury Report:

Thunder: Ajay Mitchell, (OUT – Ankle); Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, (OUT – Abdomen); Jalen Williams, (OUT – Hamstring); Thomas Sorber, (OFS – Knee)

Pistons: Isaiah Stewart, (OUT – Suspension)

San Antonio Spurs at Toronto Raptors
7:30 p.m. ET

Line: Spurs -7.5 (-112) | Raptors +7.5 (-108)
Money line: Spurs -310 | Raptors +250
Total: 229.5 (-110 O, -110 U)
BPI Projection: Spurs by 6.3, straight up 68%, 225.0 complete factors.

Injury Report:

Spurs: David Jones Garcia, (OFS – Ankle)

Raptors: Chucky Hepburn, (GTD – Knee); Jakob Poeltl, (GTD – Back); Scottie Barnes, (GTD – Quadriceps)

Golden State Warriors at Memphis Grizzlies
7:30 p.m. ET

Line: Warriors -3.5 (-110) | Grizzlies +3.5 (-110)
Money line: Warriors -175 | Grizzlies +145
Total: 230.5 (-110 O, -110 U)
BPI Projection: Grizzlies by 0.4, straight up 51%, 232.1 complete factors.

Injury Report:

Warriors: Al Horford, (GTD – Toe); Kristaps Porzingis, (OUT – Illness); Stephen Curry, (OUT – Knee); Seth Curry, (OUT – Back); Jimmy Butler III, (OFS – Knee)

Grizzlies: Kyle Anderson, (GTD – Knee); Brandon Clarke, (OUT – Calf); Cedric Coward, (OUT – Knee); Santi Aldama, (OUT – Knee); Zach Edey, (OUT – Ankle); Ja Morant, (OUT – Elbow); Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, (OFS – Finger)

Sacramento Kings at Houston Rockets
8 p.m. ET

Line: Kings +14.5 (-115) | Rockets -14.5 (-105)
Money line: Kings +575 | Rockets -850
Total: 221.5 (-115 O, -105 U)
BPI Projection: Rockets by 13.1, straight up 83%, 223.7 complete factors.

Injury Report:

Kings: Devin Carter, (GTD – Back); Dylan Cardwell, (OUT – Ankle); De’Andre Hunter, (OFS – Eye); Domantas Sabonis, (OFS – Knee); Zach LaVine, (OFS – Finger)

Rockets: Amen Thompson, (OUT – Quadriceps); Jae’Sean Tate, (OUT – Knee); Fred VanVleet, (OUT – Knee); Steven Adams, (OFS – Ankle)

Cleveland Cavaliers at Milwaukee Bucks
8 p.m. ET

Line: Cavaliers -8.5 (-105) | Bucks +8.5 (-115)
Money line: Cavaliers -310 | Bucks +250
Total: 227.5 (-110 O, -110 U)
BPI Projection: Cavaliers by 7.5, straight up 71%, 234.0 complete factors.

Injury Report:

Cavaliers: Max Strus, (OUT – Foot)

Bucks: Giannis Antetokounmpo, (GTD – Calf); Taurean Prince, (OUT – Neck)

Boston Celtics at Denver Nuggets
10 p.m. ET

Line: Celtics +3.5 (-108) | Nuggets -3.5 (-112)
Money line: Celtics +136 | Nuggets -162
Total: 230.5 (-110 O, -110 U)
BPI Projection: Nuggets by 2.1, straight up 56%, 230.1 complete factors.

Injury Report:

Celtics: Jaylen Brown, (GTD – Knee); Jayson Tatum, (OUT – Achilles)

Nuggets: Jamal Murray, (GTD – Hamstring); Julian Strawther, (GTD – Toe); Aaron Gordon, (OUT – Hamstring); Jalen Pickett, (OUT – Knee); Peyton Watson, (OUT – Hamstring); Tamar Bates, (OUT – Foot)