Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays, everyone! We have a wonderful five-game NBA DFS main slate on Christmas Day and it's the most wonderful slate of the year. We have star power everywhere from Victor Wembanyama, Nikola Jokic, Luka Doncic, Anthony Davis, and LeBron James. It's an amazing slate that has a little of everything and what's better than over 12 hours of basketball? Not much! Lets dive in and once again, Happy Holidays!

 

 

 

Before actually diving into the meat and potatoes, welcome to the NBA DFS season. If this is your first time reading our column on NBA DFS picks, I just want to welcome you and give you a few tips and tricks on what you should be looking for each night.

  • News outlets: reliable sources that give us injury news & starting lineups
  • Pace of play: who's playing fast vs. who's playing slow. Which teams get a pace-up spot (more possessions) vs. pace-down (fewer possessions)
  • Usage rates: is a percentage of how many plays that player is being used in
  • NBA DFS Projections
  • Lineup Generator
  • NBA Ownership

NBA DFS Picks & Daily Fantasy Playbook Christmas Day, December 25th

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Pre-Lock Update

This section will be used for anything that changes from the morning until right up to roster lock. 

Injury updates, players we’re higher on than we were in the morning and so much more.

4:40 pm ET, 12/24

NBA Injuries, News & Updates Christmas Day, 12/25

 

 

 

NBA DFS Slate & Game Overviews

With the NBA season just kicking off we don't have data yet for teams regarding pace of play and defensive matchups. In the section below, I’m listing the most notable things we need to look at in Las Vegas, including notable O/U and spreads.

Denver Nuggets vs. Phoenix Suns

  • Total: 233.5
  • Spread: DEN -2.5
  • Nuggets are 5th in pace, Suns are 23rd in pace
  • Nuggets are 15th in DRtg, Suns are 24th in DRtg

Los Angeles Lakers vs. Golden State Warriors

  • Total: 225.5
  • Spread: GSW -4
  • Lakers are 18th in pace, Warriors are 8th in pace
  • Lakers are 21st in DRtg, Warriors are 8th in DRtg

San Antonio Spurs vs. New York Knicks

  • Total: 224.5
  • Spread: NYK -9.5
  • Spurs are 16th in pace, Knicks are 27th in pace
  • Spurs are 17th in DRtg, Knicks are 14th in DRtg

Minnesota Timberwolves vs. Dallas Mavericks

  • Total: 221.5
  • Spread: DAL -5.5
  • Timberwolves are 24th in pace, Mavericks are 7th in pace
  • Timberwolves are 6th in DRtg, Mavericks are 11th in DRtg

Philadelphia 76ers vs. Boston Celtics

  • Total: 221.5
  • Spread: BOS -10
  • 76ers are 29th in pace, Celtics are 21st in pace
  • 76ers are in 13th in DRtg, Celtics are 7th in DRtg

 

 

 

NBA DFS Core Player Pool & Lineup Picks

Here are the core players I’m looking at for my NBA DFS picks tonight. You can see the full analysis of tonight’s NBA DFS projections and player pool below or skip ahead to building the best lineups possible by locking these into the aforementioned lineup generator now.

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