NBA DFS Picks, Projections, Lineups, Injuries & More Today: Saturday Playbook
Published: Mar 29, 2025
Happy Saturday, March 29th, we have a 6-game NBA DFS main slate on DraftKings and FanDuel.
Despite the shorter slate, we are not lacking for spend-up options. Luka Doncic, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Jayson Tatum and LeBron James are some of the stars available for us to plug into our lineups this evening. Ja Morant and P.J. Washington headline the names listed questionable on the injury report.
Let's get into some of the top plays and best pivots for this NBA slate.
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 Today, March 29th
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Pre/Post-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.
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UPDATE 6:40 PM ET
- Noah Clowney - Available
- Marcus Smart - Available
- Jalen Hood-Schifino - Available
- Lonzo Ball - OUT
UPDATE 6:50 PM ET
- P.J. Washington - Available
- Daniel Gafford - OUT
- Dereck Lively - OUT
- Kai Jones - Available
NBA Injuries, News & Updates Today, 3/29
- D'Angelo Russell - OUT
- Nic Claxton - OUT
- Noah Clowney - Available
- Day'Ron Sharpe - OUT
- Kyshawn George - OUT
- Khris Middleton - OUT
- Marcus Smart - Available
- Andrew Wiggins - OUT
- Duncan Robinson - OUT
- Jalen Hood-Schifino - Available
- Payton Pritchard - OUT
- Al Horford - OUT
- P.J. Washington - Available
- Daniel Gafford - OUT
- Dereck Lively - OUT
- Kai Jones - Available
- Lonzo Ball - OUT
- Bennedict Mathurin - OUT
- Chet Holmgren - OUT
- Aaron Wiggins - OUT
- Jaylin Williams - Q
- Alex Caruso - Q
- Ja Morant - Q
NBA DFS Slate & Game Overviews
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. Not every game is listed, but every game listed has the pace and defensive numbers listed.
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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- Keon Johnson, Justin Champagnie, Keldon Johnson, Davion Mitchell, AJ Johnson, Tristan Vukcevic, Haywood Highsmith, Jaylen Martin
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