The Celtics vs. Pacers matchup should be an attractive one for daily Fantasy basketball players and NBA fans for multiple reasons. Not only is it a rematch of the Eastern Conference Finals, which Boston swept, but it also has the highest over/under of the 11 games on the Wednesday NBA schedule at 235.5 points, according to SportsLine consensus. With top options in the NBA DFS player pool on both teams like Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown, Derrick White, Tyrese Haliburton and Pascal Siakam, how should you form an NBA DFS strategy?
The Pacers are playing in front of their home crowd, so that could give them an edge and additional motivation after being swept on one of the grandest stages in the sport last season. With 11 games on the NBA slate, there are many ways to form NBA DFS lineups and targeting the contest with the highest over/under is often a popular NBA DFS strategy. Before making any NBA DFS picks, be sure to check out the NBA DFS advice, player rankings, stacks, and top daily Fantasy basketball picks from SportsLine's Mike McClure.
McClure is a DFS professional with more than $2 million in career winnings. He's also a predictive data engineer at SportsLine who uses a powerful prediction model that simulates every minute of every game 10,000 times, taking factors like matchups, statistical trends and injuries into account. This allows him to find the best NBA DFS values on sites like DraftKings and FanDuel and create optimal lineups that he shares only over at SportsLine. They're a must-see for any NBA DFS player.
On Tuesday, McClure highlighted Warriors guard Moses Moody as an under-the-radar play in his NBA DFS player pool on both sites. The result: Moody had 17 points, two rebounds, one assist and one block, returning 25 points on DraftKings and 22.9 points on FanDuel to return strong value for NBA DFS lineups. Anybody who included him in their lineups was well on the way to a profitable day.
McClure has turned his attention to NBA action on Wednesday and locked in his top daily Fantasy basketball picks. You can only see them by heading to SportsLine.
Top NBA DFS picks Wednesday, October 30
For Wednesday, one of McClure's top NBA DFS picks is Hawks point guard Trae Young, who is listed at $9,900 on DraftKings and $9,800 on FanDuel. Young is second in the NBA in assists (10.8 per game) and is coming off a season-high 13 assists with 14 points and eight rebounds in a 121-119 loss to the Wizards on Monday. Young was ice cold with his shot, going 2 of 15 from the field including 2 of 10 on 3-pointers, but he's far too good of a shooter to perform like that again as McClure expects a strong performance following a poor shooting output on Monday.
The 26-year-old had two games with at least 30 points and averaged 30.7 points over his first three contests before Monday's poor shooting performance. He averaged 25.7 points and 10.8 assists last year in his third All-Star season. The Hawks play the Wizards again on Wednesday in the second half of a home-and-home. McClure is confident Young will come out attacking and focused coming off a loss to one of the worst teams in the NBA last season and a defense that allowed an NBA-high 123 ppg.
Another part of McClure's optimal NBA DFS strategy includes rostering Wizards guard/forward Corey Kispert ($4,900 on both DraftKings and FanDuel). The 25-year-old had a season-high 21 points on 7 of 15 shooting, including 4 of 9 on 3-pointers, over 35 minutes on Monday against the Hawks. The Wizards meet Atlanta again on Wednesday, this time in Washington, and given Monday's success, Kispert could see a similar increase in playing time and aggressiveness with his shot.
The No. 15 overall pick in the 2021 NBA Draft closed last season with his strongest month while playing his most minutes, averaging 19 points, 4.1 rebounds and 4.3 assists over 37.4 minutes in seven April games. He's averaged 15.1 ppg over 84 career games when playing at least 30 minutes, which should be a given tonight with Kyle Kuzma (groin) sidelined. Given Kispert's price and success against Atlanta on Monday, McClure views him as an asset to include in NBA DFS picks while having money left to spend on higher-priced players. See McClure's other NBA DFS picks right here.
How to set your NBA DFS lineups for Wednesday, October 30
McClure is also targeting a player who could go off for massive numbers on Wednesday because of a dream matchup. This pick could be the difference between winning your tournaments and cash games or going home with nothing. You can only see who it is here.
Who is DFS pro Mike McClure putting in his optimal NBA DFS lineups for Wednesday? Visit SportsLine now to see optimal NBA DFS picks, rankings, advice, and stacks, all from a professional DFS player who has over $2 million in career winnings, and find out.
