Jonas Valanciunas yields monster double-double in Raptors' Thursday night win
Toronto Raptors center Jonas Valanciunas totaled 23 points and 15 rebounds in Thursday's 117-100 win over the Chicago Bulls.
What It Means:
After an impressive preseason, Valanciunas continued to showcase an improved game, albeit against a poor Bulls team. Still, the big man contributed two assists and two steals in his 30-plus minutes of work, as he surprised with a giant fantasy performance.
At $5,400, Valanciunas cruised past his projected output of 24.1 FanDuel points, with 49.0 FanDuel points at 9.07x value. He will take a day off before facing the Philadelphia 76ers on Saturday, a matchup in which he's projected for 29.2 FanDuel points against Joel Embiid and company.
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