Daily Fantasy Basketball Game Scripts to Target on 1/5/17

Jrue Holiday, PG, New Orleans Pelicans

FanDuel Price: $7,200

Jrue Holiday has dealt with a myriad of unfortunate injuries over the past two seasons, which has led to inconsistent playing time, which skews his splits during that time. To make it more accurate, all the following numbers are representative of games he has played at least 30 minutes (he's averaging 35 minutes per game since Christmas), while also matching the criteria of the split.

Holiday and the New Orleans Pelicans are 2.5-point home favorites against the Atlanta Hawks and are projected for 104.8 points. He's been outstanding as a home favorite over the past two seasons, averaging 39.9 FanDuel points. He's also performed quite well when New Orleans is projected at least 104.8 points, averaging 38.2 FanDuel points.

When looking at games that line up perfectly with today's contest (four-point home favorites with an implied team total of 104.8-plus) over the past two seasons, Holiday's average jumps to 42.7 FanDuel points.

These numbers are certainly attainable for Holiday, who has averaged 35.5 FanDuel points in 33.7 minutes of playing time over his past six games. He also gets a dream matchup against the Hawks, who have allowed the third-most FanDuel points per game to opposing point guards. Specifically, he will do battle with Dennis Schroder, who is on the back end of a back-to-back and ranks 80th among 86 qualified point guards in defensive real plus-minus.

Holiday checks all the boxes on Thursday. Considering his recent production, he is underpriced. The matchup couldn't be much better. History suggests he should thrive in this game script.

As long as you can stomach his ownership, there's really no reason you shouldn't have Holiday on your roster.