Daily Fantasy Basketball Game Scripts to Target on 1/17/17
Kyle Lowry, PG, Toronto Raptors
FanDuel Price: $9,000
Kyle Lowry and the Toronto Raptors carry the highest implied team total (119) of the slate by a fairly wide margin as they are expected to outscore their season average by 7.7 points tonight against the Brooklyn Nets. They are also listed as 11-point favorites, so there's certainly some blowout concern here. Brooklyn was able to keep it close enough for Lowry to put up 41.2 FanDuel points in 36 minutes in their last game, and this contest will be played in Brooklyn.
Per the RotoViz Game Splits App, Lowry put up 44.8 FanDuel points in his only game with at least a 119-point implied team total over the past three years. For a larger sample size, let's look at games with at least a 113-point implied team total. In seven such games, Lowry has averaged 44.3 FanDuel points, as opposed to 37.1 in all other games.
He's also played in just two games with at least a 227-point over/under during that span, averaging 41.9 FanDuel points in such games. However, in the 12 games with at least a 215-point over/under, he has averaged 41.2 FanDuel points.
In the 21 games he has played as at least an 11-point favorite, he has still averaged 34 minutes and 36.2 FanDuel points, which is just 1.3 points lower than his average in all other games. In the best possible matchup on the board, with game script in his favor, Lowry is the top point guard play on tonight's small five-game slate.