Daily Fantasy Basketball Game Scripts to Target on 1/20/17
James Harden, SG, Houston Rockets
FanDuel Price: $12,200
Tonight, the NBA's two highest-scoring teams face off, and all eyes will be on this game. Despite boasting a 116-point implied team total, James Harden and the Houston Rockets are 4.5-point home underdogs to the Golden State Warriors. The over/under in this game currently sits at an unprecedented 236.5 points.
This game is sure to be the most heavily targeted on the slate by daily fantasy players tonight. So, for your convenience, the splits of the four most-expensive Rockets players in situations similar to this have been included below, as well as their FanDuel point averages over the past two seasons and in meetings with the Warriors during that time.
Eric Gordon's numbers represent just this season, as it is his first with the Rockets. All data was pulled from the RotoViz Game Splits App.
| Name | 15-16 FD Pts | vs GSW | 115+ Implied Total | 225+ O/U |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patrick Beverley | 22.5 | 20.3 | 31 | 25 |
| James Harden | 50.5 | 50.4 | 58.2 | 58.3 |
| Trevor Ariza | 25.2 | 21.3 | 26 | 27.8 |
| Eric Gordon | 25.6 | 30.7 | 29.4 | 31 |
As you can see, all four players have predictably seen boosts to their numbers when playing in other projected shootouts like tonight's. None more so than Harden though, who has averaged nearly 60 FanDuel points in other high-scoring affairs over the past two seasons.
When looking at just this season's games he has played in with at least a 115-point implied team total, he has been absolutely phenomenal -- averaging a triple-double in such games, along with 59.7 FanDuel points.
