3 Daily Fantasy Basketball Value Plays for the Two-Day 5/8/17 and 5/9/17 Slate

Pau Gasol, C, San Antonio Spurs

FanDuel Price: $5,000

Pau Gasol has started the last three games for the San Antonio Spurs, which has resulted in an average of 31.3 FanDuel points and 26.3 minutes during that span. He's also maintained a 22.1% usage rate over the past two games, which lines up with his season numbers when Tony Parker is sidelined.

According to Rotogrinders Court IQ, only Kawhi Leonard has seen a bigger boost in usage rate with Parker off the floor this season.

Gasol should continue to see plenty of minutes and usage in Game 5 on Tuesday, which should allow him to easily exceed value against the Houston Rockets. In addition to playing at a much quicker pace than San Antonio, Houston has allowed the fourth-most FanDuel points to opposing centers and third-most to power forwards this season -- as well as the most points in the post.

They also allowed opponents to block their shots more than any remaining playoff team other than the Boston Celtics during the regular season, which could help explain Gasol's 2.7 blocks per game over his past three contests.

In an advantageous matchup and game script, Gasol is one of the strongest center plays on this two-game slate. Give him a look in all formats.