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3 Daily Fantasy Basketball Value Plays for the Two-Day 5/11/17 and 5/12/17 Slate

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Patty Mills, PG, San Antonio Spurs

FanDuel Price: $4,600
Projected FanDuel Points: 27.7
Projected FanDuel Value: 6.03

Patty Mills has stepped up his game for the San Antonio Spurs with Tony Parker out for the remainder of the playoffs, averaging 24.7 FanDuel points on 33.7 minutes of court time. He was inserted into the starting lineup for San Antonio's last game, a trend that likely will continue going forward.

Mills' success shouldn't come as much of a surprise, considering his numbers without Parker during the regular season. According to the RotoViz Game Splits App, he averaged 22.6 FanDuel points without Parker in the lineup. Mills needs just 23 fantasy points he needs to reach his salary implied value (5 FanDuel points per $1,000 in salary) at this price, a number that certainly seems feasible given how he has played over the past few games.

San Antonio's 103.75-point implied team total is nearly two points below their season scoring average, but the uptempo matchup against the Houston Rockets should be enough to balance out the subpar game script. No team on this slate has been worse against point guards than Houston, who gave up the sixth-most FanDuel points to opposing floor generals during the regular season.

Mills will continue to be a terrific play until his price comes up, and our projections have him as the best value at the point guard position on the slate.