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3 NBA FanDuel Studs to Target on 2/23/18

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James Harden, SG, Houston Rockets

Price: $11,400

The Houston Rockets' 117.25-point implied total is Friday's highest as they take on a Minnesota Timberwolves team that sits bottom-five in defensive rating on the season and bottom-three over the past month.

The Wolves do rank in the top half of the league at defending against isolation plays (which James Harden runs more than any other player in the league), but that didn't slow his fantasy production in their first two meetings when he notched 32.9 FanDuel points in only 25.9 minutes and followed that up with 62.7-FanDuel-point performance.

That was part of a solid stretch of games from Harden as he headed into the All-Star break (60-plus in two of his last five), and his 56.3 FanDuel points per game rank second in the NBA over the past month. That average is also right in line with his league-leading 54.1 per game on the year.

numberFire's models also project Harden as the day's top fantasy scorer.