3 NBA FanDuel Studs to Target on 1/10/19

Nikola Jokic, C, Denver Nuggets

Price: $11,000

The Denver Nuggets boast a slate-high 115.5-point implied total against the Los Angeles Clippers. While they're also the slate's biggest favorites, there's not too much blowout risk with a 5.5-point spread.

The Clippers sit 14th in rebound rate and only 21st in defensive rating while playing at a top-10 pace this season, allowing opponents to notch the league's 4th-most points and 12th-most rebounds per game. They also allow top-five fantasy efficiency to centers, giving up more FanDuel points per minute to the position than any other team on the slate allows to any position.

When contests stay close, Jokic is getting some serious run lately, playing 34 minutes or more in 9 of his last 13 games, including 39.6 minutes in his last outing.

Jokic ranks sixth in the NBA with an average of 1.46 FanDuel points per minute, so it's no surprise that he's turning his playing time into big production. He has at least 55 FanDuel points in three of his last five, topping 65 in two of those contests.

Likely to see big minutes in a close game with a terrific matchup, Jokic's ceiling remains very high tonight.