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Yesterday's Perfect NBA DFS Lineups: Thursday 1/18/18

Karl-Anthony Towns stuffed the stat sheet Thursday with 22 points, 16 rebounds, 5 blocks, 3 assists, and 2 steals on his way to earning a spot in our perfect NBA DFS lineups. Who joined him?

Ever finish a night of daily fantasy and wonder what a perfect lineup would look like? Well, each day here at numberFire, we're going to share that information with you. Yesterday's lineups are listed below.

As always, make sure to check out our optimal lineups -- which will be updated periodically leading up to every game -- to see who our algorithms recommend as the best plays. Also, make sure to check out our daily fantasy basketball primer to get a deeper dive into a few of our favorite plays on the board.

If you're wondering how to apply perfect lineup results to your lineup-building process, read up on some key trends from last year's perfect lineups -- all 161 of them.

FanDuel

Player Position Salary P R A S T B FP
Jimmy Butler (MIN) SF $10000 23 4 2 2 1 1 38.8
Karl-Anthony Towns (MIN) C $9200 22 16 3 2 0 5 66.7
Aaron Gordon (ORL) PF $7500 17 11 2 3 2 0 40.2
Eric Gordon (HOU) SG $6800 30 3 3 1 2 1 42.1
Elfrid Payton (ORL) PG $6700 19 4 8 2 3 1 41.8
Evan Fournier (ORL) SG $5700 17 5 3 1 1 0 29.5
Isaiah Thomas (CLE) PG $5700 21 3 4 2 2 0 34.6
Jonathon Simmons (ORL) SF $4500 16 3 4 2 2 1 32.6
Jeff Green (CLE) PF $3900 10 8 1 2 0 1 30.1
Total Salary $60000 Total FP 356.4

DraftKings

Player Position Salary P R A S T B FP
Joel Embiid (PHI) C $9400 26 16 6 1 4 2 60.5
Karl-Anthony Towns (MIN) C $9100 22 16 3 2 0 5 62.5
Elfrid Payton (ORL) PG $6400 19 4 8 2 3 1 41
Eric Gordon (HOU) SG $6300 30 3 3 1 2 1 44.75
Isaiah Thomas (CLE) PG $5700 21 3 4 2 2 0 35.25
Thaddeus Young (IND) SF/PF $5300 10 14 3 2 1 0 37
Jonathon Simmons (ORL) SG/SF $4600 16 3 4 2 2 1 30.75
Luc Mbah a Moute (HOU) SF/PF $3200 14 5 2 1 0 0 27.25
Total Salary $50000 Total FP 339

Yahoo

Player Position Salary P R A S T B FP
Karl-Anthony Towns (MIN) C $47 22 16 3 2 0 5 60.2
Eric Gordon (HOU) SG $31 30 3 3 1 2 1 43.6
Jusuf Nurkic (POR) C $26 19 17 0 2 3 2 44.4
Elfrid Payton (ORL) PG $26 19 4 8 2 3 1 39.3
Isaiah Thomas (CLE) PG $21 21 3 4 2 2 0 34.1
Thaddeus Young (IND) PF $19 10 14 3 2 1 0 34.3
Al-Farouq Aminu (POR) PF $18 12 9 2 1 1 1 29.8
Jeff Green (CLE) SF $11 10 8 1 2 0 1 27.1
Total Salary $199 Total FP 312.8