Hi there! I’m Aaron/AFriedman15 (@AFriedman15DFS)  and this is Friedman’s Fighting Five, where I will include 5 of my favorite plays from the new Prop site and DFS Army Partner Monkey Knife Fight, using information from the DFS Army NBA Research Station (RS),  NBA WOWY, and other sources. I will also offer slate commentary based on DraftKings and DK pricing.   Some days, when there is a smaller slate, there will be fewer picks.  I will generally list them in order of personal preference. My research is focused around DK and the DK Research station, so keep that in mind. Players may be viable to varying degrees at the other sites as well. I will generally try to write Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Weekends, but I may have some spare time on other days as well.

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Golden State at Philadelphia: 

Golden State continues their roadtrip into Philadelphia tonight for a 8:30 ET tip-off. The Warriors are -5 point favorites with a 238 O/U which is one of the top two highest game totals of the night. This is going to be a fun game to watch and for MKF props. Klay Thompson and Kevon Looney have been ruled out, so Steph Curry should get a ton of shots and I like him to break 30 points here. Curry really struggled with his shot on Thursday finishing just 12 of 33 from the floor, so I like him to improve his shooting tonight. Meanwhile DeMarcus Cousins returns from a rest day, and I like him a lot in DFS and MKF. Cousins returning comes at the expense of Draymond Green, so I am going under on his assist prop

 

• DeMarcus Cousins over 2.5 STL+ BLK to MAX 3.5 STL +BLK
• Ben Simmons over 9.5 REB to MAX 11.5 REB
• Steph Curry over 29.5 PTS to MAX 31.5 PTS
• Draymond Green under 6.5 AST to MIN 4.5 AST

Oklahoma City at San Antonio: 

This game is the most interesting game for me to attack on MKF. Russell Westbrook is my favorite DFS stud of the night. Something interesting about RWB, is that while his points go dramatically up without Paul George (from 22.1 PPG to 31.5 PPG), his assists per game go down  (from 11.0 APG to 9.5 APG). Aldridge and DeRozan are decent plays here too. Aldridge has played much better at home. For Oklahoma City, I also like Dennis Schroder and Jerami Grant.

• Jerami Grant over 14.5 PTS to MAX 15.5
• Jakob Poeltl over 6.5 REB to MAX 7.5
• DeMar DeRozan over 19.5 PTS to MAX 22.5
• Raymond Felton under 1.5 AST (min level)
• Terrance Ferguson under 2.5 3PM to MIN 1.5 3PM
• Rudy Gay under 1.5 STL + BLK (min level)
• Russell Westbrook under 11.5 AST to MIN 9.5 AST
• LaMarcus Aldridge over 21.5 PTS to 22.5 PTS

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Milwaukee at Utah:

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