NBA team defensive efficiency is an advanced statistic that divides several offensive effort data points by the score of an opponent. The lower the number, the better the figure, and for Game 5 of the 2022 NBA Finals, Golden State’s defensive efficiency finished at a miniscule .950. Over the last three finals games, their number has been only slightly higher, at 1.043, but should that affect your strategy when building NBA DFS lineups for Thursday night’s Game 6?
Two things that inflate a team’s defensive efficiency are offensive rebounds and free throw attempts allowed. Boston’s Jaylen Brown is second on the Celtics in both categories during the finals, but after such a strong showing defensive effort by Golden State in Game 5, should you leave Brown in the NBA DFS player pool on Thursday? Brown finished with his second-lowest point total in the finals (18 points) on Monday and had three offensive rebounds but five turnovers. Before you make your NBA DFS picks for CelticsΒ vs. Warriors Game 6, be sure toΒ check out the NBA DFS advice, player rankings, stacks and top daily Fantasy basketball picks from SportsLine’s Mike McClure.
McClure is a DFS professional with nearly $2 million in career winnings. He’s also a predictive data engineer at SportsLine who uses a powerful prediction model that simulates every minute of every game 10,000 times, taking factors like matchups, statistical trends and injuries into account.
This allows him to find the bestΒ NBA DFSΒ values and create optimal lineups that he shares only over at SportsLine. They’re a must-see for any NBA DFS player.
In his Game 5 picks, McClure highlighted Celtics star Jayson Tatum as one of his top NBA DFS picks on both DraftKings and FanDuel. The result: Tatum scored a game-high 27 points, grabbed 10 rebounds and dished out four assists to return 47.5 points on DraftKings and 41 points on FanDuel. Anybody that included him in their lineups was well on the way to a profitable day.
Now, McClure has turned his attention to the Warriors vs. Celtics Game 6 and locked in his top daily Fantasy basketball picks.Β You can only see them by heading to SportsLine.
Top NBA DFS picks for Thursday, June 16
For Game 6, Tatum is one of McClure’s top NBA DFS picks once again. Through the first four games of the finals, Tatum averaged 22.3 points, 7.8 assists and seven rebounds. He should be looking forward to the series returning to…
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