 Hey everybody, I'm Greg Sussman alongside Drew Dinkmeyer of dailyrotl.com to break down tonight's two game NBA sleep Give you the top plays and the guys you need to target for value over on Fandal drew we begin with the top plays on the board And I don't know that there's ever been a more obvious night for top plays that we've ever done You're in the hurry ups. Let's begin with your top play which of all the stars James Harden Yeah, this is an interesting decision for this sleep because I think it really comes down to you want exposure Houston for either Chris Paul or James Harden and for Golden State with either Kevin Durant or Stephen Curry As your top spends and so you want to build lineups where you probably have at least one of them Do you think that Utah can keep the defensive momentum? They built in games three and four in terms of being able to slow Harden down if so you probably lean on Chris Paul I think Harden will be able to solve this defense like he solved pretty much every defense He's ever faced and the opportunity set for James Harden is so strong with the price type back down below 12,000 that I'm leaning towards him as your top spend He has our top overall projection on this slate looking up over 60 Fandal points in terms of projection Just an incredible player an incredible fantasy asset. I think the shooting slump corrects tonight James Harden getting that shooting stroke back is the key to Houston winning and moving on You know, they're ready to face Golden State. We'll see if they can get through tonight Speaking of Golden State, of course two of their stars are also top plays tonight Let's start with Kevin Durant who's gotten much much hotter as the series has gone on Why do you like Durant better than Curry tonight? It's mostly due to positions as opposed to anything with projection I think I feel a little bit better about the point guards in the mid tier than I do the small forwards in terms of their ability to Contribute ceiling level games So as a result like Kevin Durant a little bit more than spending on stuff and Curry because of the overall roster builds We have the two projecting fairly tightly the big difference between the two so far in the series is Kevin Durant Has largely stayed out of foul trouble And as a result, he's been on the floor a little bit more than Stefan Curry and his usage rate has really picked up the last few games There was a little late in the season where Kevin Durant's usage had kind of fallen down It's picked back up It looks like he's kind of solved the defense of all these smaller defenders on him and how to take advantage of that So slight preference for Kevin Durant tonight But think you need one of Kevin Durant or Steph Curry just like you need one of James Harden or Chris Paul in your lineups Need to get one star on each team Drew recommends Harden and Durant and that's probably what you should go with But if you don't like Durant for some reason and you want to go with Steph Curry Reasons are obvious, but how can you like Curry more than let's say Chris Paul? Yeah, I think Curry is a slightly better play than Chris Paul because of the minutes upside and the overall game environment Even when Chris Paul has seen his minutes extended in the series. It's been more like 33-32 Steph Curry has gone up to 36 and some of those games were blowouts where he had a chance and he was on pace to play 38-39 you add in the fact that there's just gonna be many more possessions in the Clippers Golden State game because they played a much faster pace Then Houston Utah two teams that play more bottom of the barrel and pace I think it makes sense that you would invest in Curry over Chris Paul I also think there's the added benefit of Chris Paul is just coming off of one of these great games and a lot of times in The playoffs ownership in tournaments gravitates towards the players who just did really well So I think you'll probably get Steph and Curry at loner lower ownership as well than Chris Paul in tournaments All right, go with Steph Curry tonight for the Warriors over Chris Paul. There you have it from Drew Dijkmeijer All right Let's move on to the value place tonight and we spoke about this before he began drew But Andrew Bogut is your favorite value on the board tonight. How come there's a couple reasons one I like Bogut in terms of the projection the matchup and I can talk to that really quickly the Clippers ranked 29th in defensive efficiency against opposing centers during the regular season and so far in this series on a per game basis the Rebounding differential for Golden State has been plus 10. They've just been killing the Clippers on the boards all series long Now the other reason that I like Andrew Bogut is the center position is is a really thin one to choose from and we've seen both Clint Capella and Rudy Gobert not get those upper echelon minutes that allow them to compete with some of the guards and that you Want to spend on so I think there's a couple reasons for Bogut. He's a good play in his own right I think roster construction also makes a bit more sense to target a little bit more value at center Really, he's the the last man standing for that Bogut's the last man standing Which means he's the last guy that can get you fantasy points at that position Consider Andrew Bogut a solid value play on tonight's two-game slate Let's move on to another value play and we'll get to Utah's Jay Crowder Why do you think Crowder can help fantasy owners tonight? I think we saw it last game the last two games It seems like Utah's figured out that they're just not gonna play Derek favors and Rudy Gobert together And as a result that's opened up a lot more minutes, you know five to six more minutes per game for all their wing players That's mostly been filled by Jay Crowder Royce O'Neill a little bit of Georgia's yin and yang But I think Crowder is the guy who's most suited to fill those as kind of a stretch for in the office You got off to such a hot start in the first half last game carried to one of his best performances all season long Let alone in the playoffs the price tag didn't really move small forward is a pretty difficult position to fill He's only 4700 over there. I think he's one of the better value plays at the small forward position All right, Jay Crowder at the small forward spot giving you more production over the last couple of games for Utah And for fantasy owners. He's cheaply priced tonight so consider putting him in there We mentioned before Steph Curry one of the guys you consider a point guard Certainly Chris Paul as well But if you go with the combination of Kevin Durant and James Harding, you need a cheaper point guard We made that point guard day. I think you've got both options on the clippers to look at both Patrick Beverly and shy Gelgis Alexander. I like Beverly a little bit more. I think he's got a little bit more block steals upside He's a little bit more of a volatile player So there's a little bit more downside to Beverly because he can get into foul trouble And he's had that as assignment on Kevin Durant during the series But when he's out there and he played 36 minutes last game He's shown a higher-minute ceiling than shy Gelgis Alexander He does kind of all those secondary stats. He's better rebounder than Gelgis Alexander right now in terms of statistically So Beverly is priced similarly We think he's a little bit of a better play But both of those clippers guards are kind of the value guards to target you're not going up for Steph Curry or Chris Paul You don't want to spend up Patrick Beverly does a little bit of everything He doesn't just score he helps you on the defensive side too And we know how important those defensive statistics are on Fandall to consider Beverly as a cheaper point guard option That's gonna do it for us here tonight on the Fandall hurry up should be a fun evening of Basketball with two game two elimination games on the slate drew. We appreciate the time and good luck tonight. Thanks so much Good luck to you as well Greg. I appreciate it Drew. Have a great night. Good luck We'll see you back here tomorrow with Jim Sonnis to talk about the Thursday baseball slate