The Sacramento Kings and the New Orleans Pelicans meet in the final game of the Western Conference 2024 NBA Play-In Tournament on Friday. The winner of this matchup locks down the eighth seed and plays the Oklahoma City Thunder in the first round. The Kings beat the Golden State Warriors 118-94 in the 9 vs. 10 contest on Tuesday. Meanwhile, New Orleans fell to the Los Angeles Lakers in the 7 vs. 8 battle. The Lakers topped New Orleans 110-106. Zion Williamson (hamstring) is out for the Pelicans.
Tipoff is scheduled for 9:30 p.m. ET at Smoothie King Center in New Orleans. The Kings are 1.5-point favorites in the latest Kings vs. Pelicans odds. The over/under for total points is 210. Before making any Kings vs. Pelicans picks, you’ll want to see the NBA predictions and betting advice from the proven computer simulation model at SportsLine.
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Now, the model has set its sights on Kings vs. Pelicans and just locked in its picks and NBA predictions. You can head to SportsLine now to see the model’s picks. Here are several NBA odds and betting lines for Kings vs. Pelicans:
Kings vs. Pelicans spread: Sacramento -1.5 Kings vs. Pelicans over/under: 210 points Kings vs. Pelicans money line: Sacramento -122, New Orleans +103 SAC: The Kings are 43-40 against the spread this season. NO: The Pelicans are 44-38-1 against the spread this season. Kings vs. Pelicans picks: See picks at SportsLine Why the Kings can cover Guard De’Aaron Fox continues to be a lightning-quick scorer. Fox owns a quick first step to blow by defenders offensively while also being active in passing lanes. The Kentucky product thrives as the floor general for the Kings, averaging 26.6 points, 4.6 rebounds and 5.6 assists per game. In the win over the Warriors, Fox had 24 points, six assists and two steals.
Forward Domantas Sabonis has the skills to be an effective rebounder, scorer and facilitator. Sabonis does a great job creating space in the lane and scans the floor well to find the open man. He led the NBA in rebounds (13.7), is sixth in assists (8.2) with 19.4 points per contest. In his last outing, Sabonis notched 16 points, 12 boards and seven assists. See which team to pick here.
Why the Pelicans can cover Forward Brandon Ingram is an effective three-level scorer. Ingram can score off the dribble but also gets into the lane with regularity. The Duke product averages 20.8 points, 5.1 rebounds and 5.7 assists per game. On March 16 against the Portland Trail Blazers, Ingram finished with 22 points, seven boards and four blocks.
Guard Trey Murphy III is a two-way force in the frontcourt. Murphy III has a pure perimeter jumper to be an asset from 3-point land. The Virginia product then uses his length to disrupt others defensively. He averages 14.8 points, 4.9 rebounds and shoots 38% from beyond the arc. In the April 12 game versus Golden State, Murphy III had 24 points and eight boards. See which team to pick here.
How to make Kings vs. Pelicans picks SportsLine’s model is leaning Over on the point total, projecting the teams to combine for 216 points. The model also says one side of the spread is the better value. You can only see the model’s pick and analysis at SportsLine.
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There are several critical things that will hinge on the first-round playoff series that kicks off Saturday between the Dallas Mavericks and Los Angeles Clippers.
For starters, there’s a clear path to the Western Conference Finals on a side of the bracket missing the Denver Nuggets. There’s a red-hot Mavs team trying to keep its stellar form alive now that we’ve arrived at playoff basketball. There’s what becomes of Paul George if the Clippers crash out in the first round, and what to make of the star-studded tandem in Dallas if it’s the Mavs who get eliminated early.
But atop the list of what could be at stake is a possibility sometimes whispered about in the NBA and, barring a change, creeping closer to reality: That Luka Doncic is actually James Harden 2.0. — a superb scorer whose game doesn’t easily translate to success in the playoffs.
Yes, at this moment in time, Doncic is one of the great basketball players on earth, and all the things that particular truth can foretell — championships, perhaps several, worthy accolades like MVPs, periods of domination, HOF speeches, and so on — can feel inevitable.
Doncic, after all, is so astoundingly great that Stan Van Gundy told the Dan Le Batard show last week Doncic is “the best offensive player now that I have ever seen.”
That’s high praise indeed, and well-earned, if a bit much. Doncic just had 33.9/9.2/9.8 season. He’s a human highlight reel whose virtuoso offensive performances are difficult to overstate. I just voted him at third on my official NBA MVP ballot, an excruciating decision given the seasons Nikola Jokic and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander also have had.
And now, just in time for the playoffs, Doncic has a team that seems ready to rise to his level of expectations.
Since the All-Star Break, the Mavericks have the seventh-best offensive rating in the league. No surprise there — Doncic and Kyrie Irving are an outstanding offensive duo. But this next part is downright shocking: Since March 7, when Daniel Gafford, who was acquired at the trade deadline, was inserted into Dallas’ starting lineup, they have the No. 1 defense in the league.
A team that was awful defensively for much of the season – and that are still just 18th in defensive rating over the course of the entire season — have been the league’s best over the past 20 games. They also have the second-best record over that stretch, behind only the Boston Celtics.
But there is that worry, lurking, talked about in some NBA corners by Luka fans and Luka doubters, who have concerns.
Also worth noting: All-time greats who have been severely and savagely doubted have in the past flipped those narratives of doubt into reams of glowing press and starry-eyed believers. Think Steph Curry. Think, just a year ago, Nikola Jokic.
Yet Doncic’s greatness carries with it a distinct concern.
His ball-dominant approach, and the eye-popping regular-season results that can follow, have been seen before — sometimes with brutal postseason returns. The idea of an MVP-level player, playing historically excellent offensive basketball, for a team that on paper looks like a true contender, that suddenly gets exposed in the playoffs — well, there’s a precedent for that.
And his name is James Harden.
As in the guy who will just so happen to be a walking reminder throughout this Mavs-Clippers series of how fleeting greatness can be, and the windows it that can open and close as a result, in the NBA.
Harden, after all, has won an MVP and three scoring titles, and is a six-time All NBA First Team player. He, too, was once rightly regarded as one of the great basketball talents to grace any court at any time in history. Much of Harden’s time atop the NBA mountain came in Houston where, like Doncic so far in Dallas, The Beard made only one Conference Finals — and never got further.
Let’s be blunt: Harden’s regular-season greatness has been exceeded only by his postseason letdowns.
There’s also, back in 2019, an eerie echo of the Van Gundy quote on Doncic from last week. This one came from Houston’s then-General Manager, Daryl Morey, offered up on a podcast, when he also argued Harden was historically the No. 1 offensive player ever — this time in direct contrast to Michael Jordan — despite having not then (or since) won a title.
“It’s just factual,” Morey said in 2019, “that James Harden is a better scorer than Michael Jordan. You give James Harden the ball and before you’re giving up the ball how many points do you generate, which is how you should measure offense, James Harden is by far No. 1 in NBA history.”
Harden and Luka share more than hyperbolic supporters, high-powered offenses and (to date) limited postseason successes. They’re also hyper ball-dominant players, and there are corners of the NBA where you can find executives and scouts who worry that Docic’s greatness, which will ultimately be judged by playoff success and championships, could go the way that Haden’s has gone.
As in Luka Doncic becoming a new version of James Harden.
“I agree,” one rival NBA executive told CBS Sports. “When you get a guy like Luka, you can win a lot of regular-season games and some playoff games. But there’s a ceiling in terms of outcomes.”
The reasons for that, several executives said, are numerous. Here’s a compilation of their concerns about players, like and including Doncic, who dominate the ball at historical levels:
The defensive liability that often accompanies their offensive excellence, and certainly accompanies Luka’s. The wear and tear of high-usage rate players that can impact performance in the postseason, when exhaustion and better defenses and schemes team up. The way players like Doncic or Harden drive offensive outcomes all year as individuals — while dominating the ball — thus undercutting teammates’ abilities to be ready, best-situated or properly muscle-memoried to contribute in key playoff moments. The way playoff basketball is much more geared to stopping individual excellence than team excellence. “The problem with the playoffs for Luka or James is better teams and better coaches,” one scout said. “In the regular season, teams play most actions in flow — not set plays. It’s more random. There’s just too many games, one after the other. But in the playoffs there’s more time for a film-based approach, more specific actions, and more focus stopping guys like Luka, and more practice time to implement it. You can reduce his successful outcomes if not his stats.”
History backs this up.
This season, Luka Doncic’s usage rate was 35.98 percent, the 20th-highest mark in a season in NBA history.
No player in the league’s history with a higher single-season usage rate has ever made an NBA Finals, let alone won one. Of the 19 times players had the ball in their hands more often than Doncic did this season, only three have even made a Conference Finals — Harden in 2017-18, Kobe Bryant in 2005-06, and Doncic himself in 2021-22, his only time past the first round.
Michael Jordan has two of the highest-usage-rate single seasons in NBA history. He missed the playoffs in one of them and was eliminated in the first round in the other. In seasons with a top-20 all-time usage rate, Giannis, Iverson, and Dwyane Wade also lost in the first round of the playoffs.
Including this year, Doncic has four of the highest usage-rate seasons ever, all to no avail. Harden has three of them. He, too, has never won a championship, and never made a Finals since leaving Oklahoma City to become the focal point in Houston and, to lesser degrees, later in Brooklyn and Philly before heading to LA.
Three players have won an MVP while having a top-20 all-time usage rate season — Giannis, Harden and Embiid. Not one of them got out of the second round of the playoffs those seasons.
All of which is history’s way of telling us that, while greatness is a critical component of winning a championship, too-much ball dominance can undercut even the most astounding of historical seasons.
Luka Doncic is extraordinary. No doubt.
But so was Harden before him. And if Luka & Co. can’t get past Harden and the Clippers starting Saturday, one of the game’s brightest lights could end up being something that feels like a letdown: A what-could-have-been all-time great career.
There’s time for all this to change. A year ago, criticisms and doubts were bubbling up around Nikola Jokic. One magical run silenced them all.
Luka Doncic is amazing, and he may well do the same this season. But if he doesn’t — especially if it’s another early payoff exist — it might be time to start considering the idea of Dallas’ James Harden 2.0.
Alex Caruso expects to be in the lineup for the Chicago Bulls when they face the Miami Heat with a playoff spot on the line on Friday, he said at shootaround on Friday, per ESPN’s Jamal Collier. Caruso sprained his left ankle in Chicago’s first play-in game on Wednesday against the Atlanta Hawks, but ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reported Thursday that, after evaluation, the swelling in the ankle had lessened.
Caruso is officially listed as questionable, but said Friday he feels ready to play and has a good recovery routine, as he dealt with ankle issues throughout the regular season’s stretch run, per the Chicago Tribune’s Julia Poe.
The injury took place in the second quarter of the Bulls’ 131-116 win, and it was a bizarre one: With the Hawks in transition, Andre Drummond, Caruso’s teammate, plowed right through Caruso as he tried to get back on defense. Drummond, a 6-foot-11 center listed at 279 pounds, knocked the 6-foot-5, 186-pound guard to the floor, where he winced in pain for a moment. After trying to walk it off, Caruso limped over to Chicago’s bench and then the locker room. While he attempted to play in the second half, he could only manage little over two minutes before exiting the game again.
Alex Caruso suffered an apparent injury after this collision with Andre Drummond.
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— ESPN (@espn) April 18, 2024 After the game, Caruso said it was the same foot he had been having issues with toward the end of the regular season. He missed the Bulls’ games on April 7 against the Orlando Magic and April 12 against the Washington Wizards with what the team termed a left ankle contusion.
“[Drummond] caught me on my right foot that kinda gave out [and] my left one tried to catch me,” Caruso said. “Just kind of tweaked my ankle a little bit — that same one I was dealing with for the last couple weeks of the season that we were managing and figuring out.”
Chicago persevered without Caruso in the second half against a Hawks team that didn’t put up too much of a fight, but its second win-or-go-home game will be a different challenge. Even though Miami will be without Jimmy Butler, who sprained the MCL in his right knee on Wednesday, the Bulls would like to have as many weapons as possible when they try to keep their season alive on the road.
The defensive impact Caruso makes can’t be overstated. He’s Chicago’s best perimeter defender and, when needed, can hold his own against bigger opponents, too. When he was on the floor during the regular season, the Bulls allowed seven fewer points per 100 possessions than when he sat, and he averaged a career-high 10.1 points on just over 40% shooting from 3-point range. There isn’t someone who can immediately step in and fill his shoes, so Chicago has to be relieved that he’s feeling healthy enough to lace ’em up.
Los Angeles Clippers superstar Kawhi Leonard hasn’t taken any contact in practice, but could potentially play in Game 1 of their first-round series against the Dallas Mavericks on Sunday if the swelling in his right knee subsides, team president Lawrence Frank told reporters.
“Kawhi’s been dealing with inflammation for almost three weeks in his right knee; he’s doing everything, our medical staff is doing everything to get the inflammation down so he can play,” Frank said Thursday, via ClutchPoints’ Tomer Azarly. “Progress has been made, but more progress needs — the inflammation needs to continue to reduce so he can do functional basketball movements. We’re hopeful it’s going to get there.”
Frank said that Leonard, who hasn’t played since March 31, has done “the mental preparation part of it, the film study, the personnel review” at practice. When it comes to advancing to full-contact work, he said, the team is taking it day by day.
“Inflammation is unpredictable,” Frank said. “We’d love to have a crystal ball and Kawhi would love to have a crystal ball and know exactly on this day, but you just control what you can control. And hopefully the inflammation reduces in a short amount of time and he’s back on the court. That’s the goal.”
Lawrence Frank’s opening statement on Kawhi Leonard:
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— Tomer Azarly (@TomerAzarly) April 18, 2024 Leonard is dealing with “some very, very stubborn inflammation,” Frank said, via The Athletic’s Law Murray, but “everything structurally is in a really, really good place.” He said “there’s a chance” that Leonard could be ready to go on Sunday and “we’ve seen some progress here recently,” so “we’ll be hopeful, but, just to get ahead of it, he’ll be questionable for Game 1.”
Before Frank’s press conference, The Athletic’s Shams Charania reported on Stadium (22:26 here) that there is “cautious optimism” that Leonard could return in Game 1, as he “received an injection in his knee to alleviate inflammation” and “after a period of rest, he’s been ramping up.” Charania reported Leonard has been doing “some pretty intense” on-court workouts “in the last week or so.”
Asked about the report, Frank said, “We don’t comment on any specific treatments, obviously.” He added that Leonard is “doing everything he can and we’re doing everything we can medically.”
Frank directly said that “there is no gamesmanship here.” He said the Clippers “want to be as transparent as possible, and also it’s OK to say what the truth is: It’s unpredictable. We’re hoping it’s trending in the right direction.”
Once the swelling is at “an acceptable level,” Frank said, then Leonard can “start with on-court work, and then you continue to build up on it and you get to a point where, first from Kawhi’s standpoint and then from a medical standpoint, we’re comfortable where he can play in a high-level playoff game.” He repeatedly said that there needs to be less swelling before Leonard can do “functional basketball movements” and take contact.
At the end of March, Leonard had played in 68 of Los Angeles’ 74 games. He averaged 23.7 points, 6.1 rebounds and 3.6 assists in 34.3 minutes per game in the regular season, with .525/.417/.885 shooting splits, and he’ll likely be named to an All-NBA team. The fourth-seeded Clippers could contend for a championship this season, based on how they played from mid-November to early February, provided that Leonard is available, but they could also fall in the first round to the Mavericks, who finished the regular season much stronger.
“This guy lives for these moments,” Frank said. “He played 68 games this year, he’s done a ton of heavy lifting and he prepares himself to be his best when his best is needed. So he’s going to do, like he has, everything in his power to get on the court.”
Frank also cautioned that, “obviously, if he’s not healthy to play at a certain moment, then he won’t be out there.”
Given that Leonard tore the ACL in his right knee in the 2021 playoffs, an injury that cost him the entirety of the following season, and then tore the meniscus in the same knee in last year’s playoffs, an issue with this specific knee is surely the last thing the Clippers wanted to be dealing with. This is where they are, though, and they must simply hope that Leonard can successfully ramp up, suit up and hold up.
“There’s no one who’s more frustrated than Kawhi, who desperately wants to be out there to play,” Frank said. “You just control what you can control.”
The Miami Heat and New Orleans Pelicans will be without their most impactful players for the most important games of their seasons. Jimmy Butler suffered a knee injury in Miami’s first play-in tournament game and Zion Williamson suffered a hamstring injury in New Orleans’ play-in contest. Their absences will have a huge impact on the NBA DFS player pool for Friday with the final two games of the 2024 NBA Play-In Tournament. The Heat host the Bulls, and the Pelicans host the Kings for the No. 8 spots in their respective conferences for the 2024 NBA Playoffs, so how should daily Fantasy basketball players form an NBA DFS strategy without those two superstars?
Williamson had 40 points and 11 rebounds before exiting with 3:13 left in the fourth quarter following the hamstring injury. Which Pelicans will pick up his production for NBA DFS picks? Brandon Ingram had just 11 points over 25 minutes in his second game back after missing 12 games with a knee injury on Tuesday, so can you expect a better performance from him for NBA DFS lineups? Before making your NBA DFS picks, be sure to check out the NBA DFS advice, player rankings, stacks, and top daily Fantasy basketball picks from SportsLine’s Jimmie Kaylor.
Kaylor is a DFS and betting expert for SportsLine, who won a DraftKings Millionaire Maker contest in 2022. He uses a combination of his background as a former college and professional athlete and his keen eye for statistical trends when making his picks and locking in his DFS lineups. Kaylor enters the 2024 calendar year with multiple five-figure tournament cashes on his DFS resume.
Kaylor’s approach allows him to find the best NBA DFS values and create optimal lineups that he only shares on SportsLine. They’re a must-see for any NBA DFS player.
Last Friday (when Kaylor last made picks), Kaylor highlighted Timberwolves center Naz Reid as one of his top picks in his NBA DFS player pool on both sites. The result: Reid had 19 points and three rebounds, two assists and a block, returning 27.75 points on DraftKings and 26.6 points on FanDuel as one of the better values in the NBA DFS player pool. Anybody who included him in their lineups was well on the way to a profitable day.
Kaylor has turned his attention to NBA action on Friday and locked in his top daily Fantasy basketball picks. You can only see them by heading to SportsLine.
Top NBA DFS picks for Friday, April 19 For Friday, one of Kaylor’s top NBA DFS picks is Heat center Bam Adebayo ($8,700 on DraftKings and $8.500 on FanDuel). Adebayo had 10 points, 12 rebounds and two blocks in Miami’s 105-104 loss to the 76ers on Wednesday. Now with Butler out, the Heat will need Adebayo to take on a larger scoring role, which he’s proven capable of doing. Adebayo had a tough matchup against Joel Embiid on Wednesday, and although the Bulls also have size in the middle with Nikola Vucevic and Andre Drummond, it won’t be as challenging as going up against Embiid while straining energy guarding him defensively.
Adebayo averaged 19.3 points and 10.4 rebounds this season as one of just 13 players in the NBA to average a double-double. Clint Capela had 22 points and 17 rebounds against the Bulls on Tuesday, and Adebayo can take advantage of similar matchups on Friday. Adebayo averaged 22.1 points, 11.3 rebounds and 4.8 assists over 21 games without Butler in the lineup this season.
Another part of Kaylor’s optimal NBA DFS strategy includes rostering Bulls forward DeMar DeRozan ($8,400 on DraftKings and $9,300 on FanDuel). DeRozan had 22 points, six rebounds and nine assists in the Bulls’ 131-116 win over the Hawks on Wednesday. DeRozan has been one of the best scorers in the NBA in April, averaging 30.7 points over six games, and Kaylor expects him to carry over that scoring output on Friday.
DeRozan is 7 of 12 on 3-pointers (58.3%) over his last three games, and Miami allowed 12 3-pointers to the 76ers on Wednesday. He’s put up at least 18 field goal attempts in 12 straight games as the focal point of the Chicago offense, and in a win-or-home contest, you can be sure he’ll play nearly every minute and be aggressive with his shot. The six-time All-Star is also averaging 6.9 assists over his last eight games. See Kaylor’s other NBA DFS picks right here.
How to set your NBA DFS lineups for Friday, April 19 Kaylor is also targeting a player who could go off for massive numbers on Friday because of a dream matchup. This pick could be the difference between winning your tournaments and cash games or going home with nothing. You can only see who it is here.
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The Cleveland Cavaliers host the Orlando Magic in Game 1 of their first round matchup in the Eastern Conference playoffs on Saturday. The Magic earned the No. 5 seed in the Eastern Conference playoff bracket, but ended the regular season by dropping three of their last four games. They did beat the Milwaukee Bucks 113-88 in their regular season finale on Sunday. Meanwhile, Cleveland locked up the No. 4 seed in the East and won two of their last three games heading into the postseason. On April 12, the Cavs topped the Indiana Pacers 129-120.
Tipoff is scheduled for 1 p.m. ET at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Cleveland. The Cavaliers are 4.5-point favorites in the latest Magic vs. Cavaliers odds from SportsLine consensus. The over/under for total points is 207.5. Before making any Cavaliers vs. Magic picks, you’ll want to see the NBA predictions and betting advice from the proven computer model at SportsLine.
The SportsLine Projection Model simulates every NBA game 10,000 times and has returned well over $10,000 in profit for $100 players on its top-rated NBA picks over the past five-plus seasons. The model enters the 2024 NBA playoffs on a sizzling 88-58 roll on all top-rated NBA picks this season, returning more than $2,600. Anyone following it has seen huge returns.
Now, the model has set its sights on Magic vs. Cavs and just locked in its picks and NBA playoff predictions. You can head to SportsLine now to see the model’s picks. Here are several NBA odds and betting lines for Cavs vs. Magic:
Magic vs. Cavaliers spread: Cleveland -4.5 Magic vs. Cavaliers over/under: 207.5 points Magic vs. Cavaliers money line: Cleveland -192, Orlando +161 ORL: The Magic are 51-31 against the spread this season. CLE: The Cavaliers are 39-43 against the spread this season. Magic vs. Cavaliers picks: See picks at SportsLine Why the Magic can cover Forward Paolo Banchero is impactful in several ways for the Magic. Banchero is a smooth playmaker and high-end finisher around the rim. He has the ball handles to get past defenders consistently. The 2022 first-overall pick logs 22.6 points, 6.9 rebounds and 5.4 assists per game. He dropped 26 points, 11 boards and seven assists in his last outing.
Forward Franz Wagner brings another nice scoring threat to the frontcourt. Wagner owns the instincts to be disruptive defensively with the athleticism to finish around the rim with ease. The Michigan product averages 19.7 points, 5.3 rebounds and 3.7 assists per game. He had 25 points, five rebounds and three assists in his last outing. Wagner notched 20-plus points in five of his last six games. See which team to pick here.
Why the Cavaliers can cover Guard Donovan Mitchell is the Cavs’ best player and after missing some time late in the season, he’s declared himself 100% health. The 27-year-old slashes to the rim and can rise over defenders with no problem. He averaged 26.6 points, 5.1 rebounds and 6.1 assists per game. On April 12 against the Indiana Pacers, Mitchell finished with 33 points, four boards and five assists.
Center Jarrett Allen provides the Cavaliers with an active presence in the lane. Allen uses his length to be disruptive as a defender but also piles up rebounds. The Texas product can operate in the low post and takes high-percentage looks. Allen averaged 16.5 points, 10.5 rebounds, and shoots 63.4% from the field. On April 12 versus the Pacers, he had 29 points and 13 boards. See which team to pick here.
How to make Magic vs. Cavaliers picks SportsLine’s model is leaning Over on the total, projecting the teams to combine for 216 points. The model also says one side hits in 70% of simulations. You can only see the model’s pick and analysis at SportsLine.
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