NBA DFS Matchup: Bucks-Lakers (2024-03-08)

On tonight’s NBA DFS basketball match slated for 10:00 PM EST, Friday, March 8th, the Milwaukee Bucks, currently leading the Central Division, will go head-to-head with the Los Angeles Lakers, standing 4th in the Pacific Division. The showdown will happen at the crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, CA. The Bucks boast an impressive away record of 25-7 and an overall tally of 41-22. Contrastingly, the Lakers have maintained a home record of 22-11 and an overall standing of 34-30. Coach Doc Rivers leads the Bucks, but 3 of their players will be benched for this game. On the other side, the Lakers are mentored by Coach Darvin Ham but will miss the participation of 7 players in the upcoming match.

The roster data provided below reflects season averages as captured this morning.

Bucks-Lakers NBA DFS Matchup

The Bucks enter the match having amassed 7,614 points, grabbed 2,785 rebounds, delivered 1,664 assists, and boasting a field goal percentage of 49.1%. On the other hand, the Lakers approach the basketball match with a total of 7,498 points, 2,716 rebounds, as well as 1,825 assists, and a slightly higher field goal percentage of 49.7%.

Status & Injury Report

No.	Player Name	Team	Status	Issue
23	LeBron James	Los Angeles Lakers	Out	(Leg)
3	Anthony Davis	Los Angeles Lakers	Day-To-Day	(Leg)
35	Christian Wood	Los Angeles Lakers	Out	Inflammation (Leg)
2	Jarred Vanderbilt	Los Angeles Lakers	Out	Sprain (Leg)
5	Cam Reddish	Los Angeles Lakers	Day-To-Day	Sprain (Leg)
7	Gabe Vincent	Los Angeles Lakers	Out	Surgery (Leg)
14	Colin Castleton	Los Angeles Lakers	Out	Fracture (Arm)
34	Giannis Antetokounmpo	Milwaukee Bucks	Day-To-Day	Tendinitis (Leg)
0	Damian Lillard	Milwaukee Bucks	Day-To-Day	Bruise (Torso)
22	Khris Middleton	Milwaukee Bucks	Out	Sprain (Leg)

Milwaukee Bucks Roster

No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
34	Giannis Antetokounmpo
		Power Forward		Day-To-Day		N/A		N/A		45.94
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		32.7	0.7	4.8	1.2	8.4	5.7	23.3	9.7	1.1	3.0
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
0	Damian Lillard
		Point Guard		Day-To-Day		N/A		N/A		41.29
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		36.2	3.1	6.7	0.3	8.1	5.8	25.1	4.2	1.0	2.8
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
11	Brook Lopez
		Center		Active		N/A		N/A		31.64
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		30.3	0.9	1.4	1.9	6.2	2.9	16.1	6.2	0.6	1.6
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
22	Khris Middleton
		Small Forward		Out		N/A		N/A		30.51
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		31.1	1.8	3.9	0.2	6.1	2.8	16.9	4.8	1.2	2.1
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
12	Danilo Gallinari
		Power Forward		Active		N/A		N/A		25.39
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		29.1	1.9	1.9	0.3	4.6	4.0	15.1	4.7	0.7	1.2
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
9	Bobby Portis
		Forward		Active		N/A		N/A		23.7
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		22.5	1.1	1.2	0.4	4.7	1.1	11.7	7.0	0.6	1.1
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
21	Patrick Beverley
		Point Guard		Active		N/A		N/A		21.92
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		26.6	1.5	3.4	0.5	2.9	1.0	8.3	4.1	1.1	1.2
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
99	Jae Crowder
		Power Forward		Active		N/A		N/A		19.84
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		25.1	1.5	1.6	0.3	3.2	1.4	9.4	4.2	1.0	0.8
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
5	Malik Beasley
		Shooting Guard		Active		N/A		N/A		17.61
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		22.9	2.3	1.3	0.1	4.0	0.7	10.9	2.8	0.6	0.8
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
24	Pat Connaughton
		Shooting Guard		Active		N/A		N/A		14.05
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		19.4	1.2	1.3	0.3	2.2	0.4	6.1	3.5	0.5	0.5
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
3	MarJon Beauchamp
		Forward		Active		N/A		N/A		9.09
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		13.3	0.8	0.7	0.1	1.8	0.5	4.8	2.2	0.3	0.7
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
23	TyTy Washington Jr.
		Guard		Active		N/A		N/A		9.01
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		12.6	0.6	1.3	0.1	1.6	0.3	4.1	1.3	0.5	0.4
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
44	Andre Jackson Jr.
		Guard		Active		N/A		N/A		6.95
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		10.5	0.3	0.9	0.1	1.0	0.2	2.4	2.0	0.3	0.5
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
20	AJ Green
		Guard		Active		N/A		N/A		6.84
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		9.7	1.2	0.6	0.0	1.5	0.2	4.4	1.2	0.1	0.2
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
43	Thanasis Antetokounmpo
		Small Forward		Active		N/A		N/A		6.22
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		7.8	0.0	0.6	0.2	1.0	0.4	2.5	1.6	0.3	0.5
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
55	Ryan Rollins
		Guard		Active		N/A		N/A		6.1
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		5.8	0.2	0.8	0.2	0.9	0.9	2.9	1.0	0.4	1.0
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
7	Chris Livingston
		Forward		Active		N/A		N/A		2.53
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		4.3	0.1	0.3	0.0	0.4	0.1	1.1	0.9	0.1	0.3
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
6	Jaylin Galloway
		Forward		Active		N/A		N/A		0
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Los Angeles Lakers Roster

No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
23	LeBron James
		Small Forward		Out		N/A		N/A		50.2
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		38.0	1.6	7.4	0.7	9.9	5.6	27.1	7.5	1.5	3.5
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
3	Anthony Davis
		Power Forward		Day-To-Day		N/A		N/A		49.37
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		34.5	0.5	2.5	2.3	9.0	5.6	24.1	10.6	1.3	2.0
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
1	D’Angelo Russell
		Point Guard		Active		N/A		N/A		31.83
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		30.1	2.5	5.7	0.3	6.4	2.4	17.7	3.4	1.1	2.7
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
35	Christian Wood
		Forward		Out		N/A		N/A		26.8
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		23.2	1.2	1.4	0.9	4.9	2.5	13.6	7.0	0.5	1.4
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
26	Spencer Dinwiddie
		Point Guard		Active		N/A		N/A		26.47
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		27.9	1.6	5.3	0.3	4.4	3.1	13.5	3.1	0.7	1.7
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
15	Austin Reaves
		Shooting Guard		Active		N/A		N/A		22.68
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		27.9	1.3	3.6	0.3	4.0	2.7	12.1	3.4	0.6	1.5
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
28	Rui Hachimura
		Power Forward		Active		N/A		N/A		21.91
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		26.6	0.9	1.3	0.3	4.9	1.7	12.5	4.8	0.6	0.9
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
2	Jarred Vanderbilt
		Power Forward		Out		N/A		N/A		19.38
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		20.5	0.1	1.4	0.4	2.5	1.0	6.1	6.4	1.1	1.0
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
12	Taurean Prince
		Power Forward		Active		N/A		N/A		19.17
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		24.5	1.7	1.7	0.4	3.6	1.3	10.2	3.6	0.8	1.5
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
5	Cam Reddish
		Small Forward		Day-To-Day		N/A		N/A		18.01
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		24.4	1.2	1.3	0.4	3.3	1.7	9.6	2.8	1.1	1.3
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
7	Gabe Vincent
		Point Guard		Out		N/A		N/A		14.89
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		21.1	1.5	2.3	0.1	2.8	0.7	7.6	1.7	0.8	1.1
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
11	Jaxson Hayes
		Center		Active		N/A		N/A		14.59
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		15.8	0.1	0.7	0.6	2.6	1.5	6.8	3.7	0.4	0.7
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
20	Harry Giles III
		Forward		Active		N/A		N/A		13.07
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		12.0	0.1	1.1	0.4	2.4	0.7	5.5	3.6	0.4	0.9
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
4	Skylar Mays
		Shooting Guard		Active		N/A		N/A		9.84
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		11.2	0.5	1.8	0.1	1.8	0.6	4.6	1.2	0.4	0.5
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
10	Max Christie
		Guard		Active		N/A		N/A		9.14
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		14.5	0.7	0.8	0.3	1.4	0.5	4.1	2.2	0.3	0.5
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
14	Colin Castleton
		Center		Out		N/A		N/A		4.66
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		5.1	0.0	0.4	0.0	1.0	0.6	2.6	1.3	0.0	0.1
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
55	D’Moi Hodge
		Guard		Active		N/A		N/A		3.45
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		5.9	0.4	0.7	0.1	0.7	0.1	2.0	0.0	0.1	0.1
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
0	Jalen Hood-Schifino
		Guard		Active		N/A		N/A		3.22
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		5.2	0.1	0.4	0.1	0.5	0.6	1.6	0.6	0.1	0.4
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
21	Maxwell Lewis
		Forward		Active		N/A		N/A		0.47
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		3.4	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.3

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