NBA DFS Matchup: Cavaliers-Pistons (2024-03-01)

In tonight’s NBA DFS match (Friday, March 1st at 7:00 PM EST), the top-ranking Cleveland Cavaliers in the Central Division are set to go against the Detroit Pistons, currently at the 5th position in the same division. The confrontation will take place at the Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, MI. The Cavaliers maintain an impressive away record of 20-10 and total season standing of 38-20, while the Pistons hold a home record of 4-24 and a total season score of 9-49. J.B. Bickerstaff coaches the Cavaliers’ team, which will play without 4 members tonight. On the other hand, the Pistons, under the guidance of Monty Williams, will be missing 1 player in the tonight’s game.

The statistics noted below are reflective of the season averages up to this point.

Cavaliers-Pistons NBA DFS Matchup

Presently, the Cavaliers have secured 6,653 points, recorded 2,593 rebounds and 1,607 assists, and boast a field goal percentage of 48.3%. On the other hand, the Pistons will be participating in the basketball match, having achieved 6,535 points, 2,526 rebounds, 1,533 assists, and a field goal percentage of 47.4%.

Status & Injury Report

No.	Player Name	Team	Status	Issue
25	Marcus Sasser	Detroit Pistons	Out	Bruise (Leg)
45	Donovan Mitchell	Cleveland Cavaliers	Day-To-Day	Soreness (Leg)
3	Caris LeVert	Cleveland Cavaliers	Day-To-Day	Sprain (Arm)
13	Tristan Thompson	Cleveland Cavaliers	Suspension	N/A
2	Ty Jerome	Cleveland Cavaliers	Out	Surgery (Leg)

Cleveland Cavaliers Roster

No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
45	Donovan Mitchell
		Shooting Guard		Day-To-Day		$9,200		$9,800		39.36
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		34.2	3.0	4.6	0.3	8.9	4.2	24.9	4.3	1.4	2.8
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
4	Evan Mobley
		Power Forward		Active		$7,200		$7,900		35.63
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		33.6	0.3	2.7	1.6	6.4	2.5	15.7	8.9	0.8	1.9
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
10	Darius Garland
		Point Guard		Active		$6,800		$7,000		32.47
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		33.8	2.2	6.7	0.1	6.8	2.7	18.5	2.6	1.2	3.1
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
31	Jarrett Allen
		Center		Active		$7,300		$7,600		30.12
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		28.0	0.0	1.6	1.3	5.0	2.5	12.5	9.1	0.6	1.4
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
3	Caris LeVert
		Shooting Guard		Day-To-Day		$5,400		$6,100		26.96
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		28.0	1.5	4.0	0.3	5.3	2.2	14.1	3.8	1.0	1.8
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
13	Tristan Thompson
		Center		Suspension		N/A		N/A		22.54
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		26.1	0.0	1.0	0.7	3.5	1.7	8.8	8.2	0.5	1.1
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
1	Max Strus
		Shooting Guard		Active		$5,100		$5,900		18.69
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		25.3	2.3	2.1	0.2	3.7	0.8	10.5	3.2	0.5	0.9
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
35	Isaac Okoro
		Small Forward		Active		$3,900		$4,700		17.13
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		27.4	0.9	1.7	0.4	3.0	1.5	8.4	2.9	0.8	0.9
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
9	Craig Porter
		Guard		Active		N/A		N/A		14.73
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		14.1	0.2	2.7	0.4	2.5	0.9	6.2	2.4	0.5	1.0
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
2	Ty Jerome
		Shooting Guard		Out		N/A		N/A		14.36
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		17.3	1.1	2.6	0.1	2.6	0.7	7.0	1.8	0.6	0.8
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
32	Dean Wade
		Power Forward		Active		$3,100		$3,700		12.71
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		18.9	1.1	0.9	0.3	1.8	0.4	5.1	3.3	0.6	0.4
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
30	Damian Jones
		Center		Active		N/A		N/A		12.19
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		13.8	0.1	0.7	0.7	1.9	1.0	4.9	3.2	0.3	0.6
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
20	Georges Niang
		Small Forward		Active		$3,200		$3,600		11.41
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		16.3	1.5	0.9	0.1	2.4	0.4	6.8	2.3	0.3	0.6
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
5	Sam Merrill
		Shooting Guard		Active		N/A		N/A		9.55
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		11.8	1.5	1.1	0.0	1.9	0.2	5.5	1.5	0.3	0.3
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
15	Isaiah Mobley
		Forward		Active		N/A		N/A		6.35
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		6.5	0.3	0.5	0.2	0.9	0.3	2.4	1.5	0.3	0.1
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
21	Emoni Bates
		Forward		Active		N/A		N/A		4.7
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		7.6	0.5	0.6	0.2	0.6	0.1	1.8	1.0	0.1	0.1
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
00	Sharife Cooper
		Guard		Active		N/A		N/A		1.18
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		3.0	0.1	0.4	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.5	0.4	0.0	0.4
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
8	Pete Nance
		Forward		Active		N/A		N/A		0
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Detroit Pistons Roster

No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
2	Cade Cunningham
		Point Guard		Active		$7,900		$8,100		36.77
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		33.2	1.8	6.3	0.6	7.5	2.9	19.6	5.1	1.1	3.6
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
0	Jalen Duren
		Center		Active		$6,900		$7,800		28.57
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		27.0	0.0	1.7	0.9	4.7	1.6	11.0	10.1	0.6	1.6
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
23	Jaden Ivey
		Point Guard		Active		$6,200		$6,700		27.86
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		29.8	1.6	4.6	0.4	5.4	3.3	15.8	3.8	0.8	2.9
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
9	Ausar Thompson
		Forward		Active		$5,500		$6,200		23.73
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		24.6	0.3	1.9	0.9	3.7	1.1	8.7	6.4	1.0	1.3
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
28	Isaiah Stewart
		Center		Active		$5,100		$5,000		23.12
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		25.7	0.7	1.2	1.0	3.6	1.3	9.3	7.6	0.4	1.2
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
31	Evan Fournier
		Shooting Guard		Active		$3,500		$3,800		22.69
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		28.0	2.0	2.5	0.2	5.0	2.0	13.9	2.7	0.9	1.6
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
13	James Wiseman
		Center		Active		$3,800		$4,000		18.01
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		18.4	0.1	0.7	0.7	3.9	1.2	9.1	5.3	0.2	1.2
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
5	Shake Milton
		Shooting Guard		Active		N/A		N/A		16.21
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		19.7	0.9	2.5	0.2	3.2	1.4	8.7	2.3	0.5	1.1
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
24	Quentin Grimes
		Shooting Guard		Active		$3,800		$3,900		16.15
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		23.5	1.9	1.5	0.3	3.0	0.7	8.6	2.5	0.7	0.7
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
25	Marcus Sasser
		Guard		Out		N/A		N/A		15.1
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		16.3	1.2	3.0	0.2	2.9	0.7	7.7	1.5	0.5	1.0
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
7	Troy Brown Jr.
		Small Forward		Active		N/A		N/A		14.22
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		19.0	0.9	1.4	0.1	2.4	0.7	6.3	3.6	0.6	0.7
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
19	Simone Fontecchio
		Forward		Active		$4,700		$4,900		14.12
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		19.5	1.6	1.2	0.2	2.9	0.6	8.1	2.6	0.5	0.9
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
14	Malachi Flynn
		Point Guard		Active		$3,400		$4,000		11.39
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		14.1	0.9	1.9	0.1	1.9	0.6	5.1	1.7	0.5	0.6
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
17	Stanley Umude
		Guard		Active		N/A		N/A		8.99
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		10.7	0.9	0.5	0.3	1.4	1.3	5.1	1.7	0.3	0.6
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
18	Tosan Evbuomwan
		Forward		Active		N/A		N/A		8.64
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		15.0	0.5	1.0	0.2	1.2	0.0	2.8	2.7	0.2	0.2
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
8	Jared Rhoden
		Guard		Active		N/A		N/A		7.12
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		12.0	0.3	0.4	0.2	1.2	0.4	3.0	2.1	0.2	0.3
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
27	Buddy Boeheim
		Forward		Active		N/A		N/A		3.52
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		9.0	0.4	0.4	0.0	0.5	0.2	1.6	0.6	0.2	0.0

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