NBA DFS Matchup: Celtics-Cavaliers (2024-03-05)

This evening’s NBA DFS basketball showdown will see the leading Atlantic Division team, the Boston Celtics, take on the second-placed Central Division team, the Cleveland Cavaliers. The match is slated for 7:30 PM EST on Tuesday, March 5th, happening at the Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Cleveland, OH. The Celtics, under the coaching prowess of Joe Mazzulla, maintain an impressive away record of 29-3 and a total record of 48-12. However, three of their players will be missing in action. On the other hand, the Cavaliers, managed by J.B. Bickerstaff, hold a decent home record of 20-11 and an overall culmination of 39-21. Unfortunately, they’ll be down by six players for the game.

The following is a compilation of this season’s average stats as recorded this morning.

Celtics-Cavaliers NBA DFS Matchup

The Celtics enter the match holding 7,277 points, 2,828 rebounds, 1,585 assists, and shooting 48.7% from the field. The Cavaliers, on the other hand, bring in 6,861 points, 2,685 rebounds, 1,663 assists, with a field goal success rate of 48.1%.

Status & Injury Report

No.	Player Name	Team	Status	Issue
45	Donovan Mitchell	Cleveland Cavaliers	Out	Soreness (Leg)
3	Caris LeVert	Cleveland Cavaliers	Day-To-Day	Sprain (Arm)
13	Tristan Thompson	Cleveland Cavaliers	Suspension	N/A
1	Max Strus	Cleveland Cavaliers	Out	Strain (Leg)
35	Isaac Okoro	Cleveland Cavaliers	Day-To-Day	Sprain (Arm)
2	Ty Jerome	Cleveland Cavaliers	Out	Surgery (Leg)
8	Kristaps Porzingis	Boston Celtics	Day-To-Day	Bruise (Leg)
7	Jaylen Brown	Boston Celtics	Day-To-Day	Bruise (Leg)
88	Neemias Queta	Boston Celtics	Out	Soreness (Leg)

Boston Celtics Roster

No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
0	Jayson Tatum
		Small Forward		Active		$9,700		$10,000		39.89
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		34.2	2.5	3.5	0.7	8.0	4.4	23.0	7.2	1.1	2.3
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
8	Kristaps Porzingis
		Center		Day-To-Day		$7,400		$8,200		37.46
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		31.0	1.8	1.8	1.8	6.9	4.0	19.7	7.8	0.7	1.7
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
4	Jrue Holiday
		Point Guard		Active		$6,100		$7,100		33.94
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		33.1	1.5	6.4	0.5	6.4	2.0	16.2	4.2	1.4	2.7
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
42	Al Horford
		Center		Active		$5,600		$5,600		32.45
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		31.9	0.8	3.3	1.2	5.5	1.5	13.2	8.0	0.8	1.4
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
7	Jaylen Brown
		Shooting Guard		Day-To-Day		$7,700		$8,300		30.34
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		30.1	1.9	2.4	0.4	6.9	2.7	18.4	5.2	1.0	2.1
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
9	Derrick White
		Point Guard		Active		$6,600		$7,800		26.08
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		27.2	1.6	4.0	0.9	4.2	2.2	12.2	3.4	0.8	1.3
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
26	Xavier Tillman
		Forward		Active		$3,300		$4,100		16.74
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		17.6	0.2	1.4	0.5	2.6	0.7	6.1	4.2	0.9	0.7
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
12	Oshae Brissett
		Small Forward		Active		N/A		N/A		14.38
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		17.6	0.8	0.8	0.3	2.2	1.5	6.7	3.9	0.5	0.6
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
11	Payton Pritchard
		Point Guard		Active		$3,600		$4,500		13.46
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		16.9	1.5	2.0	0.1	2.5	0.4	7.0	2.3	0.4	0.7
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
40	Luke Kornet
		Center		Active		N/A		N/A		12.63
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		13.7	0.6	0.9	0.8	1.9	0.5	4.9	2.9	0.3	0.4
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
30	Sam Hauser
		Small Forward		Active		$3,500		$4,000		11.82
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		16.3	1.8	0.8	0.2	2.2	0.2	6.3	2.6	0.3	0.4
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
50	Svi Mykhailiuk
		Shooting Guard		Active		N/A		N/A		11.59
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		15.9	1.3	1.3	0.1	2.2	0.6	6.3	1.7	0.6	0.8
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
88	Neemias Queta
		Center		Out		N/A		N/A		10.86
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		10.0	0.0	0.4	0.6	1.7	0.6	4.0	3.3	0.3	0.4
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
44	Jaden Springer
		Guard		Active		N/A		N/A		8.18
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		8.9	0.2	0.8	0.3	1.2	0.6	3.2	1.4	0.6	0.6
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
27	Jordan Walsh
		Guard		Active		N/A		N/A		6.61
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		8.3	0.0	0.5	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.5	2.8	0.5	0.5
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
13	Drew Peterson
		Forward		Active		N/A		N/A		4.5
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		3.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	3.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
20	JD Davison
		Shooting Guard		Active		N/A		N/A		3.96
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		5.1	0.1	0.8	0.1	0.6	0.2	1.5	0.8	0.1	0.3

Cleveland Cavaliers Roster

No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
45	Donovan Mitchell
		Shooting Guard		Out		N/A		N/A		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		$7,500		$8,000		35.9
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		33.5	0.3	2.8	1.6	6.4	2.5	15.7	9.0	0.8	1.9
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
10	Darius Garland
		Point Guard		Active		$7,200		$7,600		32.32
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		33.8	2.2	6.6	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		$7,700		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		$5,500		$6,300		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		Out		N/A		N/A		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		Day-To-Day		$4,300		$5,000		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
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
9	Craig Porter
		Guard		Active		N/A		$4,300		14.26
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		13.8	0.2	2.6	0.3	2.5	0.9	6.1	2.3	0.5	0.9
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
32	Dean Wade
		Power Forward		Active		$3,200		$4,000		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		$3,300		$3,800		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		$4,100		$4,800		9.85
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		12.2	1.6	1.1	0.0	2.0	0.2	5.8	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

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