NBA DFS Matchup: Celtics-Suns (2024-03-09)

Tonight’s NBA DFS encounter (Sat, March 9th at 8:30 PM EST), sees the Atlantic Division leaders, the Boston Celtics, match up against the Phoenix Suns, currently sitting in 2nd in the Pacific Division. The match is scheduled to take place at Footprint Center in Phoenix, AZ. The Celtics, coached by Joe Mazzulla, are boasting an impressive 29-3 record on the road and a total record of 48-14. However, they will be without the services of three players. On the other hand, the Suns, directed by Frank Vogel, have logged a 21-13 home record and an overall record of 37-26, despite missing 4 key players for the game.

The season averages stated below are accurate as of this morning:

Celtics-Suns NBA DFS Matchup

At present, the Celtics possess a total of 7,490 points, 2,928 rebounds, 1,633 assists, and their field goal percentage stands at 48.5%. Comparatively, the Suns have scored 7,380 points, collected 2,777 rebounds, made 1,678 assists and their field goal percentage is 49.2%.

Status & Injury Report

No.	Player Name	Team	Status	Issue
1	Devin Booker	Phoenix Suns	Out	Sprain (Leg)
10	Damion Lee	Phoenix Suns	Out	Surgery (Leg)
2	Josh Okogie	Phoenix Suns	Out	Strain (Torso)
25	Nassir Little	Phoenix Suns	Out	Inflammation (Leg)
0	Jayson Tatum	Boston Celtics	Day-To-Day	(Leg)
7	Jaylen Brown	Boston Celtics	Day-To-Day	(Groin)
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		Day-To-Day		$9,300		$9,800		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		Active		$7,600		$8,500		37.58
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		31.0	1.8	1.8	1.8	6.9	4.0	19.7	7.9	0.7	1.7
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
4	Jrue Holiday
		Point Guard		Active		$5,800		$6,800		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		$4,700		$5,400		32.45
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		31.8	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		$7,500		$8,400		30.46
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		30.1	1.9	2.4	0.4	6.9	2.7	18.5	5.3	1.0	2.1
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
9	Derrick White
		Point Guard		Active		$6,100		$7,400		26.08
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		27.3	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		$3,100		$3,900		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		$3,300		$4,200		13.46
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		16.9	1.5	2.0	0.1	2.5	0.4	6.9	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		$3,200		$4,000		11.72
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		16.3	1.7	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

Phoenix Suns Roster

No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
35	Kevin Durant
		Power Forward		Active		$9,700		$9,900		45.8
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		36.7	1.9	4.4	1.1	9.4	6.7	27.3	7.0	1.1	3.2
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
1	Devin Booker
		Shooting Guard		Out		$9,000		$9,300		37.05
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		34.0	2.1	4.9	0.3	8.5	5.2	24.3	4.0	0.9	3.0
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
3	Bradley Beal
		Shooting Guard		Active		$7,000		$7,900		35.27
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		34.6	2.2	4.3	0.4	8.0	3.7	22.0	4.1	1.1	2.5
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
20	Jusuf Nurkic
		Center		Active		$7,200		$7,700		30.28
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		24.5	0.2	2.4	1.1	4.8	2.4	12.3	8.9	0.9	2.2
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
30	Thaddeus Young
		Forward		Active		N/A		N/A		25.74
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		28.3	0.4	1.8	0.4	5.3	1.2	12.2	5.7	1.4	1.4
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
23	Eric Gordon
		Shooting Guard		Active		$4,000		$4,900		24.58
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		31.9	2.3	2.8	0.4	5.4	2.7	15.8	2.4	0.8	1.9
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
00	Royce O’Neale
		Power Forward		Active		$5,800		$6,300		18.76
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		26.6	1.4	2.4	0.4	2.4	0.6	6.8	4.8	0.8	1.0
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
8	Grayson Allen
		Shooting Guard		Active		$5,900		$6,600		18.75
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		25.2	2.0	1.9	0.3	3.4	1.4	10.3	3.0	0.7	0.9
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
9	Theo Maledon
		Point Guard		Active		N/A		N/A		16.51
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		21.2	1.0	2.9	0.2	2.6	1.5	7.8	2.8	0.7	1.6
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
14	Drew Eubanks
		Power Forward		Active		$3,700		$4,500		16.12
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		16.0	0.1	1.0	0.9	2.4	1.2	6.0	4.6	0.4	0.9
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
10	Damion Lee
		Shooting Guard		Out		N/A		N/A		16.08
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		20.8	1.3	1.4	0.1	2.9	1.2	8.2	3.4	0.7	0.8
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
2	Josh Okogie
		Small Forward		Out		N/A		N/A		14.7
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		19.7	0.6	1.2	0.4	2.0	1.6	6.3	3.0	0.9	0.8
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
11	Bol Bol
		Center		Active		$3,900		$4,600		14.01
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		14.3	0.4	0.7	0.8	2.5	0.7	6.1	3.8	0.3	1.0
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
38	Saben Lee
		Guard		Active		N/A		N/A		13.85
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		14.9	0.3	2.9	0.2	1.8	1.4	5.3	2.0	0.7	0.9
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
21	David Roddy
		Forward		Active		N/A		N/A		13.39
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		19.3	0.9	1.1	0.2	2.7	0.7	7.1	3.2	0.4	0.9
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
25	Nassir Little
		Small Forward		Out		N/A		N/A		12.05
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		16.4	0.8	0.7	0.4	2.1	0.8	5.7	3.0	0.3	0.5
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
N/A	Ish Wainright
		Forward		Active		N/A		N/A		8.56
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		11.8	0.7	0.6	0.3	1.2	0.3	3.4	1.8	0.5	0.3
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
27	Udoka Azubuike
		Center		Active		N/A		N/A		7.88
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		8.8	0.0	0.2	0.4	1.4	0.3	3.1	2.9	0.1	0.5

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