NBA DFS Matchup: Nuggets-Lakers (2024-03-02)

Check out tonight’s NBA DFS basketball encounter slated for Sat, March 2nd at 8:30 PM EST, featuring the Denver Nuggets, presently at 3rd place in the Northwest Division against the Los Angeles Lakers, who hold the 4th spot in the Pacific Division. This exciting match unfolds in Los Angeles, CA at the crypto.com Arena. With an impressive away record of 24-5 and a total record of 41-19, the Nuggets are turning heads this season. The Lakers’ home record stands at 21-9, and their total record is a commendable 33-28. The Nuggets led by Coach Michael Malone, will be playing minus four key players, while Lakers, headed by Coach Darvin Ham, will miss eight of their players for this showdown.

The average stats of the rosters this season, as available till date, are highlighted below.

Nuggets-Lakers NBA DFS Matchup

At present, the Nuggets boast 6,863 points, 2,659 rebounds, 1,740 assists, and a 49.2% field goal percentage. Entering the same basketball match, the Lakers stand with 7,148 points, 2,596 rebounds, 1,738 assists, and a slightly higher field goal percentage at 49.6%.

Status & Injury Report

No.	Player Name	Team	Status	Issue
23	LeBron James	Los Angeles Lakers	Day-To-Day	(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	(Leg)
7	Gabe Vincent	Los Angeles Lakers	Out	Surgery (Leg)
14	Colin Castleton	Los Angeles Lakers	Out	Fracture (Arm)
17	Alex Fudge	Los Angeles Lakers	Day-To-Day	(Leg)
27	Jamal Murray	Denver Nuggets	Day-To-Day	Sprain (Leg)
5	Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	Denver Nuggets	Day-To-Day	(Other)
11	Braxton Key	Denver Nuggets	Out	Not Specified (Other)
31	Vlatko Cancar	Denver Nuggets	Out	Surgery (Leg)

Denver Nuggets Roster

No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
15	Nikola Jokic
		Center		Active		$11,400		$12,300		46.79
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		31.0	1.0	6.9	0.7	8.0	3.8	20.7	10.7	1.2	2.9
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
27	Jamal Murray
		Point Guard		Day-To-Day		$7,600		$8,000		30.04
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		30.6	2.1	4.4	0.3	6.4	2.5	17.3	3.7	0.9	2.0
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
50	Aaron Gordon
		Power Forward		Active		$6,400		$6,700		27.86
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		29.3	1.0	2.6	0.7	5.1	2.2	13.5	6.3	0.8	1.5
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
1	Michael Porter Jr.
		Small Forward		Active		$7,000		N/A		27.24
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		27.4	2.4	1.2	0.6	5.9	1.3	15.5	6.2	0.6	1.1
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
6	DeAndre Jordan
		Center		Active		N/A		N/A		26.95
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		25.9	0.0	0.9	1.5	3.6	1.7	8.8	10.0	0.5	1.3
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
7	Reggie Jackson
		Point Guard		Active		$5,900		$5,100		22.88
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		25.3	1.3	4.2	0.1	4.7	1.8	12.6	2.9	0.7	1.8
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
5	Kentavious Caldwell-Pope
		Shooting Guard		Day-To-Day		$4,700		$5,000		21.12
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		29.6	1.7	1.8	0.3	4.1	1.6	11.4	3.1	1.1	1.0
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
9	Justin Holiday
		Small Forward		Active		N/A		N/A		16.44
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		23.3	1.6	1.4	0.4	2.8	0.8	8.1	2.7	0.9	0.8
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
8	Peyton Watson
		Forward		Active		$3,800		$4,100		13.05
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		15.3	0.6	0.9	0.8	2.2	0.8	5.8	2.5	0.4	0.7
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
0	Christian Braun
		Guard		Active		$3,900		$4,000		12.58
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		17.1	0.5	1.0	0.3	2.2	0.8	5.7	2.9	0.5	0.5
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
3	Julian Strawther
		Guard		Active		N/A		N/A		9.91
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		12.7	1.0	1.1	0.2	1.9	0.5	5.3	1.3	0.4	0.4
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
22	Zeke Nnaji
		Power Forward		Active		$3,500		$3,700		9.8
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		12.5	0.5	0.4	0.4	1.7	0.7	4.6	2.5	0.3	0.5
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
11	Braxton Key
		Forward		Out		N/A		N/A		8.62
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		8.4	0.2	0.6	0.4	1.3	0.4	3.2	2.1	0.4	0.4
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
31	Vlatko Cancar
		Small Forward		Out		N/A		N/A		7.99
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		10.7	0.5	0.9	0.2	1.3	0.5	3.5	1.7	0.3	0.5
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
30	Jay Huff
		Center		Active		N/A		N/A		6.35
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		6.5	0.4	0.5	0.2	0.9	0.7	3.0	1.5	0.2	0.3
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
21	Collin Gillespie
		Guard		Active		N/A		N/A		6.22
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		8.5	0.6	0.8	0.0	1.2	0.3	3.3	0.6	0.5	0.5
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
24	Jalen Pickett
		Guard		Active		N/A		N/A		3.77
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		5.4	0.4	0.7	0.0	0.6	0.2	1.7	0.6	0.2	0.4
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
4	Hunter Tyson
		Forward		Active		N/A		N/A		1.41
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		3.0	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.5	0.8	0.0	0.2

Los Angeles Lakers Roster

No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
23	LeBron James
		Small Forward		Day-To-Day		$9,600		$10,200		50.5
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		38.0	1.6	7.4	0.8	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		$10,200		$11,400		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		$7,200		$7,800		31.83
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		30.0	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		$4,100		$4,200		26.47
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		28.0	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		$6,500		$6,700		22.63
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		27.8	1.3	3.5	0.3	4.0	2.7	12.0	3.4	0.6	1.4
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
28	Rui Hachimura
		Power Forward		Active		$5,100		$5,300		21.91
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		26.6	0.9	1.3	0.3	4.9	1.7	12.4	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		$3,500		$4,200		19.17
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		24.6	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		$3,100		$3,900		18.23
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		24.5	1.2	1.3	0.4	3.3	1.8	9.6	2.9	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		$3,300		$3,800		14.59
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		15.8	0.1	0.7	0.6	2.6	1.5	6.9	3.7	0.4	0.7
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
N/A	Harry Giles III
		Forward		Active		N/A		N/A		13.17
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		12.1	0.1	1.1	0.4	2.4	0.8	5.6	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
		14.7	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		3.42
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		5.4	0.1	0.4	0.1	0.5	0.6	1.7	0.6	0.2	0.5
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
17	Alex Fudge
		Forward		Day-To-Day		N/A		N/A		1.4
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		3.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.5	1.0	0.5	0.0	0.3
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
21	Maxwell Lewis
		Forward		Active		N/A		N/A		1.04
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		3.5	0.1	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.4	0.2	0.1	0.3

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