NBA DFS Matchup: Pelicans-76ers (2024-03-08)

In tonight’s NBA DFS clash (Fri, March 8th at 7:00 PM EST), the top Southwest Division team, New Orleans Pelicans will take on the Philadelphia 76ers, the third-placed team in the Atlantic Division. The game will be held at Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia, PA. Boasting an away record of 18-12 and a total season record of 37-25, the Pelicans will be led by their coach, Willie Green. However, they’ll be down one player for this game. Their opponents, the 76ers, coached by Nick Nurse, hold a home record of 19-14 and an overall record of 35-27. Unfortunately, they’ll be missing 5 key players for this game.

The following statistics represent average performances for the season to date.

Pelicans-76ers NBA DFS Matchup

Presently, the Pelicans’ stats stand at 7,230 points, 2,771 rebounds, and 1,681 assists with a shooting efficiency of 48.8%. On the other hand, the 76ers have accumulated 7,244 points, 2,665 rebounds, and 1,545 assists thus far, while maintaining a field goal percentage of 46.9%.

Status & Injury Report

No.	Player Name	Team	Status	Issue
21	Joel Embiid	Philadelphia 76ers	Out	Surgery (Leg)
0	Tyrese Maxey	Philadelphia 76ers	Out	Concussion (Head)
33	Robert Covington	Philadelphia 76ers	Out	Bruise (Leg)
40	Nicolas Batum	Philadelphia 76ers	Out	Soreness (Leg)
8	De’Anthony Melton	Philadelphia 76ers	Out	Spasms (Torso)
11	Dyson Daniels	New Orleans Pelicans	Out	Surgery (Leg)

New Orleans Pelicans Roster

No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
1	Zion Williamson
		Power Forward		Active		N/A		N/A		40.25
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		31.6	0.2	4.1	0.6	9.5	5.4	24.6	6.5	0.9	2.8
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
14	Brandon Ingram
		Small Forward		Active		N/A		N/A		33.59
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		33.0	1.4	4.3	0.6	7.1	3.9	19.5	5.2	0.7	2.5
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
3	CJ McCollum
		Shooting Guard		Active		N/A		N/A		31.42
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		31.9	2.4	3.8	0.4	7.4	2.1	19.4	3.6	0.9	1.8
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
17	Jonas Valanciunas
		Center		Active		N/A		N/A		29.45
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		25.9	0.3	1.3	1.0	5.4	2.5	13.5	9.5	0.4	1.7
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
5	Herbert Jones
		Small Forward		Active		N/A		N/A		23.51
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		29.6	1.0	2.3	0.7	3.7	1.8	10.2	3.8	1.5	1.3
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
22	Larry Nance Jr.
		Power Forward		Active		N/A		N/A		22.11
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		23.2	0.4	1.9	0.5	3.2	1.0	7.7	6.3	1.1	0.9
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
25	Trey Murphy III
		Shooting Guard		Active		N/A		N/A		19.96
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		24.2	2.1	1.2	0.4	3.7	1.6	11.2	3.3	0.8	0.5
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
40	Cody Zeller
		Center		Active		N/A		N/A		19.39
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		21.0	0.1	1.3	0.6	3.0	1.9	8.0	5.7	0.6	1.0
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
15	Jose Alvarado
		Point Guard		Active		N/A		N/A		17.27
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		18.2	1.1	2.7	0.2	2.8	0.8	7.5	2.1	1.2	1.0
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
8	Naji Marshall
		Small Forward		Active		N/A		N/A		16.35
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		19.5	0.7	2.1	0.2	2.6	1.5	7.5	3.5	0.7	1.1
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
11	Dyson Daniels
		Guard		Out		N/A		N/A		15.18
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		19.6	0.5	2.4	0.3	1.8	0.5	4.6	3.4	1.0	1.0
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
24	Jordan Hawkins
		Guard		Active		N/A		N/A		14.52
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		19.5	1.9	1.2	0.1	3.0	1.2	9.1	2.6	0.3	0.7
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
50	Jeremiah Robinson-Earl
		Forward		Active		N/A		N/A		14.51
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		18.2	0.9	0.9	0.3	2.3	0.7	6.3	4.3	0.5	0.6
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
37	Matt Ryan
		Forward		Active		N/A		N/A		7.44
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		12.3	1.4	0.6	0.0	1.6	0.4	5.0	1.2	0.2	0.5
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
33	Malcolm Hill
		Guard		Active		N/A		N/A		6.77
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		9.2	0.6	0.3	0.1	1.1	0.5	3.2	1.6	0.3	0.1
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
21	Izaiah Brockington
		Guard		Active		N/A		N/A		6.4
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		3.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	4.0	2.0	0.0	0.0
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
0	Dereon Seabron
		Guard		Active		N/A		N/A		4.09
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		6.1	0.1	0.5	0.1	0.5	0.5	1.6	0.7	0.2	0.0
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
32	E.J. Liddell
		Forward		Active		N/A		N/A		2.87
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		2.9	0.0	0.1	0.3	0.1	0.3	0.5	0.6	0.3	0.3
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
10	Jalen Crutcher
		Guard		Active		N/A		N/A		0
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		3.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Philadelphia 76ers Roster

No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
21	Joel Embiid
		Center		Out		N/A		N/A		51.14
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		32.0	1.2	3.6	1.7	9.2	8.3	27.8	11.2	0.9	3.4
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
7	Kyle Lowry
		Point Guard		Active		N/A		N/A		31.26
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		31.7	1.9	6.2	0.3	4.6	3.2	14.4	4.3	1.3	2.3
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
12	Tobias Harris
		Power Forward		Active		N/A		N/A		29.72
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		31.7	1.4	2.4	0.5	6.2	2.5	16.3	6.1	0.8	1.4
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
0	Tyrese Maxey
		Point Guard		Out		N/A		N/A		28.98
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		30.5	2.0	4.0	0.3	6.4	2.9	17.7	2.9	0.7	1.2
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
17	Buddy Hield
		Shooting Guard		Active		N/A		N/A		26.66
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		29.2	3.1	2.6	0.3	5.7	1.2	15.7	4.3	0.9	1.7
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
33	Robert Covington
		Power Forward		Out		N/A		N/A		25.3
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		28.2	2.1	1.4	0.9	3.6	1.5	10.8	5.5	1.5	1.4
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
40	Nicolas Batum
		Power Forward		Out		N/A		N/A		24.35
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		29.7	1.6	3.3	0.6	3.7	1.5	10.5	5.0	0.9	1.6
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
9	Kelly Oubre Jr.
		Shooting Guard		Active		N/A		N/A		23.18
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		26.1	1.5	1.0	0.5	4.7	2.1	12.9	4.4	1.0	1.1
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
8	De’Anthony Melton
		Shooting Guard		Out		N/A		N/A		21.94
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		23.0	1.5	2.8	0.5	3.2	1.1	9.1	3.7	1.4	1.4
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
25	Darius Bazley
		Power Forward		Active		N/A		N/A		19.86
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		23.4	1.0	1.2	0.7	3.3	1.4	8.9	5.3	0.6	1.2
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
5	Mo Bamba
		Center		Active		N/A		N/A		19.15
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		17.1	0.8	0.9	1.3	2.7	0.7	7.1	5.5	0.4	0.8
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
1	KJ Martin
		Forward		Active		N/A		N/A		18.46
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		22.1	0.7	1.2	0.5	3.7	1.2	9.2	4.3	0.5	0.8
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
22	Cameron Payne
		Point Guard		Active		N/A		N/A		16.57
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		17.9	1.1	3.3	0.2	3.0	0.8	7.9	2.1	0.6	1.2
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
44	Paul Reed
		Small Forward		Active		N/A		N/A		14.03
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		12.2	0.1	0.7	0.7	2.1	0.4	4.7	3.9	0.7	0.6
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
16	Ricky Council IV
		Guard		Active		N/A		N/A		9.2
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		9.5	0.2	0.4	0.0	1.9	2.1	6.0	2.0	0.1	0.2
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
21	Jeff Dowtin Jr.
		Guard		Active		N/A		N/A		7.29
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		11.0	0.2	1.3	0.1	1.0	0.2	2.5	1.2	0.5	0.3
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
23	Terquavion Smith
		Guard		Active		N/A		N/A		6.74
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		5.8	1.0	0.8	0.0	1.3	0.2	3.8	0.2	0.6	0.3

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