NBA DFS Matchup: Pelicans-Knicks (2024-02-27)

For tonight’s NBA DFS match-up (Tue, February 27th at 7:30 PM EST), the New Orleans Pelicans, currently leading the Southwest Division, are set to face the New York Knicks, who cling onto the 2nd position in Atlantic Division. The game will unfold at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY. The Pelicans carry an away track of 17-12 and a total scoreline of 34-24 while the Knicks hold a home win-loss ratio of 20-9 and a comprehensive record of 35-23. Willie Green heads the Pelicans with 4 players benched due to injuries while Tom Thibodeau leads the Knicks with the same number of players out.

The statistics given below are based on season averages up to this point.

Pelicans-Knicks NBA DFS Matchup

Entering the game, the Pelicans have accumulated 6,733 points, 2,578 rebounds, 1,569 assists, and a shooting accuracy of 48.6%. Meanwhile, the Knicks step into the game with a total of 6,622 points, 2,650 rebounds, 1,377 assists, and a field goal percentage of 46.7%.

Status & Injury Report

No.	Player Name	Team	Status	Issue
30	Julius Randle	New York Knicks	Out	Dislocated (Arm)
23	Mitchell Robinson	New York Knicks	Out	Surgery (Leg)
8	OG Anunoby	New York Knicks	Out	Surgery (Arm)
1	Duane Washington Jr.	New York Knicks	Out	Fracture (Arm)
1	Zion Williamson	New Orleans Pelicans	Day-To-Day	Bruise (Leg)
3	CJ McCollum	New Orleans Pelicans	Day-To-Day	Sprain (Leg)
15	Jose Alvarado	New Orleans Pelicans	Suspension	N/A
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		Day-To-Day		$8,300		$8,700		40.12
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		31.7	0.2	4.0	0.5	9.6	5.4	24.8	6.6	0.9	2.8
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
14	Brandon Ingram
		Small Forward		Active		$8,000		$8,000		33.59
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		33.0	1.4	4.3	0.6	7.1	3.9	19.4	5.2	0.7	2.5
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
3	CJ McCollum
		Shooting Guard		Day-To-Day		$7,200		$7,500		31.52
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		32.0	2.4	3.8	0.4	7.4	2.2	19.4	3.6	0.9	1.8
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
17	Jonas Valanciunas
		Center		Active		$6,300		$6,700		29.45
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		26.0	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		$5,400		$6,000		23.78
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		29.6	1.0	2.4	0.7	3.7	1.8	10.1	3.9	1.5	1.3
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
22	Larry Nance Jr.
		Power Forward		Active		$4,000		N/A		22.26
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		23.2	0.4	1.8	0.5	3.2	1.0	7.7	6.3	1.2	0.9
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
25	Trey Murphy III
		Shooting Guard		Active		$5,500		N/A		19.54
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		24.1	2.0	1.2	0.4	3.6	1.6	10.9	3.2	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		Suspension		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		$3,500		$4,000		16.3
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		19.4	0.7	2.0	0.2	2.6	1.6	7.6	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		$4,300		$3,900		14.92
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		20.1	2.0	1.2	0.1	3.1	1.3	9.5	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		14.83
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		18.5	0.9	0.9	0.3	2.4	0.7	6.4	4.4	0.5	0.6
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
37	Matt Ryan
		Forward		Active		N/A		N/A		7.54
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		12.5	1.4	0.6	0.0	1.6	0.5	5.1	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
0	Dereon Seabron
		Guard		Active		N/A		N/A		4.26
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		6.4	0.1	0.4	0.1	0.6	0.5	1.8	0.8	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
17	Jalen Crutcher
		Guard		Active		N/A		N/A		0
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

New York Knicks Roster

No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
30	Julius Randle
		Power Forward		Out		N/A		N/A		36.43
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		32.0	1.2	3.7	0.4	6.9	4.1	19.1	9.4	0.7	2.8
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
11	Jalen Brunson
		Point Guard		Active		$9,600		$9,500		27.64
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		28.0	1.4	4.6	0.1	6.0	2.7	16.1	3.2	0.7	1.6
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
23	Mitchell Robinson
		Center		Out		N/A		N/A		26.3
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		24.8	0.0	0.6	1.9	3.5	1.1	8.1	8.0	0.9	0.7
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
8	OG Anunoby
		Small Forward		Out		N/A		N/A		23.66
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		29.0	1.7	1.6	0.5	4.5	1.3	12.0	4.3	1.3	1.3
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
3	Josh Hart
		Shooting Guard		Active		$6,700		$6,700		23.41
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		28.6	1.3	2.5	0.3	3.5	1.4	9.7	6.3	0.9	1.2
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
44	Bojan Bogdanovic
		Small Forward		Active		$6,100		$5,600		22.87
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		29.4	2.1	1.7	0.1	5.4	2.7	15.8	3.6	0.6	1.7
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
0	Donte DiVincenzo
		Shooting Guard		Active		$7,300		$7,200		21.93
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		24.5	1.9	2.7	0.2	3.5	0.9	9.9	4.4	1.2	1.4
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
67	Taj Gibson
		Forward		Active		N/A		N/A		20.56
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		23.5	0.1	1.0	1.0	3.6	1.4	8.6	5.8	0.5	1.1
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
18	Alec Burks
		Shooting Guard		Active		$5,100		$4,900		19.48
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		22.8	1.2	2.0	0.2	3.6	2.5	10.9	3.4	0.7	1.2
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
55	Isaiah Hartenstein
		Center		Active		$6,100		$6,400		18.55
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		17.4	0.1	1.5	0.9	2.4	1.0	5.8	5.5	0.7	1.0
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
5	Precious Achiuwa
		Power Forward		Active		$7,000		$7,300		18.42
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		19.7	0.4	1.0	0.6	3.2	1.1	7.8	5.6	0.5	1.0
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
1	Duane Washington Jr.
		Point Guard		Out		N/A		N/A		14.05
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		17.2	1.5	1.9	0.1	3.4	0.8	9.1	1.5	0.4	1.2
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
45	Jericho Sims
		Center		Active		$4,000		$4,000		9.85
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		13.9	0.0	0.5	0.5	1.2	0.3	2.7	4.0	0.2	0.5
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
2	Miles McBride
		Point Guard		Active		$4,500		$4,400		8.13
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		11.4	0.7	1.1	0.1	1.4	0.4	3.9	0.9	0.5	0.3
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
21	DaQuan Jeffries
		Shooting Guard		Active		N/A		N/A		7.07
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		11.4	0.4	0.5	0.2	1.3	0.2	3.2	1.6	0.3	0.3
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
4	Charlie Brown Jr.
		Guard		Active		N/A		N/A		5.07
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		7.8	0.2	0.3	0.2	0.6	0.4	1.8	1.1	0.4	0.3
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
00	Jacob Toppin
		Forward		Active		N/A		N/A		3.53
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		4.9	0.1	0.3	0.1	0.7	0.3	1.9	0.9	0.0	0.1
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
29	Dmytro Skapintsev
		Center		Active		N/A		N/A		0
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

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