NBA DFS Matchup: Wizards-Lakers (2024-02-29)

In the forthcoming NBA DFS showdown tonight (Thursday, February 29th, at 10:30 PM EST), the 5th placed Washington Wizards from the Southeast Division are set to face off against the 4th placed Los Angeles Lakers from the Pacific Division at the crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, CA. The Wizards’ track record on the road is 3-25 and they hold an overall season record of 9-49. When comparing this to the Lakers, who boast a 20-9 home record and an overall tally of 32-28, a thrilling game is expected. The Wizards are helmed by Coach Brian Keefe, but suffer the loss of 3 players for the game. Coach Darvin Ham’s Lakers, on the other hand, have 4 players benched for the encounter.

The following analysis is based on current season averages up to today.

Wizards-Lakers NBA DFS Matchup

Entering the match, the Wizards boast of 6,631 points, 2,364 rebounds, 1,633 assists, and a field goal percentage of 47.1%. On the other hand, the Lakers hold 7,014 points, 2,551 rebounds, 1,708 assists with a field goal percentage of 49.6%.

Status & Injury Report

No.	Player Name	Team	Status	Issue
35	Christian Wood	Los Angeles Lakers	Out	Inflammation (Leg)
2	Jarred Vanderbilt	Los Angeles Lakers	Out	Sprain (Leg)
7	Gabe Vincent	Los Angeles Lakers	Out	Surgery (Leg)
14	Colin Castleton	Los Angeles Lakers	Out	Fracture (Arm)
8	Deni Avdija	Washington Wizards	Out	Bruise (Leg)
0	Bilal Coulibaly	Washington Wizards	Out	Bruise (Groin)
12	Isaiah Livers	Washington Wizards	Out	Inflammation (Torso)

Washington Wizards Roster

No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
33	Kyle Kuzma
		Small Forward		Active		N/A		N/A		30.03
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		31.2	2.0	2.7	0.5	6.5	2.1	17.2	6.4	0.6	2.1
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
13	Jordan Poole
		Shooting Guard		Active		N/A		N/A		25.37
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		26.8	2.2	3.5	0.3	5.3	3.0	15.8	2.6	0.8	2.1
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
35	Marvin Bagley III
		Power Forward		Active		N/A		N/A		25.15
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		24.1	0.5	0.9	0.7	5.2	2.1	13.0	7.0	0.5	1.2
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
8	Deni Avdija
		Small Forward		Out		N/A		N/A		21.64
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		25.5	1.0	2.4	0.4	3.4	1.4	9.3	5.7	0.7	1.3
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
22	Richaun Holmes
		Forward		Active		N/A		N/A		19.84
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		19.2	0.1	1.0	0.9	3.6	1.4	8.6	5.2	0.5	0.8
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
0	Bilal Coulibaly
		Shooting Guard		Out		N/A		N/A		19.15
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		26.7	1.0	1.7	0.8	2.9	1.3	8.2	4.0	0.9	1.4
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
5	Tyus Jones
		Point Guard		Active		N/A		N/A		18.75
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		20.2	0.9	4.3	0.1	2.9	0.7	7.3	2.0	1.0	0.8
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
24	Corey Kispert
		Small Forward		Active		N/A		N/A		16.49
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		25.0	1.9	1.3	0.2	3.7	1.0	10.3	2.7	0.4	0.8
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
20	Landry Shamet
		Shooting Guard		Active		N/A		N/A		14.69
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		22.0	1.9	1.7	0.2	2.9	1.0	8.8	1.7	0.5	0.7
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
12	Isaiah Livers
		Power Forward		Out		N/A		N/A		12.97
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		21.8	1.3	0.9	0.4	2.1	0.6	6.2	2.6	0.6	0.6
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
97	Eugene Omoruyi
		Forward		Active		N/A		N/A		11.55
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		12.2	0.5	0.7	0.1	2.1	1.1	5.8	2.5	0.7	0.7
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
4	Jared Butler
		Shooting Guard		Active		N/A		N/A		8.38
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		8.7	0.7	1.6	0.1	1.6	0.3	4.1	0.9	0.4	0.8
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
1	Johnny Davis
		Guard		Active		N/A		N/A		8.31
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		12.1	0.3	0.7	0.2	1.7	0.3	4.1	1.8	0.3	0.4
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
16	Anthony Gill
		Power Forward		Active		N/A		N/A		6.89
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		9.2	0.2	0.5	0.2	1.2	0.7	3.2	1.7	0.2	0.4
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
7	Patrick Baldwin Jr.
		Forward		Active		N/A		N/A		6.82
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		7.4	0.8	0.4	0.2	1.2	0.2	3.5	1.6	0.2	0.3
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
99	Justin Champagnie
		Small Forward		Active		N/A		N/A		5.93
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		7.6	0.3	0.3	0.1	1.0	0.2	2.4	1.9	0.2	0.2
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
14	Jules Bernard
		Guard		Active		N/A		N/A		4.26
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		4.7	0.2	0.8	0.2	0.5	0.0	1.2	0.8	0.2	0.3

Los Angeles Lakers Roster

No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
23	LeBron James
		Small Forward		Active		N/A		N/A		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		Active		N/A		N/A		49.25
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		34.5	0.5	2.5	2.3	9.0	5.6	24.1	10.5	1.3	2.0
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
1	D’Angelo Russell
		Point Guard		Active		N/A		N/A		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		N/A		N/A		26.47
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		28.0	1.6	5.3	0.3	4.4	3.1	13.6	3.1	0.7	1.7
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
15	Austin Reaves
		Shooting Guard		Active		N/A		N/A		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		N/A		N/A		21.91
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		26.5	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		N/A		N/A		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		Active		N/A		N/A		18.23
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		24.6	1.2	1.3	0.4	3.3	1.8	9.7	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		N/A		N/A		14.59
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		15.9	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
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
		14.8	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
20	Dylan Windler
		Guard		Active		N/A		N/A		8.22
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		10.7	0.6	0.8	0.2	1.1	0.4	3.1	2.1	0.4	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		Active		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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