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DraftKings NBA: Best Picks, Lineup For Jan. 16

By Aaron Ferguson

November 24, 2015; Oakland, CA, USA; Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green (23) celebrates during the first quarter against the Los Angeles Lakers at Oracle Arena. Mandatory Credit: Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports
November 24, 2015; Oakland, CA, USA; Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green (23) celebrates during the first quarter against the Los Angeles Lakers at Oracle Arena. Mandatory Credit: Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports /
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With 8 games on the NBA docket Saturday, there is a nice pool of players for DraftKings users to draft from. Find out who the best buys are in Saturday’s edition of Best Picks And Lineup.

November 24, 2015; Oakland, CA, USA; Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green (23) celebrates during the first quarter against the Los Angeles Lakers at Oracle Arena. Mandatory Credit: Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports
November 24, 2015; Oakland, CA, USA; Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green (23) celebrates during the first quarter against the Los Angeles Lakers at Oracle Arena. Mandatory Credit: Kyle Terada-USA TODAY Sports /

There are eight NBA games on Saturday’s slate. Of the 16 teams playing, seven of them will be playing on the second night of a back-to-back. Five of the eight games feature teams playing in an intra-conference battle. Two Western Conference teams are on the road of the three cross-conference games.

The Golden State Warriors (36-3) will look to bounce back from their third loss of the season against the Detroit Pistons (21-17). This should be one of the highest-scoring games on Saturday night. The two teams have combined to average 215.6 points per game this season.

Kentavious Caldwell-Pope has one of the best defensive performances against Stephen Curry this season. He held Curry to 22 points on 7-of-18 (38.9 percent) shooting at Oracle Arena. Curry still put up 40.8 fantasy points, but that’s much lower than his 51.2 FPPG season average.

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The Sacramento Kings (16-23) will visit the Los Angeles Clippers (26-13) at the Staples Center. The two teams have combined for 210.1 points per game this season, and may be the only other game on Saturday’s slate to rival the Warriors-Pistons high-scoring affair.

DeAndre Jordan missed his first game on Thursday due to pneumonia after playing in 360 straight, according to the LA Times‘ Ben Bolch. It is unclear if he will make his return against the Kings. With the absence of Blake Griffin, the Clippers will be thin in the frontcourt if Jordan can’t go.

With the two high-scoring matchups on Saturday, DraftKings contests could need a lot of points to make money back.

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