NBA DFS Matchup: Knicks-Cavaliers (2024-03-03)

In tonight’s NBA DFS face-off (Sun, March 3rd at 7:00 PM EST), the New York Knicks, currently sitting at 2nd in the Atlantic Division, are set to clash with the Cleveland Cavaliers, who hold the top spot in the Central Division. The game is set to take place in Cleveland, OH at the Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. With an away record of 20-11 and an overall standing of 35-25, the Knicks are a formidable competitor. The Cavaliers, boasting a home record of 20-10 and an overall standing of 39-20, promise a challenging encounter. The Knicks, led by coach Tom Thibodeau, report 3 players out for this game, while the Cavaliers, under coach J.B. Bickerstaff, will be missing 4 players from their lineup.

Below are the season averages for each team’s roster as of today.

Knicks-Cavaliers NBA DFS Matchup

Entering the game, the Knicks boast statistics of 6,813 points, 2,744 rebounds, and 1,427 assists, along with a field goal percentage of 46.4%. On the other hand, the Cavaliers step onto the basketball court with records of 6,763 points, 2,646 rebounds, 1,632 assists, and a slightly higher field goal percentage of 48.1%.

Status & Injury Report

No. Player Name Team Status Issue
45 Donovan Mitchell Cleveland Cavaliers Day-To-Day Soreness (Leg)
3 Caris LeVert Cleveland Cavaliers Day-To-Day Sprain (Arm)
13 Tristan Thompson Cleveland Cavaliers Suspension N/A
2 Ty Jerome Cleveland Cavaliers Out Surgery (Leg)
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)

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 $9,700 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
3 Josh Hart
Shooting Guard Active $7,300 $7,600 23.96
MPG 3PM APG BPG FGM FTM PPG RPB SPG TOPG
28.7 1.3 2.6 0.3 3.5 1.5 9.7 6.3 1.0 1.2
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
44 Bojan Bogdanovic
Small Forward Active $5,600 $5,700 22.87
MPG 3PM APG BPG FGM FTM PPG RPB SPG TOPG
29.4 2.1 1.7 0.1 5.4 2.7 15.7 3.6 0.6 1.7
No. Player Position Status DraftKings Salary FanDuel Salary FPPG
0 Donte DiVincenzo
Shooting Guard Active $7,100 $7,100 22.13
MPG 3PM APG BPG FGM FTM PPG RPB SPG TOPG
24.6 1.9 2.7 0.2 3.6 0.9 10.0 4.4 1.2 1.4
No. Player Position Status DraftKings Salary FanDuel Salary FPPG
18 Alec Burks
Shooting Guard Active $4,100 $4,600 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 $5,800 $5,600 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 $6,700 $6,700 18.22
MPG 3PM APG BPG FGM FTM PPG RPB SPG TOPG
19.8 0.4 1.0 0.6 3.1 1.1 7.9 5.6 0.5 1.0
No. Player Position Status DraftKings Salary FanDuel Salary FPPG
1 Duane Washington Jr.
Point Guard Active 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 $3,800 $4,200 9.97
MPG 3PM APG BPG FGM FTM PPG RPB SPG TOPG
14.1 0.0 0.5 0.5 1.2 0.3 2.8 4.1 0.2 0.5
No. Player Position Status DraftKings Salary FanDuel Salary FPPG
2 Miles McBride
Point Guard Active $4,500 $5,400 8.13
MPG 3PM APG BPG FGM FTM PPG RPB SPG TOPG
11.7 0.7 1.1 0.1 1.4 0.4 4.0 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
11.3 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 4.55
MPG 3PM APG BPG FGM FTM PPG RPB SPG TOPG
7.7 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.6 0.3 1.8 1.0 0.3 0.3
No. Player Position Status DraftKings Salary FanDuel Salary FPPG
00 Jacob Toppin
Forward Active N/A N/A 3.48
MPG 3PM APG BPG FGM FTM PPG RPB SPG TOPG
4.6 0.1 0.4 0.1 0.6 0.3 1.6 0.9 0.0 0.1

Cleveland Cavaliers Roster

No. Player Position Status DraftKings Salary FanDuel Salary FPPG
45 Donovan Mitchell
Shooting Guard Day-To-Day $9,400 $9,800 39.36
MPG 3PM APG BPG FGM FTM PPG RPB SPG TOPG
34.2 3.0 4.6 0.3 8.9 4.2 24.9 4.3 1.4 2.8
No. Player Position Status DraftKings Salary FanDuel Salary FPPG
4 Evan Mobley
Power Forward Active $7,500 $8,100 35.75
MPG 3PM APG BPG FGM FTM PPG RPB SPG TOPG
33.6 0.3 2.7 1.6 6.4 2.5 15.7 9.0 0.8 1.9
No. Player Position Status DraftKings Salary FanDuel Salary FPPG
10 Darius Garland
Point Guard Active $7,100 $7,600 32.32
MPG 3PM APG BPG FGM FTM PPG RPB SPG TOPG
33.8 2.2 6.6 0.1 6.8 2.7 18.5 2.6 1.2 3.1
No. Player Position Status DraftKings Salary FanDuel Salary FPPG
31 Jarrett Allen
Center Active $7,400 $7,700 29.92
MPG 3PM APG BPG FGM FTM PPG RPB SPG TOPG
28.0 0.0 1.6 1.3 4.9 2.5 12.4 9.1 0.6 1.4
No. Player Position Status DraftKings Salary FanDuel Salary FPPG
3 Caris LeVert
Shooting Guard Day-To-Day $5,500 $6,200 26.96
MPG 3PM APG BPG FGM FTM PPG RPB SPG TOPG
28.0 1.5 4.0 0.3 5.3 2.2 14.1 3.8 1.0 1.8
No. Player Position Status DraftKings Salary FanDuel Salary FPPG
13 Tristan Thompson
Center Suspension N/A N/A 22.54
MPG 3PM APG BPG FGM FTM PPG RPB SPG TOPG
26.1 0.0 1.0 0.7 3.5 1.7 8.8 8.2 0.5 1.1
No. Player Position Status DraftKings Salary FanDuel Salary FPPG
1 Max Strus
Shooting Guard Active $5,700 $6,000 18.69
MPG 3PM APG BPG FGM FTM PPG RPB SPG TOPG
25.3 2.3 2.1 0.2 3.7 0.8 10.5 3.2 0.5 0.9
No. Player Position Status DraftKings Salary FanDuel Salary FPPG
35 Isaac Okoro
Small Forward Active $4,200 $4,700 17.13
MPG 3PM APG BPG FGM FTM PPG RPB SPG TOPG
27.4 0.9 1.7 0.4 3.0 1.5 8.4 2.9 0.8 0.9
No. Player Position Status DraftKings Salary FanDuel Salary FPPG
9 Craig Porter
Guard Active N/A N/A 14.38
MPG 3PM APG BPG FGM FTM PPG RPB SPG TOPG
14.0 0.2 2.6 0.3 2.5 1.0 6.1 2.4 0.5 1.0
No. Player Position Status DraftKings Salary FanDuel Salary FPPG
2 Ty Jerome
Shooting Guard Out N/A N/A 14.36
MPG 3PM APG BPG FGM FTM PPG RPB SPG TOPG
17.3 1.1 2.6 0.1 2.6 0.7 7.0 1.8 0.6 0.8
No. Player Position Status DraftKings Salary FanDuel Salary FPPG
32 Dean Wade
Power Forward Active N/A N/A 12.71
MPG 3PM APG BPG FGM FTM PPG RPB SPG TOPG
18.9 1.1 0.9 0.3 1.8 0.4 5.1 3.3 0.6 0.4
No. Player Position Status DraftKings Salary FanDuel Salary FPPG
30 Damian Jones
Center Active N/A N/A 12.19
MPG 3PM APG BPG FGM FTM PPG RPB SPG TOPG
13.8 0.1 0.7 0.7 1.9 1.0 4.9 3.2 0.3 0.6
No. Player Position Status DraftKings Salary FanDuel Salary FPPG
20 Georges Niang
Small Forward Active $3,300 $3,800 11.41
MPG 3PM APG BPG FGM FTM PPG RPB SPG TOPG
16.3 1.5 0.9 0.1 2.4 0.4 6.8 2.3 0.3 0.6
No. Player Position Status DraftKings Salary FanDuel Salary FPPG
5 Sam Merrill
Shooting Guard Active N/A N/A 9.55
MPG 3PM APG BPG FGM FTM PPG RPB SPG TOPG
12.0 1.5 1.1 0.0 1.9 0.2 5.6 1.5 0.3 0.3
No. Player Position Status DraftKings Salary FanDuel Salary FPPG
15 Isaiah Mobley
Forward Active N/A N/A 6.35
MPG 3PM APG BPG FGM FTM PPG RPB SPG TOPG
6.5 0.3 0.5 0.2 0.9 0.3 2.4 1.5 0.3 0.1
No. Player Position Status DraftKings Salary FanDuel Salary FPPG
21 Emoni Bates
Forward Active N/A N/A 4.7
MPG 3PM APG BPG FGM FTM PPG RPB SPG TOPG
7.6 0.5 0.6 0.2 0.6 0.1 1.8 1.0 0.1 0.1
No. Player Position Status DraftKings Salary FanDuel Salary FPPG
00 Sharife Cooper
Guard Active N/A N/A 1.18
MPG 3PM APG BPG FGM FTM PPG RPB SPG TOPG
3.0 0.1 0.4 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.5 0.4 0.0 0.4
No. Player Position Status DraftKings Salary FanDuel Salary FPPG
8 Pete Nance
Forward Active N/A N/A 0
MPG 3PM APG BPG FGM FTM PPG RPB SPG TOPG
2.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

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