NBA DFS Matchup: Pelicans-Lakers (2024-02-09)

In tonight’s NBA DFS matchup (Fri, February 9th at 10:30 PM EST), the first place team of Southwest Division, the New Orleans Pelicans, will go head-to-head with the Los Angeles Lakers, occupying the 4th spot in the Pacific Division. The game will take place in Los Angeles, CA at the crypto.com Arena. The Pelicans possess an away standing of 15-10 and have secured an overall standing of 30-21, while the Lakers hold a home standing of 17-9 and an overall standing of 27-26. The Pelicans are led by coach Willie Green, with 3 players not participating in the game. On the other hand, the Lakers, under the leadership of coach Darvin Ham, will be missing 5 of their players in tonight’s game.

Please note: the statistics mentioned below are derived from season averages as of today.

Pelicans-Lakers NBA DFS Matchup

The Pelicans enter the match with a total of 5,961 points, 2,267 rebounds, 1,377 assists, and a shooting accuracy of 48.8%. On the other hand, the Lakers will be starting the basketball match with 6,150 points, 2,275 rebounds, 1,498 assists, and a slightly higher field goal percentage of 49.1%.

Status & Injury Report

No.	Player Name	Team	Status	Issue
1	D’Angelo Russell	Los Angeles Lakers	Day-To-Day	Soreness (Leg)
2	Jarred Vanderbilt	Los Angeles Lakers	Out	Sprain (Leg)
5	Cam Reddish	Los Angeles Lakers	Out	Sprain (Leg)
7	Gabe Vincent	Los Angeles Lakers	Out	Surgery (Leg)
10	Max Christie	Los Angeles Lakers	Day-To-Day	Sprain (Leg)
1	Zion Williamson	New Orleans Pelicans	Day-To-Day	Bruise (Leg)
17	Jonas Valanciunas	New Orleans Pelicans	Day-To-Day	Bruise (Leg)
8	Naji Marshall	New Orleans Pelicans	Day-To-Day	Spasms (Torso)

New Orleans Pelicans Roster

No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
1	Zion Williamson
		Power Forward		Day-To-Day		$7,100		$8,300		39.95
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		31.6	0.2	3.9	0.5	9.6	5.5	24.8	6.5	0.9	2.8
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
14	Brandon Ingram
		Small Forward		Active		$7,700		$8,100		33.44
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		33.0	1.4	4.2	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		Active		$6,700		$7,800		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		Day-To-Day		$6,300		$6,600		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		$4,400		$5,400		23.51
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		29.4	0.9	2.3	0.8	3.6	1.8	10.0	3.8	1.5	1.3
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
22	Larry Nance Jr.
		Power Forward		Active		$4,200		N/A		22.26
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		23.3	0.4	1.8	0.5	3.2	1.0	7.8	6.3	1.2	0.9
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
		21.1	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
25	Trey Murphy III
		Shooting Guard		Active		$4,500		N/A		19.22
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		23.8	2.0	1.2	0.4	3.6	1.5	10.9	3.1	0.8	0.6
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
15	Jose Alvarado
		Point Guard		Active		$3,400		$4,300		17.27
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		18.1	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		Day-To-Day		N/A		N/A		16.45
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		19.5	0.7	2.1	0.2	2.6	1.6	7.6	3.5	0.7	1.1
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
24	Jordan Hawkins
		Guard		Active		N/A		N/A		15.49
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		20.7	2.0	1.3	0.1	3.3	1.3	9.9	2.7	0.3	0.8
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
11	Dyson Daniels
		Guard		Active		$3,600		$4,900		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
50	Jeremiah Robinson-Earl
		Forward		Active		N/A		N/A		15.05
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		18.8	0.9	0.9	0.3	2.4	0.8	6.6	4.5	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
		12.8	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

Los Angeles Lakers Roster

No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
23	LeBron James
		Small Forward		Active		$9,800		$10,100		50.35
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		38.0	1.6	7.3	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		$10,200		$11,400		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		Day-To-Day		$7,200		$7,800		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		Active		$3,900		$4,700		26.9
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		23.3	1.2	1.4	0.9	4.9	2.6	13.7	7.0	0.5	1.4
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
15	Austin Reaves
		Shooting Guard		Active		$6,900		$7,700		22.26
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		27.6	1.3	3.4	0.3	3.9	2.8	11.8	3.3	0.6	1.4
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
28	Rui Hachimura
		Power Forward		Active		$4,900		$5,200		21.31
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		26.4	0.9	1.3	0.2	4.8	1.7	12.3	4.8	0.6	1.0
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		$4,400		$5,400		19.17
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		24.6	1.7	1.7	0.4	3.6	1.3	10.3	3.6	0.8	1.5
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
5	Cam Reddish
		Small Forward		Out		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		$4,200		$4,800		14.69
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		15.9	0.1	0.7	0.6	2.6	1.6	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		10.41
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		11.4	0.5	1.9	0.1	1.8	0.6	4.7	1.3	0.5	0.5
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
10	Max Christie
		Guard		Day-To-Day		N/A		N/A		9.34
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		14.9	0.7	0.8	0.3	1.5	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		8.34
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		11.1	0.6	0.8	0.2	1.1	0.4	3.2	2.2	0.4	0.5
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
14	Colin Castleton
		Center		Active		N/A		N/A		6.06
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		6.4	0.0	0.6	0.0	1.2	0.8	3.2	1.8	0.0	0.2
No.	Player	Position		Status		DraftKings Salary		FanDuel Salary		FPPG
0	Jalen Hood-Schifino
		Guard		Active		N/A		N/A		3.79
		MPG	3PM	APG	BPG	FGM	FTM	PPG	RPB	SPG	TOPG
		6.1	0.1	0.5	0.1	0.5	0.7	1.8	0.7	0.2	0.5
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
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
		3.7	0.1	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.4	0.2	0.1	0.3

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