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The NBA's two highest-scoring teams face off tonight, and Vegas expects fireworks. How can we optimally attack this game?

James Harden, SG, Houston Rockets

FanDuel Price: $12,200

Tonight, the NBA's two highest-scoring teams face off, and all eyes will be on this game. Despite boasting a 116-point implied team total, James Harden and the Houston Rockets are 4.5-point home underdogs to the Golden State Warriors. The over/under in this game currently sits at an unprecedented 236.5 points.

This game is sure to be the most heavily targeted on the slate by daily fantasy players tonight. So, for your convenience, the splits of the four most-expensive Rockets players in situations similar to this have been included below, as well as their FanDuel point averages over the past two seasons and in meetings with the Warriors during that time.

Eric Gordon's numbers represent just this season, as it is his first with the Rockets. All data was pulled from the RotoViz Game Splits App.

Name15-16 FD Ptsvs GSW115+ Implied Total225+ O/U
Patrick Beverley22.520.33125
James Harden50.550.458.258.3
Trevor Ariza25.221.32627.8
Eric Gordon25.630.729.431


As you can see, all four players have predictably seen boosts to their numbers when playing in other projected shootouts like tonight's. None more so than Harden though, who has averaged nearly 60 FanDuel points in other high-scoring affairs over the past two seasons.

When looking at just this season's games he has played in with at least a 115-point implied team total, he has been absolutely phenomenal -- averaging a triple-double in such games, along with 59.7 FanDuel points.

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