DraftKings Price: $8,300

Dallas Mavericks point guard Dennis Smith has already been ruled out for tonight's game against the Pelicans. With him out, it will once again be Luka Doncic who takes the reins as the main distributor for the Mavs.

Doncic has thrived with Smith out. In the 11 games Smith has missed, Doncic is putting up averaged of 20.2 points, 6.1 boards, and 6.5 assists. In the past five games without Smith, those numbers have rocketed to 25.0, 6.0, and 7.4, respectively. He's put up at least 47.75 DraftKings points in four of those five games and five of his past six without Smith.

Tonight, he faces a Pelicans team against whom he scored just 21.5 DraftKings points earlier this season. He played only 22 minutes in that blowout loss at New Orleans, however. The game should be more competitive tonight at the American Airlines Center in Dallas. The Mavs are actually 2.5-point favorites in a game that should be very fast paced. We currently project Doncic to score 37.1 DraftKings points, but we have his upside at 57.6 if he can put it all together once again.

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