3 NBA FanDuel Studs to Target on 1/18/19

Kevin Durant, SF, Golden State Warriors

Price: $10,800

The Golden State Warriors are expected to debut DeMarcus Cousins tonight, but being almost 12 months removed from his last game and likely dealing with a minutes limit, you shouldn't let that scare you off of the other Warriors players tonight.

The Dubs have a massive 124.25-point implied total tonight, which is especially appealing when combined with the games' seven-point spread, which suggests that this should be more of a closely-contested shootout than we often see with their big totals.

The last 10 games Durant has played in with single-digit margins of victory have seen him average 52.7 FanDuel points in 38.5 minutes per game. In the eight games with margins of 10 or more in that same time frame he's averaging only 38.5 FanDuel points in 31.7 minutes per game.

That keeps his salary nice and low relative to his upside, especially with three such games having come in his last five. The Los Angeles Clippers rank bottom-10 in defensive rating, and Durant should have no trouble putting up big numbers if he gets minutes into the high 30s again tonight.