Steph Curry, PG, Golden State Warriors
DraftKings Price: $9,300
If the Warriors are to stay in the game with the Rockets tonight, then they're going to need a big game from Stephen Curry.
Golden State will be without Kevin Durant, who will miss tonight's game with a right ankle bruise. Somebody will obviously need to pick up the slack, and Curry is likely to be the guy. He certainly has been before in these situations.
Since Durant came to the Warriors three seasons ago, Curry has played 157 games with him and 28 without. When they're on the court together, Curry puts up a respectable 45.2 DraftKings points. When KD isn't on the hardwood, Curry's output in all categories jumps. He averaged 2.6 more points, 1.0 more assists, 0.7 more boards, 0.5 more steals, and his DraftKings output jumps to 51.3 points.
He's scored at least 47.75 DraftKings points in each of his two meetings with the Rockets this season, and our models expect him to be close to that type of output again. We currently have him projected for 47.4 DraftKings points.