DraftKings Price: $8,400

The San Antonio Spurs would probably like to avoid the Warriors in the first round of the NBA playoffs, and a win tonight would help them in their quest to do so. Entering tonight's contest against the surging Atlanta Hawks, the Spurs are tied with the Oklahoma City Thunder. They won the season series against OKC, however, so all they have to do is keep pace with them for five more games.

Tonight is one of two remaining home games, and the Spurs will be relying heavily on LaMarcus Aldridge to get a win and help them get them one step closer to facing the Nuggets instead of the Warriors. Aldridge has been lights out for three of his past four games, which include efforts of 61.5 and 75.75 DraftKings points. While he hasn't put up such lofty numbers against the Hawks recently, he's scored at least 47.75 DraftKings points in three of his past four meetings against them.

Tonight's game has a total set at 228.0 points, highest on the slate. There should be plenty of opportunity for the fake points to accumulate against a team who has given up at least 114 points in six straight games. We have Aldridge taking advantage, projecting him for 45.5 DraftKings points tonight.

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