DraftKings Daily Fantasy Basketball Picks (3/27/21): NBA DFS Lineups

The top daily fantasy basketball lineup picks for DraftKings on March 27, 2021. Mike Marteny provides NBA DFS analysis and sleeper picks for building optimal DFS rosters.

We still have a busy Saturday with nine games in the Association tonight. We saw some of the trade pieces go through last night. Most of the rest should go through tonight. Detroit, Milwaukee, Dallas, New Orleans, Boston, and Cleveland are all in the second game of back-to-back sets. Houston-Minnesota and Memphis-Utah are playing again for the second consecutive night! We have seen those games go quite the opposite of the original, so we have to be careful with those two.

Can the Knicks defense shut down the Bucks? Will Wood smack the Timberwolves again? Will Chicago have any of their new toys available? Will Luka Doncic play? We have a whole lot of questions and very few answers right now. I will try to navigate this the best I can, but make sure you check back in later today for ThunderDan's cheat sheet. He'll give you all you need to know in that sheet as we countdown to lock.

This article will supply you with my daily fantasy basketball lineup picks for the DraftKings on 3/27/21. You can also check out today’s FanDuel lineup picks. It’s also important to monitor injury news as a result of COVID-19 as the slate can completely change before line-up lock. Without further ado, let’s dive into the picks! 

DraftKings DFS Guards

Luka Doncic - PG, at New Orleans ($10,800)

Right now Luka is listed as hopeful to play, so I'll go with that. This is an elite matchup against the Pelicans. Guards have put up huge numbers on the Pelicans all year. Luka already did. He put up 80.5 DraftKings points and took an astonishing 30 shots! That probably wont happen with Porzingis more involved in the offense, but Luka's floor is closer to 60 than 50 so long as the back holds up. I'll take that from a high-priced star anytime! If Luka remains out, Jalen Brunson and Josh Richardson are the guys who will fill the void.

John Wall - PG, at Minnesota ($8,400)

DraftKings took the liberty of raising Wall's price a touch before knowing how tonight's game went. It was a correct premonition as Wall went nuts on Minnesota to the surprise of absolutely no one. I would say that it's unlikely to happen again, but I've watched Minnesota enough this year to know that Wall dropping another 50 on them is not only possible, but likely. If Houston decides to limit Wall's minutes, I'll bail. Until then, if he plays 30 minutes against this team, Wall is worth locking in.

Nickeil Alexander-Walker - PG/SG, vs. Dallas ($5,300)

NAW has filled in nicely in the absence of Lonzo Ball. With Ball expected to be out again, expect another 30 DraftKings points from NAW. He has hit that threshold in all three games filling in for Lonzo. Alexander-Walker is more of a scoring threat than Lonzo, so the Pelicans dynamic changes the lineup a bit. Eric Bledsoe runs the point instead of playing off the ball, but last night was the first time that Bledsoe has had a strong game in nearly a month. I'll take my chances with NAW, but Bledsoe is an interesting GPP dart throw at $4,400 with 30+ guaranteed minutes.

Reggie Jackson - PG, vs. Philadelphia ($4,700)

If Rajon Rondo is unable to make his Clippers debut tonight, we should see Jackson get significant minutes again. Of course, he likely wont get a chance to score 28 points with Kawhi back in the fold, but he should still to plenty to pay off this price with Patrick Beverley still out. However, if you are a NBA DFS veteran of more than a week, you know the volatility of Jackson. He's a walking ulcer when he's on your roster.

Bonus Guards: Russell Westbrook ($11,000), Anthony Edwards ($7,600), Malik Beasley ($6,800), Tomas Satoransky ($4,800)

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DraftKings DFS Forwards

Zion Williamson - PF/C, vs. Dallas ($8,700)

I rode Brandon Ingram over Zion last night and it backfired. Zion hit 16 of 19 field goal attempts and decimated Denver on the inside. He's more than capable of doing that to Dallas, especially if the Mavs sit Porzingis, who played too many minutes last night. My guess is Dallas will run Luka and rest Porzingis, which creates another perfect storm for Zion tonight. There's not one guy in the Dallas interior that can stop Zion. He put up 48 DraftKings points the first time around while missing just one of his 15 field goal attempts.

Larry Nance Jr. - SF/PF, at Sacramento ($6,800)

Nance played the Kings earlier this week and laid an absolute egg. However, I don't see him taking just six shots again regardless of the status of Collin Sexton. Despite an lackluster performance the first time around, this is still an elite matchup on paper. Nance rebounded with 87.5 DraftKings points in the first two games of this road trip. I expect Nance to exact some revenge here. Nance should have no problems reaching 40 DraftKings points. Of course, I said that on Monday too.....

Juancho Hernangomez - PF, vs. Houston ($3,700)

The Minnesota rotations are nearly impossible to figure out, and it's only going to get worse tonight with the return of Malik Beastley. That shouldn't affect Juancho's time up front though. Jarred Vanderbilt has been thoroughly unimpressive of late, affording Juancho more playing time and he is making it count. Juancho put up 36.75 DraftKings points on Houston last night and put up 25.25 on Dallas Wednesday night. This mini heater should get him more playing time, but this is the Timberwolves we're talking about. They have the worst record in the league for a reason.

Bonus Forwards: Jayson Tatum ($8,400), Saddiq Bey ($6,000), Joe Ingles ($5,800), Josh Hart ($5,600)

DraftKings DFS Centers

Karl-Anthony Towns - C, vs. Houston ($9,700)

So, uh, Towns ravages the Houston interior for 64 DraftKings points last night - while hitting just nine of 26 shot attempts, mind you - and his price goes down $200. Makes sense. I'll happily take the discount. That is the third game over 60 DraftKings points in nine games since the break for Towns. He's on quite a roll right now. Houston needs to try to find a way to stop him, but I don't see anyone on the roster will the skill set to do so. Expect another strong showing from Towns tonight, even if he does come up a bit short of 60.

Jarrett Allen - C, at Sacramento ($7,700)

Much like Nance earlier this week, Allen was ineffective against the Kings in Cleveland, but caught fire once the team hit the road. Allen has 80.5 DraftKings points over the last two games. Also like Nance, I'm going to trust the season-long success of bigs against the Kings. I'm also going to trust the season numbers and successful week of Allen.

Dwight Howard - C, at Clippers ($5,600)

The minutes are there for Dwight Howard if he can keep his hot head on the court. He started out hot against the Lakers on Thursday, but got in a fight with Montrezl Harrell and was shown the showers after just six minutes against his former team. He had a day to cool off in L.A., and the situation is the same for Philly. Howard is an elite per-minute guy at this point in his career, but it capped at 30 minutes. The only silver lining here is that Howard should be well rested. He'll see 25-30 minutes so long as he can keep himself in check. That should give him a floor of around 6x value.

Bonus Centers: Nikola Vucevic ($9,500), Richaun Holmes ($7,500), Mason Plumlee ($6,200), Hassan Whiteside ($4,200)

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