3 NBA FanDuel Studs to Target on 2/28/19

Nikola Jokic, C, Denver Nuggets

Price: $11,100

The Utah Jazz continue to carry a reputation as a brutal fantasy matchup, and with top-five marks in both defensive rating and rebound rate on the season, that's not far off. One interesting thing about those rankings, though, is that it hasn't stopped them from allowing top-10 fantasy production to opposing centers.

According to NBA.com, only three teams "allow" opposing centers to play more minutes per game than the Jazz, a team whose big, slow style seems to keep opponents from rolling out small-ball lineups as often.

The Denver Nuggets have looked to match the Jazz with size in their two matchups this season. The first game was a 15-point blowout win for the Nuggets, but Nikola Jokic played 24.3 of the first 34 minutes in the game, adding just 4.6 fourth-quarter minutes in the blowout. The more recent meeting was closer, and Jokic played 37.1 minutes -- his fifth-highest mark of the year.

We've seen Jokic average 52.7 FanDuel points per game over his 10 contests with at least 36 minutes played this season, and with his average of 1.52 FanDuel points per minute on the year (sixth-best in the NBA), Jokic's potential for a bigger-then-usual workload today makes him a strong play in all formats.

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