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

Russell Westbrook, PG, Oklahoma City Thunder

Price: $11,600

The Philadelphia 76ers aren't the softest matchup around, but on tonight's slate, they don't pose much of a concern. They rank 12th in the NBA in defensive rating on the year but sport only the seventh-best mark among the 12 teams in action on tonight's defense-heavy slate. The Oklahoma City Thunder also have a slate-high 239.0-point implied total.

Russell Westbrook has been producing some really strong numbers lately, averaging 58.6 FanDuel points per game over his last 15. Those numbers are as good as anyone in the league in that time, ranking second in the NBA among all players, only 0.7 fantasy points out of first place.

The first of those 15 games saw him flop with 39.5 FanDuel points, but since then, he has topped 45 FanDuel points in 14 straight, with more games of more than 60 (five) than with fewer than 55 (four).

The Sixers are also a softer matchup than usual right now thanks to the absence of Joel Embiid. Their defensive takes a huge hit when Embiid is off the floor, going from a 107.0 defensive rating when he's on the floor to 113.1 with him off. For context, 113.1 would stack up as the third-worst mark in the NBA on the season.