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The Layup Line: Friday March 28th

  • By Gabriel Pérez-Grill

    Last Updated on March 28, 2025 8:44 pm by Mike Passador | Published: March 28, 2025

    Injury Report

    To stay up-to-date on all of the injury news with up-to-the-minute updates, make sure to check out our LIVE Injury Report!

    Note that teams have until 1 p.m. local time on the day of a game to submit their report for the second leg of a back-to-back, so look out for updates throughout the day as appropriate.

    Teams that have a Thursday-Friday B2B: Cavs, Jazz

    Cleveland Cavaliers @ Detroit Pistons

    Game Time: 7:00 pm ET

    DraftKings Lines

    CLE -6.5 (-258), DET +6.5 (+210)
    Game Total: 231.5

    Key Storylines

    Expect A Lot Of Hunter: With the Cavs without Max Strus and Ty Jerome on Friday, expect De’Andre Hunter to get more run and usage vs. the Pistons. While Hunter has been a borderline player in standard formats since being moved to Cleveland, we know that Hunter usually thrives when he has elevated usage, making him an intriguing streaming option.

    Schröder Must Roster: Cade Cunningham remains out and is officially deemed as “day-to-day”. Dennis Schröder has started in place of Cunningham and should be rostered in all formats for as long as he starts. Schröder can provide solid scoring, assists, strong FT% and steals in a starting role.

    Stream of the Game

    The previously mentioned De’Andre Hunter and Dennis Schröder are the priorities here.

    Alternatives: Tim Hardaway Jr., Isaiah Stewart and Dean Wade. Marcus Sasser, Sam Merrill and Ron Holland III (deeper formats).

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    Los Angeles Clippers @ Brooklyn Nets

    Game Time:  7:30 pm ET

    DraftKings Lines

    LA -12.5 (-750), BKN +12.5 (+525)
    Game Total: 213.5

    Key Storylines

    Slowly Getting There: It is taking Norman Powell a number of games to get back on track after his extended time unavailable, but Wednesday’s game vs. the Knicks was encouraging. Powell logged 31 minutes in which scored 19 points on 7-of-12 shooting from the field.

    With Kawhi Leonard “fully ramped-up” at this point of the season, it seems unlikely that we will see Powell get similar amount of shots than he was when Leonard was out or still being limited, but fantasy managers should expect better performances from Powell down the stretch of the season compared to what we have seen from him over the last two weeks.

    1.5 Blocks: Nicolas Claxton is averaging 1.5 blocks per contest over the last month of the season (14 games) in 29 minutes per contest. Claxton really struggled early on in the season, but has turned it around over the second half of the season in the blocks department, and rewarded fantasy managers who managed to be patient with him.

    Stream of the Game

    Keon Johnson can help fantasy managers in need of a boost in points and triples.


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