Two interesting games are of the Friday NBA schedule that includes 26 teams worth of talent in the NBA DFS player pool. Kawhi Leonard makes just his second trip to San Antonio since being traded, as the Los Angeles Clippers take on the Spurs. Leonard was once a San Antonio standout before being traded to Toronto for a season, and is now paired with Paul George in Los Angeles — where the Clippers are 14-5. The other Los Angeles team is even hotter, as the Lakers have won nine straight and take on the struggling Washington Wizards. LeBron James and Anthony Davis combine to average 51.9 points per game, and face a Wizards team that gets 28.9 ppg from Bradley Beal. Are Leonard, George, DeRozan, Aldridge, James, Davis or Beal poised to pay off as part of your NBA DFS strategy Friday? And which NBA DFS stacks can lead you to victory? Before locking in your daily Fantasy basketball picks and lineups for any tournaments, cash games, or 50-50s on sites like FanDuel and DraftKings on Friday, see what SportsLine’s Mike McClure has to say. 

McClure is a DFS professional with nearly $2 million in career winnings. He’s also a predictive data engineer at SportsLine who uses a powerful prediction model that simulates every minute of every game 10,000 times, taking factors like matchups, statistical trends and injuries into account. This allows him to find the best NBA DFS values and create optimal lineups that he shares only over at SportsLine. They’re a must-see for any NBA DFS player.

McClure rolled through the 2018-19 NBA season, producing multiple lineups that led to huge returns for followers, including as much as 40x on FanDuel and 84x on DraftKings. Now, he’s off to a blistering start to the 2019-20 NBA season, cashing on both sites on Tuesday’s Opening Night 2019 and then following that up with returns as high as 20x on DraftKings the next night. Overall, his lineups have cashed a whopping 60 percent of the time so far on DraftKings and FanDuel. Anybody following him has seen huge returns. 

Now he’s turned his attention to Friday’s NBA DFS slate. Head to SportsLine to see his lineups here.

For Friday, we can tell you McClure is high on James at $11,400 on FanDuel and $11,200 on DraftKings. James is putting together another fantastic season, averaging 25.8 points, 7.3 rebounds and an NBA-best 11.0 assists per game. He went for 29 points (10-18 FG, 2-6 threes, 7-11 FT), 11 assists, five rebounds, two steals and a block in Wednesday’s comeback win over New Orleans — the Lakers’ ninth straight win.

It was James’ 14th double-double of the season, and third straight game where he shot over 50 percent from the field. James and the 16-2 Lakers get the Wizards on Friday, a team that is 26thin the NBA defending his position. And with Anthony Davis questionable with a shoulder injury, figure James to rack up another complete effort for your NBA DFS team.

Part of McClure’s optimal NBA DFS strategy Friday also includes rostering Toronto Raptors power forward Chris Boucher ($3,700 on FanDuel, $3,900 on DraftKings). With Serge Ibaka (ankle) likely out Friday, Boucher will be relied on again to put in meaningful minutes Friday for the Raptors. Boucher managed 13 points, 12 rebounds and four assists in 25 minutes during Wednesday’s 126-98 victory over the Knicks. 

He has gone for double-digit points and at least eight rebounds in four of Toronto’s last five games. The second-year pro from Oregon and his Raptors take on the Orlando Magic on Friday, a team that is 17thin the NBA defending power forwards. At such a low price point, McClure says to invest in Boucher if you want to roll to victory.

McClure is also targeting another player who has a dream matchup on Friday. The stars are aligning for him to return 50, even 60 points on DraftKings and FanDuel. This pick could be the difference between winning your tournaments and cash games or going home with nothing.

So who is DFS pro Mike McClure putting in his optimal NBA DFS lineup for Friday? Visit SportsLine now to see the full NBA optimal tournament and cash game lineups from a professional DFS player who has almost $2 million in career winnings, and find out.