Prior to missing two games with a back injury, Trail Blazers guard Damian Lillard had been a fixture in NBA DFS lineups for the first part of the season, averaging career-highs in points (28.6), assists (7.1), rebounds (4.9) and shooting percentage (45.2). And on Saturday, anyone who has relied on Lillard will have him back in the NBA DFS player pool as Portland takes on Cleveland. Meanwhile, players from Bucks vs. Pistons could be popular NBA DFS picks since the game has a total of 229.5. Giannis Antetokounmpo, Eric Bledsoe and Brook Lopez could be among the most popular NBA DFS stacks with the Bucks listed as 12-point favorites. Before you finalize your NBA DFS strategy, see the optimal NBA DFS advice from SportsLine’s Mike McClure.

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. Get Saturday’s lineups now.

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 Saturday’s NBA DFS slate. 

We can tell you McClure is high on Pacers point guard Aaron Holiday ($4,000 on FanDuel, $6,600 on DraftKings). Holiday has been benefiting from injuries in Indiana’s backcourt to Jeremy Lamb, Malcolm Brogdon and Victor Oladipo. And even with Lamb listed as probable to return from a left ankle sprain, Holiday has done plenty to ensure that he continues seeing plenty of minutes with Brogdon doubtful (back) at point guard.

Holiday is coming off a massive 24-point, 13-assist, six-rebound game on Monday against the Nets that was worth nearly 10x on DraftKings and 12x on FanDuel. As a starter the last seven games, he’s averaged 14.1 points, 5.1 assists and 3.9 rebounds while shooting 45.2 percent from the floor and 41.7 percent from beyond the arc. And as long as he continues to get significant minutes, he’s going to be a strong value in NBA DFS.

Part of McClure’s optimal NBA DFS strategy Saturday also includes rostering Raptors power forward Pascal Siakam ($9,300 on FanDuel, $9,100 on DraftKings), who has six double-doubles already this season. Siakam is averaging 25.1 points, 8.8 rebounds and 4.1 assists as he takes on the starring role in Toronto following Kawhi Leonard’s departure for the Clippers in free agency. On Saturday, Siakam will match up against a Hawks defense that will be without John Collins to defend the frontcourt and that ranks 19th in points allowed, 23rd in opponent field-goal percentage and 20th in opponent rebounding percentage.

McClure is also targeting another player who has a dream matchup on Saturday. 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 Saturday? 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.