Fantasy basketball picks and betting tips for Friday's NBA slate - ESPN

ESPN's fantasy basketball daily cheat sheet is your pregame destination before you set your lineups for that night's games. Here you'll read our best advice for the night, including a selection of players you can stream as well as game-by-game injury reports and player projections.

The NBA is in full swing as we move past the sugar high of Halloween and flip the calendar to November. There are nine games on the calendar Friday night, highlighted by a rematch of last season's Western Conference Semifinals between the Denver Nuggets and Minnesota Timberwolves (9:30 p.m. ET on ESPN).

Nikola Jokic is already deep into MVP form, with two triple-doubles and two 40-point efforts in his four games thus far. Meanwhile, Anthony Edwards is currently on pace to set an NBA record for 3-pointers taken per game (13.3 3PA) and (ESPNBET Alert!) is taking early aim at the NBA 3-point crown. Should be a fun matchup.

Let's dig deeper into this, and all of the other NBA action on this TGIF weekend-eve. As always, we'll identify some fantasy hoops streamer options as well as some betting angles of interest.

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Payton Pritchard, PG, Boston Celtics (available in 74.7% of ESPN leagues)

Pritchard is becoming a metronome with his production. He now has four straight games with at least 15 points and four made 3-pointers. He is coming off a season-high 39 minutes against the Pacers and is also contributing in other categories, with back-to-back games of eight combined rebounds and assists plus at least one steal. On Friday, Pritchard faces a very friendly Charlotte Hornets defense that is allowing the most fantasy points in the NBA to opposing