As the NBA ramps up towards All-Star Weekend, February 11 offers a modest four-game slate of hoops action, but there are still plenty of decent matchups, including a rematch of last year’s Eastern Conference semifinals.
No teams are on the second night of a back-to-back, so the injury reports should be pretty clean, but all eight teams will play again tomorrow night, so it’s possible that some veterans will be surprise load-management scratches. DraftKings Network will have you covered with today’s injury report, which will be updated as teams release player status updates.
Here are my top three DFS stacks to target for tonight’s four contests on DraftKings.
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New York Knicks at Indiana Pacers
This game has the second-highest implied point total, and, given the Pacers’ recent strong form, it’s by far my favorite matchup on tonight’s slate. Indiana is 7-3 over its last 10 games, with a plus-2.5 net rating, and the Knicks are 7-3 as well, with a plus-3.3 net rating. The teams split their two previous matchups this season, although they haven’t played since November 10, when the Pacers notched a 132-121 victory. New York has more or less secured the third seed in the East, while Indiana is a game and a half ahead of the Milwaukee Bucks for fourth, so these teams aren’t currently slated to rematch in the playoffs unless both make the conference finals.
Core Plays: I’ve gotta go with the dynamic duo of Jalen Brunson ($8,400) and Karl-Anthony Towns ($9,400), who have formed a stellar partnership in the Big Apple all season. Lately, Brunson has been the more consistent of the two, averaging 30.8 points and 6.8 assists (46.2 FPTS) per game over his last four games, and overall, he has scored 30 or more points 18 times this season. Meanwhile, Towns has averaged just 17.3 points (36.6 FPTS) per game across that same span, including a nine-point outing his last time out. In the teams’ previous two matchups, Brunson has averaged 29.5 points (48.4 FPTS) per game and Towns 25.5 points (45.8 FPTS). I’d argue that the third member of the Knicks core is the most well-rounded player on the roster, Josh Hart ($7,600), who has averaged 19.3 points, 9.0 rebounds, and 6.3 assists (43.8 FPTS) per game over his last four games. Of the three, I think Hart has the best value, since Indiana has struggled against opposing small forwards.
Value Options: After missing the last three games with a sprained foot, OG Anunoby ($6,200) looks likely to play, but he might be on a minutes restriction if he does. In his absence, backup big Precious Achiuwa ($5,600) has played an increased role, averaging 10.5 points and 9.0 rebounds (28.4 FPTS) per game over his last four contests, and he’d be an excellent option if Towns — who ranks third in the league in fouls per game — against a team that ranks around the middle of the pack in free throw attempt rate. For Indiana, a fun flyer could be Ben Sheppard ($3,500), who has recorded at least 20 FPTS in each of his past three games.
Memphis Grizzlies at Phoenix Suns
The Grizzlies keep quietly churning along, posting the league’s seventh-best net rating over their last 10 games, but they can’t get too confident, because the Denver Nuggets are just one game behind for the second seed in the Western Conference and the red-hot Los Angeles Lakers — who, in case you didn’t know, added Luka Dončić at the trade deadline — are just two and a half games back. Meanwhile, Phoenix is going in the opposite direction, with a negative-1.0 net rating over the last 10 games, and there might be some deeper dysfunction behind the scenes, since they unsuccessfully tried to trade Kevin Durant ($9,000) at the trade deadline.
Core Plays: Durant is 26 points away from becoming the eighth player in NBA history to reach 30,000 career points, and he should have a great opportunity to do so against a Memphis team that has allowed the second-most points to opposing power forwards and plays at the league’s fastest pace. While the Grizzlies’ defense is excellent overall — they’ve allowed just 110.8 points per 100 possessions, the seventh-stingiest rate in the league — their pace means that their counting statistics aren’t as good. I also back Devin Booker ($9,500), who has averaged 32.0 points (47.7 FPTS) per game over his last six games on 50-35-90 shooting splits. Booker had a 47-point, 11-assist (74.0-FPT) outburst in a 135-127 victory over the Utah Jazz on February 7, the 16th-best single-game scoring performance this season.
Value Options: With Bradley Beal ($6,500) sidelined with toe soreness and Durant with an ankle injury, three-and-D specialist Royce O’Neale ($5,000) has seen a slight uptick in his usage rate and has had two solid performances, the better of which was a 12-point, three-rebound, four-assist, four-block (31.75-FPT) performance in the win over Utah. Because he’s split his time nearly evenly between the two forward positions, he should be able to exploit Memphis’ weakness against forwards. Plus, Bol Bol ($4,300) could be a high-upside play after recording 19 points and four blocks (40.8 FPTS) on Saturday against Denver, although he might see less playing time with Durant back in the rotation.
Detroit Pistons at Chicago Bulls
The Pistons are holding on in the East’s top six, with a one-game lead over the new-look Miami Heat in the race to avoid the Play-In Tournament. Over its last 10 games, Detroit has a plus-1.9 net rating, the 13th-best in basketball, and Cade Cunningham ($10,500) is not only an All-Star and the favorite for Most Improved Player — he’s also the most expensive player on tonight’s slate. Meanwhile, the Bulls have lost two straight after dealing Zach LaVine to the Sacramento Kings at the deadline, leaving Nikola Vucevic ($7,800) as the lone remnant of Chicago’s former “Big Three”. They have the eighth-worst net rating in basketball in the last 10 games.
Core Plays: Chicago’s defense isn’t good — it plays at the league’s third-fastest pace and has its fourth-worst defensive rating — so it gives up everything in bunches. The Bulls have allowed the second-most points, rebounds, and assists while forcing the second-fewest turnovers, so everyone on the Pistons could have a field day. That starts with Cunningham, who posted a 19-point, 10-rebound, 12-assist (56.0-FPT) triple-double in his most recent game, but it also extends to Tobias Harris ($5,900) and Jalen Duren ($6,600). Of the two supplementary options, I like Duren better, given that Vucevic is an average-to-below average defender and doesn’t have the athleticism to keep up with Duren.
Value Options: He might be too expensive to be considered a true value option — I typically like looking at players with a salary of $5,000 or less — but Ausar Thompson ($5,100) has improved since the calendar turned to 2025, finding an offensive spark to go with his game-wrecking defense. The 22-year-old has averaged 9.6 points per game on 58.9% shooting in 2025, and he has scored at least 10 points in nine of his last 11 games. For Chicago, LaVine’s departure has opened up more shots for high-flying lottery pick Matas Buzelis ($4,800), who has recorded six straight double-digit scoring outings, including a career-high 24-point (32.0-FPT) outing against the Heat last Tuesday.
