How to use Defense vs. Position and Opposing Stats for DFS (NBA)

If you are trying to find the hottest Point Guard of the night, you probably want to review the teams who are consistently giving up a lot of points to PGs. If you want to find a player who will have a ton of blocks or steals, then you should review the teams who are giving up a lot of blocks and steals. Simple!

Defense Vs. Position (Poor Defense)

Certain teams can be notoriously poor at defending against specific positions. This is a focal point in all of Daily Fantasy Sports. When choosing a center, why not look at players facing teams who give up the most points to centers? Conversely, maybe one of your centers has been on fire, but today he is facing a great defense who consistently locks down centers. Maybe it is a good day to fade him. A poor defense is one of the easiest concepts to understand and to explain, but one of the hardest to actually calculate. But don’t worry, Player Lab has that covered.

Allowed Stats by Opponent

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Player Lab

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