We’re into a new month as the fantasy basketball playoffs loom in a few weeks. This might be your last chance to get a few more wins and sneak into the postseason, unless you’ve done your work already and have clinched a berth.
In the middle of Week 18 of the fantasy basketball season, we had a clash of top teams in both conferences with the Pistons taking on the Thunder. Detroit would come out on top with Shai Gilgeous-Alexander not quite ready to return from injury. Though, SGA was able to return the next game for OKC and post 69 fantasy points in a win over the Nuggets. That total wasn’t enough to get him into the perfect lineup. Let’s take a look at the players who were able to make it on and likely helped your fantasy team pick up a W this past week.
Week 18 High Score Perfect Lineup.
(Taylor Wilhelm)
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Cade Cunningham, guard: Cade just edges out Alperen Şengün for the top spot of last week. The Pistons have won five of the past six games since the All-Star break and are still 5.5 games clear of the Boston Celtics for first place in the Eastern Conference as we enter March. Cunningham had his best stretch of play since November, posting four double-doubles in the past five games. His line vs. the Thunder was 29-13-4 with 6 stocks to get to the top of the leaderboard.
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Tyrese Maxey, guard: Maxey continues to fill up the score sheet with at least 27 points in each game since the All-Star break. His assist numbers have crept up in that stretch of six games with at least seven dimes in four of those contests. Maxey has been a league-winning type of player all season and should finish out the campaign as such given the Sixers are trying to avoid dropping down to the play-in tourney.
Alperen Şengün, frontcourt: It feels like every so often we get the spike game from the Rockets big man. He’s been much more inconsistent in the second half of the season and is averaging just 46.6 fantasy points over the past 30 days. Still, we know what Şengün is capable of with the triple-double ceiling while being a disruptor on the defensive end. In a blowout win over the Kings, Şengün posted a 26-13-11 triple-double with 5 stocks to just miss the top score overall.
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Nikola Jokić, frontcourt: Oddly enough the return of Jokić has not helped the Nuggets as much as we thought. Aaron Gordon’s continued absence has hurt the team and now Cameron Johnson is banged up. Denver is 5-8 since the Joker returned to the lineup back on Jan. 30. Plus, Jokić continues to be pedestrian by his lofty standards for fantasy managers, though that isn’t exactly the same in High Score. He’s at least topped out with high scores of 85, 94 and now 75 over the past three weeks.
Victor Wembanyama, frontcourt: Wemby and the Spurs wrap up a tough five-game road trip on Tuesday against the Sixers before taking on the Pistons again at home. In the last meeting between those two teams, Wemby posted 67 fantasy points to get onto this list with 21-17-4 and 6 blocks in 36 minutes. Wembanyama is starting to play heavier minutes as San Antonio tries to unseat OKC at the top of the West.
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Jalen Duren, frontcourt: The Pistons center has battled through injuries most of the season, missing 10 games so far. But when he’s on the court, he’s played at an All-Star level (he was an All-Star for the first time this season). We’d like to see better block totals overall from Duren; he had 3 in a narrow win over the Cavs to go with 33 points, 16 rebounds and 3 assists. If Duren can reach that ceiling more often, he could be pivotal for managers down the stretch.
Luka Dončić, utility: The Lakers wrapped up Week 18 with back-to-back wins over the weekend thanks to some efficient scoring by Luka; he had a total 54 points in 58 minutes spanning the two contests. Despite consistently popping up in this lineup for most of the season, February wasn’t exactly kind to Dončić. He battled through injuries early in the month and through the All-Star break and failed to post a triple-double in nine straight games.
