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Overview

                          It's playoffs time!!!

The action continues today so we need to do some changes on the fly. 

Despite the unlimited trades, choices will be tough as teams will be making more adjustments per their opponents strengths and weaknesses. We will get back to our T1 and T2 split strategy, emphasizing balance between the two days and we will be providing a possible surprise player each round per our research. 

Make sure you scroll till the end in order of our piece and also have a look at the AlleyOopsDunks video.

Lets dive in:

For T1 we are picking:

1. T.J. Shorts (20.4 CR). Excellent in the first game and seems unfazed by the playoffs pressure. 

2. Kendrick Nunn (19. CR) despite a mediocre for his standards performance we will stick with the MVP.  We will back him to bounce back with a great performance and also pick him as T1 captain.   

3. Nigel Hayes Davis (16.8) had a solid G1 and we expect him to do even better in G2. 

4. Yakuba Ouattara (4 CR) as a filler pick.

5. Panagiotis Kalaitzakis (4 CR) as another filler pick. Sy Bandja can also fill that role at 4.1 CR.

For T2 we are picking:

1. Sasha Vezenkov (22.4 CR). The player with the highest PIR in the game did not disappoint in G1 so he will also be our fall back option as T2 captain. 

2. Evan Fournier (12.1 CR). The Frenchman seemed really up for it in G1 so we will back him for an even better performance in G2

3. Joel Parra (6.6 CR) as the Spaniard continues to contribute. 

4. Youssoupha Fall (6.4 CR) seemed to be a favorable matchup against the Monaco frontline so we can back him for one game here.   

Coach selection:

We will stick go with coach Bartzokas (8.1 CR) as Olympiakos seemed to be in full control of G1. 

Potential Surprise performer:

Mikael Jantunen (9.4 CR). We will also stick with him given his playing time & very good price.  

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Good Luck to all and always remember: trust yourselves instead of some random internet website right? Have fun

Signed: AN & Mid-range Maven - Alley Oop Dunks

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Continuing our journey with our new Fantasy basketball contributors. As time is very limited between fixtures, we do not have the new AlleyOopDunks release/video yet. Please stay tuned and check their channel as their picks should be uploaded prior to tipoff.