NBA Fast Break Play-In Tournament | Day 3
Today’s Objective(s): 25 Field Goals Made & 40 Field Goal Attempts
Overview:
Both the 10 seeds took out the 9 seeds on the road and they’ll need to do it again to stave off elimination. Miami looks to survive against Atlanta and Dallas aims to quiet their critics against the Grizzlies to punch their ticket as the 8 seeds. Whether they lose today or delay the inevitable, facing Cleveland and Oklahoma City in the first round is no small task and the probability of success is quite low.
Most lineups had four of five players who made and attempted the most three pointers. Today, the task is heightened as you’ll want players who not only make shots, but take them too as you are looking for volume, volume, volume. Reaching the 25 field goal threshold is more a formality than a hindrance, so field goal attempts will be the differentiating factor today.
On Day 2 of the Play-In Tournament, well over 50 participants had the highest possible lineup and yet only 50 walked away with a reward as their tier and serial set them apart from the rest of the pack. What’s your strategy today? Do you use the auto-set feature? Do you include a dark horse to potentially land in the top five? Do you have low serials on higher tiers that’ll carry you if the most utilized carry the day? As over 90% of participants earned a win the last two days, winning is all but guaranteed so your goal is to reach the top 50.
If you have not seen it already, there is a bracket challenge for the NBA Playoffs with prizes attached. Choose your winners of each round and follow along throughout the playoffs. The Western Conference could arguably have any of the top eight teams make the Finals whereas the Eastern Conference is likely limited to three viable options. Be sure to fill out a bracket and dive into the projections below and pick your lineup for today.
Today’s Objective(s):
Fast Break Day 2 requires five (5) players who will make 25.0 or more and attempt 40.0 or more shots, which means each player will need to average at least 5.0 FGM & 8.0 FGA. As there are only rewards for daily winners, earning a win is irrelevant. Your goal is to select the top five players in both makes and attempts. Keep in mind there are no run-based rewards and the last day of the play-in tournament, so no need to hold back.
Shot Makers & Takers: Trae Young, Tyler Herro, Jaren Jackson, Ja Morant, Anthony Davis, Desmond Bane, Andrew Wiggins, Bam Adebayo
Top Five (5) Players in Classic Lineups: A. Davis (84%), B. Adebayo (60%), T. Young (60%), J. Jackson (56%), D. Bane (48%)
NBA Playoffs:
Statistical Approach:
Top players in projected field goals made & field goal attempts according to Rotowire & NBA.com, which is available in the table(s) below. Overall rank is based on daily projections, last 10 games, and rest of season projections, which is stack ranked amongst peers for each objective. When there is a single objective, the three data points are still used to stack rank the players vs. ranking solely on projections. For tome+ subscribers, projected rest-of-season stats are available in the provided data file. Omission of certain players would be based on injuries at the time of data pull.
Play-In Tournament Run Rewards:
Daily Reward: Top 50
Milestone Reward: N/A
Run Reward: N/A
Additional Links & Resources:
nbatopshot.com/fastbreak - set your lineup
Flowty.io - find/rent moments for your Fast Break roster
OwnTheMoment Fast Break Planner - connect your collection & map out your lineups
Tome+ Exclusive: Witty’s Cheat Sheet - plan your series using data for each day & objective (update coming for the first round of the NBA Playoffsd)
Tome+ Exclusive: Witty’s Player Targets Guide - players organized by Fast Break utility & rare/legendary prices
NBA version updated as of April 13th; WNBA version updated as of April 12th
Tome Collective’s Fast Break Play-In Tournament Line-Up (Commons Only Challenge):
Many Fast Break participants do not have an extensive collection of rare or legendary moments, so they are limited to single use commons. Even with a limited lineup, participants have found a way to reach the maximum rewards. Follow along as the Tome Collective account participates in Fast Break without using any player more than once - in both our success and failures.
We will have no issues setting lineups for today, but we’ll likely include a wild card to differentiate ourselves in hopes of reaching the top 50.
The top players for today’s Fast Break objective(s). Source: Rotowire & NBA.com, 2025.
Projected FGM & FGA
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