NBA Fantasy Power Rankings, Playoff Edition: Nikola Jokić holds the top position

The first full week of the NBA playoffs 2025 did not disappoint, with several fights for wire and a variety of impressive individual achievements of some of the best in the league. In the following we open the players who took their games the most during the clashes with high operations in which they took part in, and also throw five DFS values ​​to consider the upcoming games:

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#1. Nikola Jokić, Nuggets

Last week: 65.2 FP/g / Season rank: 1 (64.3 FP/g)))

Jokić continued to live in his usual position in the fantasy hierarchy, although the Nuggets went 1-2 in their exciting series last week in their exciting series. Since it was customary, the elite-big man was not for any of the defects from Denver because he contributed a few triple doubles to start the week, including the Nugget defeat of Game 3. Jokić then brought his production over a 36-point 21-rank appearance to another level, which was also eight and a block and 14-to-25 shots contained in game 4 so that his squad could 2: 2 knots on Saturday evening. Jokić's final record of 28.3 points, 15.3 rebounds, 10.3 assists, 2.0 steals and 56.4%, including 52.9% from a 3-point range, was representative of a typical week for him in the regular season and a memory that this will probably be a series with seven games if the Joker has something to say.

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#2. Lebron James, Lakers

Last week: 61.4 FP/g Ceremony: 9 (47.1 fp/g)

The Lakers had a 1-2 week and are now in their conflict with the Timberwolves in the first round, but LeBron did his best to prevent an early fall in his first after-season next to Luka Dončić. James gradually increased his fantasy production throughout the series and he has recorded three consecutive double double into the new week. His most productive evaluation efforts were found to match the only win of Lakers, game 3, when he provided four templates, two steals and two blocks a double double with 38 points, 10-rebound double double. Then the future Hall of Fam on Sunday in game 4 in game 4 a whopping 18 trips to the foul line.

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#3. Giannis Antetokounmpo, dollar

Last week: 59.8 FP/g Ceremony: 9 (47.1 fp/g)

Giannis was the third star, who won only one of three off -season inclinations last week. Antetocounmpo, as it is susceptible, offered elite production as a goal scorer and rebounder above the rehearsal with three games and opened the week with 34 points, 18 rebound and 37-point sample with 12-rebound doubles in games 2 and 3. A 36-point representation in game 1 opened-but accompanied it with 15 other boards, another six templates and a steal. Antetocounmpo, which already an average of 20.5 shot attempts per competition with Indiana with Indiana, could very likely exceed this number in an excretion game on Tuesday.

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#4. Jayson Tatum, Celtics

Last week: 58.6 FP/g Ceremony: 7 (48.0 FP/g)

Tatum's Celtics went 2-1 during the week, but the star striker only played in games 3 and 4 due to a wrist injury that he had suffered at the start of the series that sank his availability of game 2. Nevertheless, Tatum used his two ways to take the team on his shoulders and aggressively lay down on the melody of 36 and 37 points. He was just a rebound of game 3, which also bounced down the following double double, and despite some overall inefficiency in the form of 42.6 %.

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#5. Cade Cunningham, Pistons

Last week: 56.9 FP/g Ceremony: 8 (48.0 FP/g)

The pistons suffered a heartbreaking game in game 4 on Sunday, but Cunningham shone in his first NBA season during a trio of games that served as a suitable example of its versatility. The first overall winner in 2021 began the week with 33 points, 12 rebounds, three assists and two steals in a brave 100-94 game 2 in Madison Square Garden, and he then put on his moderator hat in a game 3, where he spent 11 assists with 24 points, seven rebounds, four steals and two blocks. A suitable encore to this couple of outstanding efforts is a severe elevator, but Cunningham cleverly pulled it off during the heartbreaking defeat above on Sunday with 25 points, 10 rebounds, 10 assists and four blocks.

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The DFS value plays this week into account:

Davion Mitchell, heat

Last week: 31.8 FP/G

Was the most constant all-round actor the Heat in an otherwise discouraging first round for Miami.

Ty Jerome, Kavaliere

Last week: 25.4 FP/G

In Darius Garland's absence in game 3, the bank shone from the bank and could start the start at Point Guard if the veteran looks potentially series clinching game 4 on Monday.

Aaron Gordon, Nuggets

Last week: 25.6 FP/g

It was a constant source of the gate and the rebound through the first four games of the feeling of a series with seven games.

Norman Powell, Clipper

Last week: 27.8 FP/G

Despite the successive 20-point efforts and 42.3% 3-point shooting in the first four games in the series, he has affordable DFS salaries against Denver.

Gary Payton II, warrior

Last week: 12.9 FP/g

The highly questionable status of Jimmy Butler III for the rest of the series could afford the opportunity after an impressively efficient 16-point night in game 3.