DFSGhost 
As we await the beginning of the 2021 splits, there is some League of Legends (LoL) action in the DraftKings lobby as LPL teams face off in the NEST tournament. For those that haven’t realized already, this tournament is unranked, meaning teams have been mixing in new starting lineups, using plenty of substitutes, and players we have no seen before – what this means is normal favorites, such as, say, any team versus BLG, is not as automatic in this tournament considering these are scrims; scrims are when these teams get together for unranked matches to prepare for the upcoming split – think of it as not only NBA or NFL preseason, rather it is more as if two teams got together just to play a scrimmage for fun before preseason even begins. There are still big prizes to be won, so let’s get to it:
LoL Matchup #1: EDG (-120 PK) vs FPX (-120 PK)
EDG showed a lot of upside in their last game with strong play from JieJie in the jungle and 0909 controlling mid lane. Unless Crisp plays for FPX, I’ll side with EDG to take down Lwx and co.; EDG holds most of the lane advantages and should be able to ride that out to victory,
Pick: EDG (-120 PK)
LoL Matchup #2: Rogue Warriors (+175) vs Vici Gaming (-250)
Not as much of a surprise to see RW and VG make it to the LoL NEST Finals considering they’re essentially the only times running their projected starting lineups for the upcoming splits; given that most people will likely be on VG and hedge the first game, I prefer to take the upside of RW in team fights, especially Youdang and ZWuji who can hold lane advantages over Aix and iBoy. Whichever side you end up stacking, this is the matchup where your 4-man stack should be coming from.
Pick: RW (+175)
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