NBA DFS First Look: Monday, March 2nd

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The NBA DFS First Look, complete with sortable odds, implied team totals, stats, NBA starting lineups, and much more, will help you get an early start on the upcoming DraftKings and FanDuel slates that are loaded into our NBA DFS optimizer, LineupHQ.

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NBA Odds & Schedule

Road Team Home Team Favorite Spread Game Total Road Total Home Total Time (ET)
Houston Rockets Washington Wizards HOU -15.5 223.5 119.5 104.0 7:00 pm
Boston Celtics Milwaukee Bucks BOS -7.5 215.5 111.5 104.0 7:30 pm
Denver Nuggets Utah Jazz DEN -11.0 243.5 127.3 116.3 9:00 pm
Los Angeles Clippers Golden State Warriors LAC -1.0 219.5 110.3 109.3 10:00 pm


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Implied Totals, Team Stats, and Pace of Play

Note: The stats to the left of the matchup column are for the offense, the stats to the right are for the defense of the opponent. Total = team total, PPG = points per game, +/- = difference between Total and PPG, O-Rat = offensive rating, Pace = pace of play, Reb % = rebounding rate, 3PA = 3-point attempts allowed, 3P % = 3-point percentage allowed, PAPG = points allowed per game, D-Rating = defensive rating, P-Pace = projected pace of game

Offense Line Total PPG +/- O-Rat Pace Reb % Matchup Pace Reb % 3PAtt 3P % PAPG D-Rat P-Pace Time (ET)
Houston Rockets -15.5 119.5 114.7 4.8 7 28 1 at WAS 6 30 22 25 29 28 99.5 7:00 pm
Washington Wizards 15.5 104.0 112.2 -8.2 29 6 30 vs HOU 28 1 5 7 4 4 99.5 7:00 pm
Boston Celtics -7.5 111.5 114.4 -2.9 2 30 4 at MIL 25 26 26 21 15 23 97.0 7:30 pm
Milwaukee Bucks 7.5 104.0 112.4 -8.4 17 25 26 vs BOS 30 4 24 16 2 7 97.0 7:30 pm
Denver Nuggets -11.0 127.3 120.5 6.8 1 22 8 at UTA 2 15 30 27 30 30 101.0 9:00 pm
Utah Jazz 11.0 116.3 118.0 -1.8 21 2 15 vs DEN 22 8 21 8 19 20 101.0 9:00 pm
Los Angeles Clippers -1.0 110.3 112.1 -1.8 12 29 19 at GSW 14 21 8 9 11 8 98.8 10:00 pm
Golden State Warriors 1.0 109.3 115.8 -6.6 14 14 21 vs LAC 29 19 15 25 9 19 98.8 10:00 pm

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Point Guard (Projected Starters)

Note: The +/- columns show the difference between this season as a whole and the last 3 games. MIN = minutes per game, FP/G = fantasy points per game, USG = usage rate, PPG = points per game, APG = assists per game, RPG = rebounds per game, DK/M = DraftKings points per minute, FD/M = FanDuel points per minute.

Player Team Total DK Pos FD Pos MIN/G +/- FP/G +/- USG% +/- PPG +/- APG +/- RPG +/- DK/M +/- FD/M +/- Matcup Time (ET)
Amen Thompson HOU 119.5 $7,900 PG $8,400 SG/PG 37.2 -2.0 38.2 1.4 19% -2% 17.4 -1.4 5.3 -0.3 7.6 0.9 1.03 0.10 1.04 0.10 at WAS 7:00 pm
Carlton Carrington WAS 104.0 $5,300 PG $4,800 PG 27.9 -1.8 22.8 -0.4 17% 0% 9.9 -4.9 4.6 0.7 3.7 2.3 0.82 0.04 0.77 0.09 vs HOU 7:00 pm
Derrick White BOS 111.5 $8,200 PG $8,000 SG/PG 34.3 -0.2 37.2 5.5 23% -1% 17.1 0.9 5.7 0.6 4.5 1.8 1.08 0.17 1.10 0.18 at MIL 7:30 pm
Ryan Rollins MIL 104.0 $7,700 PG $7,400 PG/SG 32.2 2.7 34.9 1.6 23% 3% 17.2 2.8 5.4 -0.4 4.6 0.7 1.08 -0.04 1.06 -0.06 vs BOS 7:30 pm
Jamal Murray DEN 127.3 $8,800 PG $9,600 PG/SG 34.8 -12.6 45.3 -20.0 27% -3% 25.1 -9.1 7.4 -4.4 4.4 -1.7 1.30 -0.16 1.25 -0.19 at UTA 9:00 pm
Keyonte George UTA 116.3 $7,800 PG $7,500 PG/SG 33.9 41.0 -41.0 27% 23.8 6.5 3.9 1.21 1.16 vs DEN 9:00 pm
Darius Garland LAC 110.3 $7,000 PG $6,000 PG 30.5 33.1 -33.1 25% 18.0 6.9 2.4 1.09 1.02 at GSW 10:00 pm
Brandin Podziemski GSW 109.3 $7,100 PG/SG $7,200 SG/PG 27.2 5.8 26.9 18.4 19% 4% 12.3 5.4 3.7 2.3 5.0 7.7 0.99 0.38 0.97 0.32 vs LAC 10:00 pm

Shooting Guard (Projected Starters)

Player Team Total DK Pos FD Pos MIN/G +/- FP/G +/- USG% +/- PPG +/- APG +/- RPG +/- DK/M +/- FD/M +/- Matcup Time (ET)
Reed Sheppard HOU 119.5 $5,700 PG/SG $6,300 PG/SG 24.8 1.0 25.2 4.1 21% 2% 12.9 4.8 3.0 0.0 2.6 0.4 1.02 0.12 1.02 0.03 at WAS 7:00 pm
Tre Johnson WAS 104.0 $4,700 PG/SG $4,500 SG/PG 24.5 -3.9 21.3 -5.4 21% 5% 12.7 -1.7 2.1 -0.1 2.7 -1.7 0.87 -0.10 0.84 -0.09 vs HOU 7:00 pm
Jaylen Brown BOS 111.5 $9,700 SG/SF $10,200 SF/SG 34.3 0.6 47.7 4.7 36% 6% 29.1 -1.6 4.8 0.2 7.1 2.4 1.39 0.11 1.33 0.14 at MIL 7:30 pm
Kevin Porter MIL 104.0 $8,700 PG/SG $9,400 PG/SG 33.8 1.3 41.4 9.1 24% -1% 18.2 6.1 7.6 -0.3 5.2 0.5 1.23 0.21 1.23 0.27 vs BOS 7:30 pm
Christian Braun DEN 127.3 $5,400 SG $5,500 SG/SF 30.4 -0.6 21.7 5.3 14% -1% 10.0 1.7 2.9 0.8 4.5 2.2 0.71 0.19 0.72 0.16 at UTA 9:00 pm
Ace Bailey UTA 116.3 $6,200 SF $6,100 SG/SF 26.5 5.0 22.0 4.5 19% 2% 11.7 1.3 1.7 0.3 4.0 3.3 0.83 0.01 0.82 0.00 vs DEN 9:00 pm
Kris Dunn LAC 110.3 $5,600 PG $5,200 PG/SG 27.7 5.0 20.0 2.7 13% -5% 7.9 -2.2 3.5 1.8 3.1 2.9 0.72 -0.03 0.74 -0.03 at GSW 10:00 pm
De’Anthony Melton GSW 109.3 $6,000 PG/SG $5,800 PG/SG 22.2 4.4 23.7 14.6 25% 9% 12.7 11.3 2.3 0.2 2.9 1.1 1.07 0.37 1.08 0.37 vs LAC 10:00 pm

Small Forward (Projected Starters)

Player Team Total DK Pos FD Pos MIN/G +/- FP/G +/- USG% +/- PPG +/- APG +/- RPG +/- DK/M +/- FD/M +/- Matcup Time (ET)
Tari Eason HOU 119.5 $6,400 SG $6,400 SF/PF 25.9 3.1 25.9 2.1 19% -4% 11.8 -1.8 1.5 1.5 6.2 1.8 1.00 -0.04 0.99 -0.06 at WAS 7:00 pm
Kyshawn George WAS 104.0 $6,500 SG/SF $5,900 SF/SG 29.4 -9.7 31.7 -13.2 22% 7% 14.8 -2.8 4.6 -3.1 5.2 -3.2 1.08 -0.14 1.06 -0.16 vs HOU 7:00 pm
Baylor Scheierman BOS 111.5 $4,300 SG $4,200 SG 15.4 13.0 11.0 7.8 11% 3% 4.1 4.2 1.0 0.3 3.0 2.7 0.72 -0.05 0.71 -0.10 at MIL 7:30 pm
AJ Green MIL 104.0 $4,500 SG/SF $3,900 SG 30.2 0.1 19.0 -2.2 13% -1% 10.3 -1.6 2.1 0.2 2.6 -0.3 0.63 -0.07 0.59 -0.07 vs BOS 7:30 pm
Julian Strawther DEN 127.3 $4,400 SG/SF $3,900 SF 15.0 9.6 12.7 10.5 19% 1% 7.1 5.2 1.1 1.2 2.1 1.2 0.85 0.10 0.83 0.13 at UTA 9:00 pm
Cody Williams UTA 116.3 $4,200 SG $3,900 SF 19.8 5.8 12.0 2.5 13% 2% 5.8 -0.5 0.9 0.8 2.4 1.3 0.61 -0.04 0.63 -0.05 vs DEN 9:00 pm
Kawhi Leonard LAC 110.3 $9,500 SG/SF $10,400 SF/PF 32.7 -0.5 47.0 -1.1 33% 2% 28.0 2.3 3.7 0.3 6.4 -1.1 1.44 -0.01 1.43 -0.04 at GSW 10:00 pm
Moses Moody GSW 109.3 $6,300 SF $5,500 SF/SG 25.5 6.8 22.5 11.9 17% 1% 12.0 8.3 1.6 2.1 3.4 1.3 0.88 0.18 0.87 0.13 vs LAC 10:00 pm

Power Forward (Projected Starters)

Player Team Total DK Pos FD Pos MIN/G +/- FP/G +/- USG% +/- PPG +/- APG +/- RPG +/- DK/M +/- FD/M +/- Matcup Time (ET)
Kevin Durant HOU 119.5 $8,900 SF $9,500 SF/PF 36.5 -3.1 42.6 -1.6 26% 1% 25.8 -2.8 4.6 2.1 5.4 -0.4 1.17 0.06 1.13 0.00 at WAS 7:00 pm
Bilal Coulibaly WAS 104.0 $4,800 SF/PF $5,800 SF/PF 26.2 -5.2 24.2 5.6 17% 7% 10.1 2.6 2.6 0.4 4.4 -0.7 0.92 0.50 0.97 0.58 vs HOU 7:00 pm
Sam Hauser BOS 111.5 $4,800 SF/PF $4,200 SF/PF 24.3 3.0 19.1 0.1 15% 0% 9.2 0.1 1.5 0.8 3.8 0.5 0.78 -0.08 0.76 -0.10 at MIL 7:30 pm
Kyle Kuzma MIL 104.0 $5,400 PF $5,300 SF/PF 26.6 -3.5 24.6 -1.4 21% 3% 12.9 0.1 2.5 -0.5 4.9 -0.9 0.93 0.08 0.91 0.05 vs BOS 7:30 pm
Cameron Johnson DEN 127.3 $5,500 SF/PF $4,700 SF/PF 30.8 2.3 22.3 2.4 14% -1% 11.7 0.0 2.3 0.7 3.7 0.3 0.72 0.02 0.71 0.05 at UTA 9:00 pm
John Collins LAC 110.3 $6,100 PF/C $5,500 PF/C 27.8 -3.9 25.1 2.8 18% 1% 13.8 -2.3 1.0 1.0 5.2 1.3 0.90 0.26 0.91 0.27 at GSW 10:00 pm
Gui Santos GSW 109.3 $6,300 PF $6,500 SF/PF 16.0 14.9 15.6 21.5 16% 1% 6.6 9.7 1.7 3.3 3.2 3.5 0.97 0.23 0.98 0.22 vs LAC 10:00 pm

Center (Projected Starters)

Player Team Total DK Pos FD Pos MIN/G +/- FP/G +/- USG% +/- PPG +/- APG +/- RPG +/- DK/M +/- FD/M +/- Matcup Time (ET)
Alperen Sengun HOU 119.5 $9,400 PF/C $9,700 C/PF 33.8 -0.8 46.2 5.1 26% -4% 20.5 -1.2 6.4 2.3 9.2 0.1 1.37 0.19 1.36 0.20 at WAS 7:00 pm
Tristan Vukcevic WAS 104.0 $4,600 C $5,100 C 12.6 8.5 14.9 7.2 25% -3% 7.8 1.7 1.1 -0.1 2.8 4.2 1.18 -0.14 1.19 -0.14 vs HOU 7:00 pm
Neemias Queta BOS 111.5 $5,200 C $4,300 C 25.1 1.8 26.5 3.8 15% 1% 9.8 1.5 1.5 0.2 8.3 1.4 1.06 0.07 1.11 0.03 at MIL 7:30 pm
Myles Turner MIL 104.0 $5,900 C $5,500 C 28.2 -5.6 27.2 -6.4 18% -1% 12.6 -2.3 1.5 -1.2 5.6 -1.6 0.97 -0.04 0.99 -0.02 vs BOS 7:30 pm
Nikola Jokic DEN 127.3 $12,500 C $12,600 C 34.2 -1.5 66.1 4.0 30% 4% 28.8 3.5 10.4 -2.1 12.5 1.2 1.93 0.21 1.83 0.25 at UTA 9:00 pm
Kyle Filipowski UTA#N/A 116.3 $7,400 PF/C $7,200 PF/C 22.2 4.9 23.7 15.1 18% 6% 9.9 6.1 2.1 1.6 6.6 0.1 1.07 0.37 1.07 0.46 vs DEN 9:00 pm
Brook Lopez LAC 110.3 $5,000 C $4,900 C 19.2 9.9 16.0 11.6 17% -3% 7.1 4.2 1.0 0.3 2.9 3.8 0.83 0.11 0.86 0.14 at GSW 10:00 pm
Draymond Green GSW 109.3 $5,500 PF/C $5,600 PF/C 26.6 5.0 25.5 7.2 17% -3% 8.5 2.5 5.1 0.9 5.7 1.3 0.96 0.08 0.93 0.14 vs LAC 10:00 pm

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Notable Bench Players

Player Team Total DK Pos FD Pos MIN/G +/- FP/G +/- USG% +/- PPG +/- APG +/- RPG +/- DK/M +/- FD/M +/- Matcup Time (ET)
Dorian Finney-Smith HOU 119.5 $3,900 SF/PF $3,600 PF 16.5 4.2 8.3 -1.9 11% 0% 3.1 -0.6 0.7 -0.7 2.5 1.0 0.50 -0.19 0.49 -0.23 at WAS 7:00 pm
Clint Capela HOU 119.5 $3,600 C $3,800 C 11.7 -0.4 12.2 -4.0 13% 1% 3.5 -0.8 0.5 -0.2 4.4 -1.7 1.04 -0.32 1.13 -0.35 at WAS 7:00 pm
Josh Okogie HOU 119.5 $3,700 SG/SF $3,700 SG/SF 19.6 -1.1 12.6 4.6 12% 4% 5.3 2.7 0.9 -0.4 2.9 1.1 0.64 0.29 0.66 0.30 at WAS 7:00 pm
Will Riley WAS 104.0 $5,100 SF/PF $5,400 SF/PF 16.8 7.2 13.8 9.9 19% 1% 7.3 6.4 1.5 1.2 2.3 1.4 0.82 0.16 0.81 0.17 vs HOU 7:00 pm
Anthony Gill WAS 104.0 $4,500 C $4,300 PF/C 10.4 15.6 8.3 14.7 12% 0% 3.2 4.8 0.8 3.5 2.1 2.2 0.80 0.09 0.83 0.10 vs HOU 7:00 pm
Justin Champagnie WAS 104.0 $4,900 PF $5,600 SF/PF 19.1 -6.1 19.5 -3.6 15% 1% 7.8 -0.8 1.1 -0.6 5.7 -1.2 1.02 0.20 1.05 0.13 vs HOU 7:00 pm
Nikola Vucevic BOS 111.5 $6,200 C $5,700 C 30.0 -8.9 35.7 -18.5 21% -4% 16.0 -9.7 3.5 -2.5 8.8 -2.1 1.19 -0.37 1.17 -0.33 at MIL 7:30 pm
Payton Pritchard BOS 111.5 $7,200 PG/SG $6,800 PG/SG 32.7 0.6 33.1 -4.1 21% -1% 17.2 -3.5 5.4 -0.1 4.2 0.1 1.01 -0.14 0.98 -0.14 at MIL 7:30 pm
Jordan Walsh BOS 111.5 $3,400 PF $3,700 SF/SG 17.8 -7.5 14.7 -7.9 12% 0% 5.5 -2.5 0.8 -0.8 4.2 -1.5 0.82 -0.17 0.86 -0.22 at MIL 7:30 pm
Bobby Portis MIL 104.0 $5,700 PF/C $5,600 PF/C 24.2 -3.1 26.0 -5.3 22% -1% 13.2 -0.9 1.6 -0.6 6.5 -1.8 1.08 -0.10 1.04 -0.12 vs BOS 7:30 pm
Cam Thomas MIL 104.0 $4,200 PG/SG $4,100 SG/PG 23.2 -4.2 22.1 -7.7 30% -6% 15.5 -6.2 2.7 -1.0 1.9 0.4 0.95 -0.19 0.89 -0.18 vs BOS 7:30 pm
Jericho Sims MIL 104.0 $4,400 C $3,900 C 16.6 10.8 12.0 11.9 9% 1% 4.0 3.7 1.0 2.0 4.7 4.6 0.72 0.15 0.72 0.11 vs BOS 7:30 pm
Tim Hardaway DEN 127.3 $4,600 SF/PF $4,300 SF/SG 27.1 -5.5 21.5 0.9 18% 4% 13.9 -0.2 1.3 1.0 2.6 -0.3 0.79 0.24 0.75 0.25 at UTA 9:00 pm
Bruce Brown DEN 127.3 $4,300 PG/SG $4,000 SF/SG 25.0 0.6 18.6 0.6 14% 2% 7.7 -0.4 2.2 0.5 4.0 -0.3 0.74 0.01 0.76 0.00 at UTA 9:00 pm
Jonas Valanciunas DEN 127.3 $3,500 C $4,000 C 14.4 -2.4 18.8 -0.7 26% 1% 9.0 -1.3 1.3 0.4 5.2 0.1 1.31 0.20 1.32 0.22 at UTA 9:00 pm
Brice Sensabaugh UTA#N/A 116.3 $5,800 SG/SF $5,400 SF/SG 22.0 6.8 20.6 8.4 22% 2% 12.7 8.3 1.5 -0.2 3.0 0.7 0.93 0.07 0.90 0.03 vs DEN 9:00 pm
Isaiah Collier UTA#N/A 116.3 $8,100 PG $7,800 PG 25.6 4.7 27.1 8.7 19% 8% 10.8 7.9 7.3 -1.6 2.6 -0.9 1.06 0.12 1.04 0.20 vs DEN 9:00 pm
Elijah Harkless UTA#N/A 116.3 $3,900 PG/SG $4,600 SG 9.7 1.2 6.2 1.6 11% -2% 2.1 -1.1 1.1 1.4 0.9 0.1 0.64 0.07 0.68 0.10 vs DEN 9:00 pm
Bennedict Mathurin LAC 110.3 $6,900 SG/SF $7,100 SG/SF 31.6 0.3 31.0 12.9 24% 10% 18.4 9.9 2.5 1.2 5.5 1.5 0.98 0.40 0.94 0.40 at GSW 10:00 pm
Derrick Jones LAC 110.3 $5,300 SF/PF $5,000 SF/PF 26.0 8.9 19.9 6.1 15% 3% 10.4 3.3 1.3 0.7 2.8 1.9 0.76 -0.02 0.80 -0.03 at GSW 10:00 pm
Nicolas Batum LAC 110.3 $3,700 PF $3,600 SF 19.2 -3.9 11.5 -1.8 9% -3% 4.3 -2.3 0.9 0.4 2.6 0.1 0.60 0.04 0.60 0.07 at GSW 10:00 pm
Al Horford GSW 109.3 $5,600 PF/C $4,700 C 21.2 5.7 22.0 14.0 16% 2% 8.0 8.0 2.5 2.5 4.9 -0.9 1.04 0.30 1.06 0.29 vs LAC 10:00 pm
Pat Spencer GSW 109.3 $5,400 PG $5,400 PG 16.5 8.2 15.6 3.3 18% -2% 6.3 0.0 3.4 2.6 2.2 -0.9 0.94 -0.18 0.93 -0.18 vs LAC 10:00 pm
Gary Payton GSW 109.3 $4,300 SG/SF $4,400 SG 13.5 6.3 13.9 9.7 17% 7% 5.8 6.9 1.6 0.4 3.1 0.6 1.03 0.16 1.05 0.12 vs LAC 10:00 pm

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