NBA DFS First Look: Tuesday, December 30th

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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)
Philadelphia 76ers Memphis Grizzlies MEM -1.0 233.5 116.3 117.3 8:00 pm
Boston Celtics Utah Jazz BOS -8.5 240.5 124.5 116.0 9:00 pm
Detroit Pistons Los Angeles Lakers DET -2.5 231.5 117.0 114.5 10:30 pm
Sacramento Kings Los Angeles Clippers LAC -10.0 222.5 106.3 116.3 11:00 pm


Playbook

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)
Philadelphia 76ers 1.0 116.3 115.7 0.5 19 20 13 at MEM 9 9 25 18 15 10 101.1 8:00 pm
Memphis Grizzlies -1.0 117.3 115.3 2.0 23 9 9 vs PHI 20 13 15 6 14 13 101.1 8:00 pm
Boston Celtics -8.5 124.5 116.5 8.0 4 30 13 at UTA 3 10 28 27 30 29 99.8 9:00 pm
Utah Jazz 8.5 116.0 120.5 -4.5 11 3 10 vs BOS 30 13 23 23 2 14 99.8 9:00 pm
Detroit Pistons -2.5 117.0 118.8 -1.8 8 15 2 at LAL 24 12 16 29 17 25 100.3 10:30 pm
Los Angeles Lakers 2.5 114.5 117.2 -2.7 7 24 12 vs DET 15 2 14 9 4 2 100.3 10:30 pm
Sacramento Kings 10.0 106.3 111.7 -5.5 29 11 30 at LAC 29 19 16 26 12 26 99.2 11:00 pm
Los Angeles Clippers -10.0 116.3 111.5 4.8 16 29 19 vs SAC 11 30 12 14 27 28 99.2 11:00 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)
Tyrese Maxey PHI 116.3 $9,900 PG 39.7 -1.0 52.5 -12.5 29% -3% 30.7 -8.0 6.9 -1.9 4.4 -1.4 1.32 -0.29 1.31 -0.26 at MEM 8:00 pm
Ja Morant MEM 117.3 $7,600 PG 27.8 -1.4 34.8 0.2 31% -5% 17.9 1.1 7.6 0.9 3.3 -1.3 1.25 0.07 1.19 0.03 vs PHI 8:00 pm
Payton Pritchard BOS 124.5 $6,800 PG/SG 32.7 3.4 33.0 1.1 21% -1% 16.9 -0.6 5.2 -0.2 4.5 1.2 1.01 -0.06 0.97 -0.05 at UTA 9:00 pm
Keyonte George UTA 116.0 $8,600 PG/SG 34.2 0.5 41.7 6.5 27% 0% 24.2 3.5 6.8 -0.8 4.2 0.5 1.22 0.17 1.17 0.20 vs BOS 9:00 pm
Cade Cunningham DET 117.0 $10,600 PG 35.8 0.2 53.7 5.4 30% -1% 26.5 -0.2 9.6 3.7 6.3 -0.6 1.50 0.14 1.45 0.14 at LAL 10:30 pm
Luka Doncic LAL 114.5 $12,200 PG 36.3 -3.0 62.3 -9.8 37% 1% 33.7 -4.2 8.6 -1.6 8.3 -3.3 1.72 -0.14 1.63 -0.09 vs DET 10:30 pm
Russell Westbrook SAC 106.3 $8,000 PG 29.2 1.6 37.1 1.2 24% 6% 14.6 5.7 7.1 -1.4 6.8 -1.5 1.27 -0.03 1.21 -0.03 at LAC 11:00 pm
James Harden LAC 116.3 $9,300 PG/SG 35.8 2.1 48.3 -3.1 30% 4% 26.3 4.0 8.0 -1.7 5.0 -1.7 1.35 -0.16 1.27 -0.15 vs SAC 11:00 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)
VJ Edgecombe PHI 116.3 $6,500 SF/SG 35.0 -1.4 31.7 -9.3 19% 2% 15.5 -5.5 4.0 0.0 5.4 -0.9 0.91 -0.24 0.90 -0.25 at MEM 8:00 pm
Cedric Coward MEM 117.3 $5,500 SG/SF 26.9 -3.1 27.4 -2.6 20% -2% 13.5 -0.5 2.9 -0.4 6.2 -0.7 1.02 0.03 0.99 0.03 vs PHI 8:00 pm
Derrick White BOS 124.5 $7,800 SG/PG 33.5 1.3 37.2 0.7 24% -1% 18.1 -0.8 5.1 -0.1 4.2 0.8 1.11 -0.02 1.11 0.00 at UTA 9:00 pm
Svi Mykhailiuk UTA 116.0 $3,900 SG/SF 24.8 -5.6 17.3 -0.8 13% 2% 9.1 -2.1 2.0 0.0 2.6 0.4 0.70 0.16 0.67 0.21 vs BOS 9:00 pm
Duncan Robinson DET 117.0 $4,100 SG/SF 29.9 -2.2 21.6 -2.7 14% -2% 11.8 -2.5 1.9 -0.2 2.9 0.1 0.72 -0.04 0.70 -0.03 at LAL 10:30 pm
Marcus Smart LAL 114.5 $4,700 SG/SF 27.3 -0.8 20.6 -4.5 16% -3% 9.8 -3.1 2.8 0.2 2.6 0.1 0.75 -0.15 0.76 -0.16 vs DET 10:30 pm
DeMar DeRozan SAC 106.3 $7,200 SF/PF 33.4 1.0 31.9 7.0 20% 2% 18.8 3.9 3.8 2.5 3.3 0.4 0.95 0.18 0.98 0.17 at LAC 11:00 pm
Kris Dunn LAC 116.3 $4,400 PG/SG 27.0 2.8 19.6 0.7 13% -3% 8.2 -0.5 3.0 0.0 2.8 -0.1 0.72 -0.04 0.74 -0.03 vs SAC 11:00 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)
Paul George PHI 116.3 $7,000 SF/PF 28.0 4.3 32.0 2.5 23% -2% 16.0 -0.7 3.4 -0.1 5.4 1.3 1.14 -0.08 1.12 -0.09 at MEM 8:00 pm
Jaylen Wells MEM 117.3 $4,900 SG/SF 27.6 1.9 22.2 3.4 18% -1% 12.4 -0.1 1.8 1.5 3.6 -0.3 0.80 0.06 0.79 0.07 vs PHI 8:00 pm
Jaylen Brown BOS 124.5 $9,500 SF/SG 33.8 0.3 47.4 1.9 35% 0% 29.7 3.0 4.8 -1.5 6.3 0.0 1.40 0.04 1.36 0.07 at UTA 9:00 pm
Brice Sensabaugh UTA 116.0 $4,400 SF/SG 17.7 9.4 16.6 3.7 21% -3% 9.3 2.4 1.4 1.3 2.6 -0.3 0.94 -0.19 0.91 -0.21 vs BOS 9:00 pm
Ausar Thompson DET 117.0 $6,000 SF/SG 26.5 -1.5 27.0 -5.2 19% 2% 11.7 -0.7 2.6 -1.6 6.0 0.0 1.02 -0.15 1.06 -0.17 at LAL 10:30 pm
LeBron James LAL 114.5 $8,700 PF/SF 33.0 -4.1 39.7 -4.0 26% 1% 20.5 1.2 6.7 -1.4 4.9 -2.6 1.20 0.03 1.18 0.05 vs DET 10:30 pm
Keegan Murray SAC 106.3 $6,100 PF/SF 37.1 -16.9 31.9 -21.1 18% -9% 14.9 -12.9 1.5 -0.5 6.4 -5.4 0.86 -0.33 0.91 -0.23 at LAC 11:00 pm
Kawhi Leonard LAC 116.3 $10,000 SF/PF 33.9 4.9 46.5 21.4 31% 7% 27.5 13.8 3.4 0.9 6.5 2.5 1.37 0.38 1.38 0.37 vs SAC 11:00 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)
Dominick Barlow PHI 116.3 $4,800 PF/C 26.5 -0.3 21.8 -5.8 13% -3% 8.6 -4.1 1.9 0.1 5.6 -0.6 0.82 -0.21 0.86 -0.22 at MEM 8:00 pm
Santi Aldama MEM 117.3 $7,100 PF/C 27.7 5.6 30.8 11.3 20% 3% 14.3 6.7 3.0 1.3 6.7 0.6 1.11 0.15 1.11 0.13 vs PHI 8:00 pm
Jordan Walsh BOS 124.5 $4,200 SF/SG 20.5 -6.1 18.0 -8.6 12% -3% 7.0 -3.0 1.0 0.5 4.8 -3.3 0.88 -0.23 0.92 -0.29 at UTA 9:00 pm
Lauri Markkanen UTA 116.0 $8,400 PF/SF 35.4 0.9 43.4 2.0 27% -3% 27.9 1.6 2.1 0.4 6.9 -2.4 1.23 0.02 1.20 0.04 vs BOS 9:00 pm
Tobias Harris DET 117.0 $5,400 PF/SF 28.4 -2.4 25.6 1.6 18% 1% 13.7 1.6 2.6 0.4 4.8 -1.1 0.90 0.14 0.89 0.16 at LAL 10:30 pm
Jake LaRavia LAL 114.5 $4,800 PF/SF 25.1 0.8 20.0 1.8 15% 1% 8.7 0.6 2.0 0.0 4.1 -0.4 0.80 0.04 0.82 0.07 vs DET 10:30 pm
Precious Achiuwa SAC 106.3 $4,400 PF/C 20.0 3.9 18.3 7.5 15% 0% 7.4 0.9 1.1 0.9 5.4 2.3 0.91 0.16 0.95 0.16 at LAC 11:00 pm
John Collins LAC 116.3 $6,000 PF/C 26.9 -2.8 22.5 2.2 19% -4% 12.3 -1.8 0.9 2.1 4.7 -0.7 0.84 0.19 0.85 0.19 vs SAC 11:00 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)
Joel Embiid PHI 116.3 $8,300 C 27.0 4.8 37.6 4.5 34% -3% 21.8 7.2 2.8 -0.3 6.5 -1.0 1.39 -0.07 1.39 -0.08 at MEM 8:00 pm
Jaren Jackson MEM 117.3 $7,900 PF/C 29.9 1.9 33.0 13.7 25% 7% 18.5 6.8 2.0 -0.7 5.5 2.5 1.10 0.37 1.12 0.43 vs PHI 8:00 pm
Neemias Queta BOS 124.5 $5,000 C 24.6 -0.1 26.1 -1.6 15% 2% 10.0 -1.0 1.6 0.1 7.9 -0.2 1.06 -0.06 1.11 -0.06 at UTA 9:00 pm
Jusuf Nurkic UTA 116.0 $6,200 C 25.1 3.9 30.4 8.1 18% 4% 9.3 6.7 4.2 1.3 9.6 -0.6 1.21 0.12 1.20 0.07 vs BOS 9:00 pm
Jalen Duren DET 117.0 $7,300 C 28.8 -0.3 38.0 -2.8 22% -1% 18.2 -0.9 1.8 0.2 10.9 -0.6 1.32 -0.08 1.31 -0.11 at LAL 10:30 pm
Deandre Ayton LAL 114.5 $6,300 C 29.6 1.7 30.5 -4.5 18% -5% 14.8 -3.8 0.9 0.1 8.8 -1.1 1.03 -0.20 1.04 -0.20 vs DET 10:30 pm
Maxime Raynaud SAC 106.3 $5,800 C 21.7 6.4 21.7 8.4 19% -2% 10.6 3.7 1.1 0.9 6.0 2.0 1.00 0.07 1.00 0.08 at LAC 11:00 pm
Brook Lopez LAC 116.3 $5,000 C 16.8 15.3 14.4 17.0 19% -2% 7.1 7.2 0.8 1.5 2.5 3.5 0.86 0.12 0.86 0.12 vs SAC 11:00 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)
Quentin Grimes PHI 116.3 $5,300 SG/SF 31.9 -7.7 28.6 -15.0 19% -5% 14.8 -7.3 4.3 -1.8 3.8 -2.3 0.90 -0.33 0.86 -0.34 at MEM 8:00 pm
Andre Drummond PHI 116.3 $5,100 C 21.1 -7.1 23.6 -9.2 14% 8% 7.3 -1.3 0.9 -0.9 9.3 -2.3 1.12 -0.09 1.13 -0.20 at MEM 8:00 pm
Jared McCain PHI 116.3 $4,200 SG/PG 19.8 6.7 15.8 4.3 19% -2% 7.6 1.1 1.9 -0.2 2.6 2.7 0.80 -0.04 0.79 -0.04 at MEM 8:00 pm
Cam Spencer MEM 117.3 $6,400 SG/PG 23.3 4.9 25.0 7.1 18% -1% 12.4 0.3 4.7 3.6 2.5 1.2 1.07 0.07 1.02 0.07 vs PHI 8:00 pm
Jock Landale MEM 117.3 $4,600 C 22.3 -1.7 22.9 9.1 18% 13% 11.0 6.0 1.6 -0.6 5.9 2.1 1.03 0.53 1.02 0.56 vs PHI 8:00 pm
Gregory Jackson MEM 117.3 $4,200 PF/SF 11.6 12.6 11.0 12.4 19% -4% 4.7 5.3 0.4 0.6 2.6 2.4 0.94 0.02 1.02 0.03 vs PHI 8:00 pm
Anfernee Simons BOS 124.5 $4,100 SG/PG 23.5 -4.4 20.7 -4.2 22% 2% 12.8 -2.1 2.2 -1.2 2.2 -0.2 0.88 -0.02 0.84 -0.02 at UTA 9:00 pm
Sam Hauser BOS 124.5 $3,900 SF/PF 21.7 -2.9 16.0 2.2 14% 3% 7.3 3.4 1.3 -1.0 3.5 -0.5 0.74 0.23 0.71 0.20 at UTA 9:00 pm
Hugo Gonzalez BOS 124.5 $4,900 SF/SG 14.8 11.7 11.5 7.8 13% -2% 4.4 1.9 0.6 1.1 3.2 2.8 0.77 -0.05 0.80 -0.04 at UTA 9:00 pm
Kyle Filipowski UTA 116.0 $5,700 PF/C 22.8 -0.4 23.0 5.7 17% 3% 9.6 1.4 2.3 1.0 6.4 0.3 1.01 0.27 1.00 0.31 vs BOS 9:00 pm
Isaiah Collier UTA 116.0 $4,800 PG 22.3 1.3 21.3 0.5 17% 0% 8.2 -0.2 6.3 1.0 2.0 -0.3 0.95 -0.03 0.93 -0.07 vs BOS 9:00 pm
Taylor Hendricks UTA 116.0 $3,800 PF 15.1 1.2 12.6 3.6 13% 1% 5.8 1.9 0.6 0.4 3.3 -0.6 0.84 0.16 0.85 0.22 vs BOS 9:00 pm
Isaiah Stewart DET 117.0 $4,800 C/PF 22.9 0.9 23.3 -3.6 17% 2% 9.9 -0.6 1.1 0.2 5.9 -2.2 1.02 -0.19 1.06 -0.19 at LAL 10:30 pm
Jaden Ivey DET 117.0 $4,300 SG/PG 15.7 3.4 15.7 5.4 20% -2% 8.4 1.6 1.8 1.5 2.1 -0.1 1.00 0.10 0.99 0.11 at LAL 10:30 pm
Ron Holland DET 117.0 $4,000 PF/SF 20.8 -2.1 18.3 0.1 18% -3% 8.3 -0.8 1.6 0.9 3.8 0.7 0.88 0.10 0.91 0.10 at LAL 10:30 pm
Jarred Vanderbilt LAL 114.5 $4,000 PF/C 18.9 4.0 15.9 -0.2 13% -1% 4.9 2.1 1.3 -0.3 5.4 -1.4 0.84 -0.15 0.85 -0.19 vs DET 10:30 pm
Nick Smith LAL 114.5 $3,700 SG 16.4 9.7 14.1 7.4 22% 1% 8.6 7.9 1.3 -0.3 1.3 0.7 0.86 -0.03 0.83 -0.08 vs DET 10:30 pm
Maxi Kleber LAL 114.5 $3,600 PF 12.2 -2.8 6.2 0.7 9% 11% 1.9 0.1 0.7 0.6 1.7 0.0 0.51 0.22 0.53 0.20 vs DET 10:30 pm
Dennis Schroder SAC 106.3 $5,600 PG/SG 27.8 -7.7 28.2 -4.1 21% 2% 12.9 -2.6 5.9 -0.9 3.5 -1.5 1.01 0.18 0.99 0.27 at LAC 11:00 pm
Nique Clifford SAC 106.3 $4,200 SG/SF 18.4 6.3 13.0 10.2 15% 5% 5.4 5.6 1.4 -0.1 3.1 2.6 0.71 0.23 0.71 0.22 at LAC 11:00 pm
Malik Monk SAC 106.3 $4,300 SG/PG 22.5 -5.1 21.0 -3.9 22% 2% 12.1 -3.1 2.3 -0.3 2.0 0.0 0.93 0.05 0.92 0.02 at LAC 11:00 pm
Nicolas Batum LAC 116.3 $3,800 SF 20.7 8.2 11.9 1.0 10% -1% 4.7 2.3 0.7 0.0 2.7 -0.7 0.58 -0.13 0.58 -0.15 vs SAC 11:00 pm
Derrick Jones LAC 116.3 $4,000 SF/PF 24.5 -6.2 18.4 -12.1 15% -2% 9.9 -6.9 1.0 -1.0 2.4 0.6 0.75 -0.41 0.79 -0.47 vs SAC 11:00 pm
Yanic Konan Niederhauser LAC 116.3 $3,600 C vs SAC 11:00 pm

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