NBA DFS First Look: Friday, April 21st - Sortable Odds, Salaries, Stats

by Derek Farnsworth (Notorious) Last Updated 2023-04-21 04:19:01

The NBA DFS First Look is complete with sortable NBA odds, implied team totals, player statistics, and NBA projected starters to help you get an early start on the upcoming slate.

NBA Schedule & Vegas Lines

Road Team	Home Team	Favorite	Spread	Game Total		Road Total	Home Total	Time (ET)
Boston Celtics	Atlanta Hawks	BOS	-5.0	229.0		117.0	112.0	6:00 PM
Cleveland Cavaliers	New York Knicks	NYK	-2.0	211.0		104.5	106.5	7:30 PM
Denver Nuggets	Minnesota Timberwolves	DEN	-2.5	223.0		112.8	110.3	8:30 PM

Implied Totals, Team Stats, and Pace of Play

Offense	Line	Total	PPG	+/-	O-Rating	Pace		Opp.	D-Rating	Pace		P-Pace
New York Knicks	-2.0	106.5	116.0	-9.5	117.0	97.8		CLE	109.9	96.3		97.0
Cleveland Cavaliers	2.0	104.5	112.3	-7.8	115.5	96.3		NYK	114.2	97.8		97.0
Denver Nuggets	-2.5	112.8	115.8	-3.1	116.8	98.7		MIN	113.1	101.6		100.1
Minnesota Timberwolves	2.5	110.3	115.8	-5.6	113.3	101.6		DEN	113.5	98.7		100.1
Boston Celtics	-5.0	117.0	117.9	-0.9	117.3	99.2		ATL	115.4	101.6		100.4
Atlanta Hawks	5.0	112.0	118.4	-6.4	115.5	101.6		BOS	110.6	99.2		100.4

Point Guard (Projected Starters)

The +/- columns show the difference between season’s averages and this playoff series.

Starter	Team	Total	DK	Pos	FD	Pos	MIN/G	FP/G	+/-	USG%	+/-	DK/M	+/-	FD/M	+/-	OPP
Jalen Brunson	NYK	106.5	$7,600	PG	$8,500	PG	35.0	39.9	-2.1	27%	7%	1.14	0.06	1.11	0.15	CLE
Darius Garland	CLE	104.5	$7,400	PG	$7,800	PG	35.5	39.4	4.3	26%	-1%	1.11	-0.18	1.06	-0.17	NYK
Jamal Murray	DEN	112.8	$8,000	PG	$9,000	PG	32.8	37.1	3.3	26%	7%	1.13	0.33	1.09	0.31	MIN
Mike Conley	MIN	110.3	$5,500	PG	$6,000	PG	30.3	28.3	1.1	16%	-4%	0.93	-0.22	0.92	-0.24	DEN
Marcus Smart	BOS	117.0	$5,800	PG	$7,000	PG	32.1	28.6	0.1	18%	0%	0.89	0.29	0.88	0.37	ATL
Trae Young	ATL	112.0	$8,400	PG	$9,100	PG	34.8	47.5	-0.5	31%	0%	1.36	-0.30	1.29	-0.26	BOS

Shooting Guard (Projected Starters)

The +/- columns show the difference between season’s averages and this playoff series.

Starter	Team	Total	DK	Pos	FD	Pos	MIN/G	FP/G	+/-	USG%	+/-	DK/M	+/-	FD/M	+/-	OPP
Quentin Grimes	NYK	106.5	$4,300	SG/SF	$4,500	SG/SF	29.9	21.3	-5.5	14%	-5%	0.71	-0.08	0.69	-0.01	CLE
Donovan Mitchell	CLE	104.5	$9,300	PG/SG	$10,200	SG	35.8	44.7	5.5	31%	-4%	1.25	0.12	1.21	0.15	NYK
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	DEN	112.8	$4,200	SG	$4,800	SG	31.3	22.1	4.0	14%	0%	0.71	-0.15	0.72	-0.18	MIN
Anthony Edwards	MIN	110.3	$8,500	SG/SF	$9,600	SG/SF	36.0	42.9	-1.3	29%	3%	1.19	0.19	1.17	0.27	DEN
Derrick White	BOS	117.0	$6,100	PG/SG	$7,600	PG/SG	28.3	26.4	7.8	17%	4%	0.93	0.33	0.93	0.34	ATL
Dejounte Murray	ATL	112.0	$8,100	PG/SG	$8,700	SG/PG	36.4	39.9	1.5	24%	5%	1.10	0.28	1.08	0.31	BOS

Small Forward (Projected Starters)

The +/- columns show the difference between season’s averages and this playoff series.

Starter	Team	Total	DK	Pos	FD	Pos	MIN/G	FP/G	+/-	USG%	+/-	DK/M	+/-	FD/M	+/-	OPP
RJ Barrett	NYK	106.5	$6,000	SF	$6,400	SF/SG	33.9	31.1	-1.7	26%	-6%	0.92	-0.16	0.87	-0.06	CLE
Isaac Okoro	CLE	104.5	$3,400	SF	$3,700	SF/SG	21.7	13.5	-9.0	12%	6%	0.62	-0.11	0.64	-0.17	NYK
Michael Porter	DEN	112.8	#N/A	#N/A	$6,800	PF/SF	29.0	29.0	0.9	22%	-3%	1.00	0.12	0.96	0.11	MIN
Taurean Prince	MIN	110.3	$3,700	SF/PF	$4,000	SF/PF	22.1	16.2	-2.4	17%	-2%	0.73	-0.18	0.71	-0.19	DEN
Jaylen Brown	BOS	117.0	$8,300	SG/SF	$9,200	SF/SG	35.9	43.5	0.6	31%	-2%	1.21	-0.06	1.17	-0.06	ATL
De’Andre Hunter	ATL	112.0	$4,600	SF/PF	$5,000	SF/PF	31.7	24.5	2.3	19%	2%	0.77	0.06	0.76	0.03	BOS

Power Forward (Projected Starters)

The +/- columns show the difference between season’s averages and this playoff series.

Starter	Team	Total	DK	Pos	FD	Pos	MIN/G	FP/G	+/-	USG%	+/-	DK/M	+/-	FD/M	+/-	OPP
Julius Randle	NYK	106.5	$8,200	PF/C	$8,000	PF	35.5	46.3	-2.2	29%	5%	1.31	-0.16	1.23	-0.19	CLE
Evan Mobley	CLE	104.5	$7,100	PF/C	$7,500	PF/C	34.4	36.0	4.0	20%	-3%	1.05	-0.22	1.07	-0.22	NYK
Aaron Gordon	DEN	112.8	$5,900	PF	$6,300	PF	30.2	32.2	-2.2	21%	-4%	1.07	-0.11	1.07	-0.15	MIN
Karl-Anthony Towns	MIN	110.3	$7,500	PF/C	$8,400	PF/C	33.0	40.7	-1.1	25%	3%	1.23	-0.35	1.18	-0.42	DEN
Jayson Tatum	BOS	117.0	$9,900	SF/PF	$10,800	PF/SF	36.9	52.4	2.8	32%	-4%	1.42	-0.16	1.37	-0.21	ATL
John Collins	ATL	112.0	$4,400	PF/C	$5,300	PF/C	30.0	26.4	-0.7	17%	-2%	0.88	-0.23	0.89	-0.22	BOS

Center (Projected Starters)

The +/- columns show the difference between season’s averages and this playoff series.

Starter	Team	Total	DK	Pos	FD	Pos	MIN/G	FP/G	+/-	USG%	+/-	DK/M	+/-	FD/M	+/-	OPP
Mitchell Robinson	NYK	106.5	$5,000	C	$5,500	C	26.9	25.9	-3.2	10%	-2%	0.96	-0.22	1.04	-0.19	CLE
Jarrett Allen	CLE	104.5	$6,700	C	$7,700	C/PF	32.6	33.1	6.2	16%	-5%	1.02	-0.04	1.03	-0.01	NYK
Nikola Jokic	DEN	112.8	$10,700	C	$11,500	C	33.7	59.1	-0.8	26%	1%	1.75	-0.34	1.67	-0.30	MIN
Rudy Gobert	MIN	110.3	$6,600	C	$7,400	C	30.7	34.0	1.6	16%	1%	1.11	-0.12	1.13	-0.12	DEN
Al Horford	BOS	117.0	$5,600	PF/C	$6,000	C/PF	30.5	26.1	4.6	12%	-5%	0.85	-0.10	0.85	-0.04	ATL
Clint Capela	ATL	112.0	$5,400	C	$5,600	C	26.6	31.3	-2.4	15%	-4%	1.18	-0.29	1.20	-0.24	BOS

Notable Bench Players

The +/- columns show the difference between season’s averages and this playoff series.

Starter	Team	Total	DK	Pos	FD	Pos	MIN/G	FP/G	+/-	USG%	+/-	DK/M	+/-	FD/M	+/-	OPP
Josh Hart	NYK	106.5	$5,300	SG/SF	$5,700	SG/SF	32.3	28.1	-2.5	12%	-1%	0.87	-0.07	0.87	-0.11	CLE
Immanuel Quickley	NYK	106.5	$4,900	PG/SG	$4,900	SG/PG	28.9	28.2	-5.5	20%	-2%	0.97	-0.40	0.96	-0.39	CLE
Isaiah Hartenstein	NYK	106.5	$3,800	C	$4,400	PF/C	19.9	17.4	4.4	11%	1%	0.87	-0.14	0.92	-0.19	CLE
Caris LeVert	CLE	104.5	$4,700	SG	$5,400	SG/SF	30.2	25.4	-1.2	18%	3%	0.84	-0.15	0.83	-0.20	NYK
Cedi Osman	CLE	104.5	$3,600	PF	$3,900	SF/PF	20.1	15.4	0.7	18%	2%	0.77	-0.07	0.74	-0.08	NYK
Danny Green	CLE	104.5	$3,300	SG/SF	$3,800	SG	12.6	9.8	7.2	19%	-12%	0.78	-0.17	0.74	-0.09	NYK
Bruce Brown	DEN	112.8	$4,800	PG/SF	$5,200	SF/SG	28.5	25.0	-0.9	17%	-3%	0.88	-0.11	0.89	-0.10	MIN
Jeff Green	DEN	112.8	$3,500	PF/C	$3,800	PF/SF	19.5	13.9	4.9	17%	-4%	0.71	-0.24	0.71	-0.22	MIN
Christian Braun	DEN	112.8	$3,100	SG/SF	$3,700	SG	15.5	10.3	-2.1	13%	-8%	0.66	-0.11	0.68	-0.09	MIN
Kyle Anderson	MIN	110.3	$5,700	SF/PF	$5,800	SF/PF	28.4	27.3	-2.0	14%	2%	0.96	-0.03	0.98	-0.01	DEN
Nickeil Alexander-Walker	MIN	110.3	$3,900	PG/SG	$4,100	SG/SF	15.0	12.9	10.1	18%	-4%	0.86	-0.40	0.86	-0.40	DEN
Jaylen Nowell	MIN	110.3	$3,200	SG	$3,600	PG	19.3	18.5	-0.4	24%	-4%	0.96	-0.45	0.94	-0.48	DEN
Robert Williams	BOS	117.0	$4,500	C	$5,700	C	23.5	24.2	-1.2	11%	1%	1.03	0.03	1.08	0.03	ATL
Malcolm Brogdon	BOS	117.0	$5,200	PG	$5,800	PG/SG	26.0	28.0	-1.2	22%	-3%	1.08	-0.03	1.05	0.02	ATL
Sam Hauser	BOS	117.0	$3,500	SG/SF	$3,700	SF	16.1	13.1	-3.2	14%	-9%	0.81	-0.48	0.79	-0.48	ATL
Bogdan Bogdanovic	ATL	112.0	$5,100	SG/SF	$6,000	SF/SG	27.9	25.0	2.4	20%	-5%	0.90	0.10	0.87	0.16	BOS
Onyeka Okongwu	ATL	112.0	$4,100	C	$5,500	C	23.1	24.2	-1.6	15%	-5%	1.05	-0.26	1.10	-0.26	BOS
Saddiq Bey	ATL	112.0	$4,000	SF/PF	$4,600	SF	27.6	24.8	-8.3	19%	-8%	0.90	-0.36	0.88	-0.32	BOS

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