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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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Derek Farnsworth (Notorious)

Derek Farnsworth (aka Notorious) is a lead RotoGrinders Expert and one of the most recognizable names and faces in all of DFS. Before joining the RotoGrinders team, Derek received a Master’s Degree from the University of Utah. When he’s not busy providing content, he’s dominating the DFS industry as evidenced by his consistent top rankings in several sports and multiple Live Final appearances. Noto provides expert NBA, NFL, MLB, and PGA analysis for RotoGrinders Premium members on a daily basis and has also been nominated for five different Fantasy Sports Writer’s Association (FSWA) awards. Follow Noto on Twitter – @RG_Notorious