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NBA DFS First Look: Monday, December 20th

by Derek Farnsworth (Notorious) Last Updated 2021-12-20 15:30:38

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

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NBA Schedule & Vegas Lines

Road Team Home Team Favorite Spread Game Total Road Total Home Total Time (ET)
Philadelphia 76ers Boston Celtics BOS -3.0 213.5 105.3 108.3 7:30 PM
Houston Rockets Chicago Bulls CHI -7.0 223.0 108.0 115.0 8:00 PM
Oklahoma City Thunder Memphis Grizzlies MEM -9.0 212.5 101.8 110.8 8:00 PM
Charlotte Hornets Utah Jazz UTA -11.5 235.5 112.0 123.5 9:00 PM
Sacramento Kings Golden State Warriors GSW -12.0 223.0 105.5 117.5 10:00 PM
San Antonio Spurs Los Angeles Clippers LAC -5.0 217.0 106.0 111.0 10:30 PM

Implied Totals, Team Stats, and Pace of Play

Offense Line Total O-Rating Pace Opp. D-Rating Pace P-Pace
Utah Jazz -11.5 123.5 117.2 98.5 CHA 114.8 100.7 99.6
Golden State Warriors -12.0 117.5 111.7 99.4 SAC 112.7 100.3 99.9
Chicago Bulls -7.0 115.0 109.7 99.0 HOU 111.3 101.0 100.0
Charlotte Hornets 11.5 112.0 113.2 100.7 UTA 106.8 98.5 99.6
Los Angeles Clippers -5.0 111.0 106.3 99.3 SAS 110.0 99.9 99.6
Memphis Grizzlies -9.0 110.8 111.2 99.2 OKC 109.5 98.8 99.0
Boston Celtics -3.0 108.3 108.3 98.0 PHI 109.9 95.9 97.0
Houston Rockets 7.0 108.0 105.1 101.0 CHI 106.8 99.0 100.0
San Antonio Spurs 5.0 106.0 109.5 99.9 LAC 105.4 99.3 99.6
Sacramento Kings 12.0 105.5 109.9 100.3 GSW 101.3 99.4 99.9
Philadelphia 76ers 3.0 105.3 109.1 95.9 BOS 107.5 98.0 97.0
Oklahoma City Thunder 9.0 101.8 100.4 98.8 MEM 109.1 99.2 99.0

Point Guard (Projected Starters)

The +/- columns show the difference between season averages and the last four games.

Starter Team Total DK Pos FD Pos MIN/G FP/G +/- USG% +/- TS% +/- DK/M +/- FD/M +/- OPP
Mike Conley UTA 123.5 $6,000 PG $5,800 PG 28.0 28.0 -1.1 19% 4% 63% -17% 1.00 0.12 0.97 0.13 CHA
Stephen Curry GSW 117.5 $11,800 PG $9,700 PG 34.3 48.7 0.8 30% 3% 61% -2% 1.42 -0.24 1.34 -0.26 SAC
Lonzo Ball CHI 115.0 $7,700 PG $7,700 PG 35.6 33.1 3.6 17% 3% 56% 3% 0.93 0.05 0.92 0.04 HOU
LaMelo Ball CHA 112.0 $9,600 PG/SG $9,800 PG 32.8 46.9 -6.1 27% 0% 54% 3% 1.43 0.06 1.38 0.11 UTA
Reggie Jackson LAC 111.0 $7,600 PG $6,100 PG 33.1 30.4 -2.8 26% 5% 49% 1% 0.92 0.25 0.87 0.27 SAS
Tyus Jones MEM 110.8 $5,800 PG $5,500 PG 21.4 19.5 7.9 15% 0% 56% 4% 0.91 -0.17 0.91 -0.19 OKC
Dennis Schroder BOS 108.3 $6,200 PG $6,000 PG/SG 33.1 30.3 -4.0 24% 0% 55% -13% 0.92 -0.30 0.88 -0.30 PHI
Eric Gordon HOU 108.0 $5,700 SG/SF $5,600 SF/SG 29.8 24.0 0.2 21% 3% 61% 6% 0.80 0.20 0.76 0.18 CHI
Dejounte Murray SAS 106.0 $9,800 PG $9,100 PG/SG 34.4 46.3 0.7 25% -4% 50% 0% 1.35 0.00 1.32 -0.01 LAC
Tyrese Haliburton SAC 105.5 $7,000 PG/SG $7,700 PG/SG 33.4 31.7 -0.2 16% 3% 56% 4% 0.95 0.26 0.96 0.26 GSW
Tyrese Maxey PHI 105.3 $6,900 PG $6,600 PG/SG 34.6 30.9 -0.7 21% 3% 57% 12% 0.89 0.08 0.89 0.05 BOS
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander OKC 101.8 $8,600 PG $8,700 SG/PG 34.9 37.8 -1.0 28% -1% 53% 1% 1.08 -0.10 1.06 -0.09 MEM

Shooting Guard (Projected Starters)

The +/- columns show the difference between season averages and the last four games.

Starter Team Total DK Pos FD Pos MIN/G FP/G +/- USG% +/- TS% +/- DK/M +/- FD/M +/- OPP
Donovan Mitchell UTA 123.5 $9,700 PG/SG $8,500 SG/PG 32.5 41.3 0.2 33% 0% 57% 5% 1.27 0.03 1.23 0.03 CHA
Gary Payton GSW 117.5 $4,100 PG/SG $4,200 SG 14.2 14.4 -1.9 14% 2% 73% 0% 1.01 0.08 1.07 0.09 SAC
Alex Caruso CHI 115.0 $5,100 PG/SG $5,400 PG/SG 28.9 24.3 3.7 13% 1% 59% 6% 0.84 -0.07 0.88 -0.16 HOU
Terry Rozier CHA 112.0 $6,500 PG/SG $6,500 SG/PG 31.7 29.4 -5.7 22% -1% 53% -12% 0.93 -0.20 0.92 -0.20 UTA
Luke Kennard LAC 111.0 $6,000 SG $5,500 SG/SF 29.0 22.1 6.4 16% 4% 61% 5% 0.76 0.20 0.72 0.16 SAS
Desmond Bane MEM 110.8 $6,100 PG/SG $6,400 SG 28.9 28.2 -1.4 22% -1% 59% 3% 0.97 0.10 0.95 0.10 OKC
Marcus Smart BOS 108.3 $5,500 PG/SG $5,700 SG/PG 34.2 28.2 -1.8 16% -2% 49% -12% 0.82 -0.14 0.84 -0.15 PHI
Josh Christopher HOU 108.0 $3,900 SG/SF $4,600 SG 12.8 11.0 15.2 20% -1% 60% 3% 0.86 -0.05 0.84 -0.06 CHI
Derrick White SAS 106.0 $6,500 PG/SG $8,000 PG 31.0 30.4 -0.3 20% 3% 53% 5% 0.98 0.17 1.00 0.18 LAC
Buddy Hield SAC 105.5 $5,800 SG/SF $5,100 SG/SF 28.9 27.2 4.1 23% -4% 55% 13% 0.94 -0.09 0.89 -0.09 GSW
Seth Curry PHI 105.3 $6,500 SG $5,800 PG/SG 34.4 26.6 1.3 19% 0% 63% -2% 0.77 -0.01 0.75 0.02 BOS
Lu Dort OKC 101.8 $6,100 SG/SF $6,100 SF/SG 32.3 27.7 -3.9 22% 3% 57% -3% 0.86 -0.02 0.83 -0.03 MEM

Small Forward (Projected Starters)

The +/- columns show the difference between season averages and the last four games.

Starter Team Total DK Pos FD Pos MIN/G FP/G +/- USG% +/- TS% +/- DK/M +/- FD/M +/- OPP
Bojan Bogdanovic UTA 123.5 $5,000 SF/PF $5,000 SF/PF 29.8 25.7 -1.5 21% 0% 63% 3% 0.86 0.03 0.81 0.03 CHA
Otto Porter GSW 117.5 $3,700 SF/PF $3,900 SF/PF 19.5 17.7 1.4 15% 0% 60% -3% 0.91 -0.05 0.90 -0.02 SAC
DeMar DeRozan CHI 115.0 $9,300 PF $8,900 SG/SF 35.2 41.6 -0.9 30% 10% 59% 1% 1.18 0.35 1.18 0.34 HOU
Gordon Hayward CHA 112.0 $6,400 SF/PF $7,600 SF/SG 33.7 32.2 -6.6 21% 2% 58% 9% 0.96 0.14 0.94 0.09 UTA
Terance Mann LAC 111.0 $5,400 PG/SF $5,500 SG/SF 28.6 22.0 7.2 15% -1% 57% 11% 0.77 0.02 0.75 0.02 SAS
Dillon Brooks MEM 110.8 $6,400 SF $6,700 SG/SF 28.6 31.0 4.7 29% 0% 54% 7% 1.08 0.13 1.06 0.11 OKC
Jaylen Brown BOS 108.3 $9,000 SG/SF $7,300 SF/SG 32.6 35.0 -0.7 28% 2% 57% 0% 1.07 0.11 1.04 0.08 PHI
Garrison Mathews HOU 108.0 $4,800 SF $4,800 SF 29.2 21.6 1.7 15% 0% 62% -13% 0.74 -0.04 0.73 -0.03 CHI
Doug McDermott SAS 106.0 $3,700 SF $4,300 PF/SF 25.1 17.2 1.3 17% 2% 58% -7% 0.69 0.02 0.64 0.03 LAC
Harrison Barnes SAC 105.5 $6,000 SF/PF $6,100 SF/PF 33.7 31.5 -1.1 20% -2% 61% -9% 0.93 -0.13 0.90 -0.12 GSW
Danny Green PHI 105.3 $3,800 SF $4,700 SG/SF 24.3 17.0 1.0 13% -2% 59% -11% 0.70 -0.06 0.73 -0.04 BOS
Josh Giddey OKC 101.8 $7,200 SG/SF $6,100 SG 29.9 30.8 2.7 21% 2% 45% -8% 1.03 0.06 1.01 0.05 MEM

Power Forward (Projected Starters)

The +/- columns show the difference between season averages and the last four games.

Starter Team Total DK Pos FD Pos MIN/G FP/G +/- USG% +/- TS% +/- DK/M +/- FD/M +/- OPP
Royce O’Neale UTA 123.5 $4,200 PF $4,700 SF/PF 30.8 22.1 -1.6 10% -2% 65% 4% 0.72 -0.04 0.74 -0.05 CHA
Draymond Green GSW 117.5 $7,100 PF/C $7,200 PF/C 30.3 32.4 1.1 14% 1% 59% 0% 1.07 -0.05 1.09 -0.06 SAC
Javonte Green CHI 115.0 $3,100 SF $4,000 SG/SF 21.2 14.4 13.5 11% 0% 57% -11% 0.68 0.07 0.71 0.11 HOU
Miles Bridges CHA 112.0 $8,000 SF/PF $8,400 SF 36.5 38.9 -3.5 22% -2% 57% 1% 1.07 0.09 1.07 0.11 UTA
Paul George LAC 111.0 $10,800 SG/SF $8,900 SG/SF 35.9 46.4 33% 53% 1.29 1.25 SAS
Jaren Jackson MEM 110.8 $6,700 PF/C $6,900 PF/C 26.9 30.2 -2.5 25% 4% 55% -3% 1.12 -0.06 1.16 -0.05 OKC
Jayson Tatum BOS 108.3 $10,500 SF/PF $9,900 SF/PF 36.5 46.2 1.0 32% 0% 54% 4% 1.26 0.00 1.22 -0.01 PHI
Jae’Sean Tate HOU 108.0 $6,100 PF $6,100 SF/PF 28.1 27.1 -0.5 19% 2% 57% 9% 0.96 0.12 0.96 0.13 CHI
Keldon Johnson SAS 106.0 $5,400 PF $6,400 PF/SF 30.7 27.9 0.4 20% 2% 56% 10% 0.91 0.14 0.89 0.10 LAC
Chimezie Metu SAC 105.5 $4,700 PF $6,000 C 23.5 22.5 3.1 19% 2% 49% 0% 0.96 0.02 0.97 0.03 GSW
Tobias Harris PHI 105.3 $8,700 PF $7,000 PF/SF 34.3 35.1 -1.1 25% 0% 54% -5% 1.02 -0.15 1.00 -0.16 BOS
Aaron Wiggins OKC 101.8 $3,100 SG/SF $3,600 SG 15.5 8.0 5.0 9% 0% 62% 2% 0.51 -0.01 0.51 0.02 MEM

Center (Projected Starters)

The +/- columns show the difference between season averages and the last four games.

Starter Team Total DK Pos FD Pos MIN/G FP/G +/- USG% +/- TS% +/- DK/M +/- FD/M +/- OPP
Rudy Gobert UTA 123.5 $9,200 C $9,400 C 31.7 41.6 -0.1 16% 0% 75% 5% 1.31 0.10 1.34 0.08 CHA
Kevon Looney GSW 117.5 $3,900 C $4,600 C/PF 18.8 18.3 5.1 14% 0% 56% 9% 0.97 -0.03 1.02 -0.03 SAC
Nikola Vucevic CHI 115.0 $9,100 C $8,800 C 33.2 38.7 0.3 23% 5% 47% -7% 1.17 -0.06 1.15 -0.08 HOU
Mason Plumlee CHA 112.0 $4,000 C $5,100 C 25.1 22.8 -6.7 12% 1% 56% 1% 0.91 0.11 0.94 0.08 UTA
Ivica Zubac LAC 111.0 $4,900 C $5,500 C 24.7 24.3 -1.1 14% 0% 71% -7% 0.98 -0.16 1.01 -0.12 SAS
Steven Adams MEM 110.8 $5,000 C $5,500 C 25.5 24.9 3.6 13% -1% 57% 3% 0.98 0.02 1.00 0.03 OKC
Robert Williams BOS 108.3 $5,700 C $5,600 PF/C 27.7 25.9 -0.3 12% 1% 73% -3% 0.94 -0.02 0.99 -0.03 PHI
Christian Wood HOU 108.0 $8,800 C $8,200 PF/C 31.7 37.8 -3.9 23% 4% 53% -6% 1.19 -0.09 1.16 -0.04 CHI
Jakob Poeltl SAS 106.0 $6,200 C $7,100 C 29.1 30.6 2.3 17% 0% 58% -2% 1.05 -0.10 1.08 -0.08 LAC
Richaun Holmes SAC 105.5 $6,200 C $6,600 C/PF 27.1 30.2 17% 74% 1.12 1.12 GSW
Joel Embiid PHI 105.3 $11,600 C $10,500 C 33.1 49.2 1.2 33% -2% 57% 4% 1.49 -0.06 1.48 -0.07 BOS
Jeremiah Robinson-Earl OKC 101.8 $3,300 PF/C $4,100 PF 21.7 17.0 -0.2 15% 4% 51% -1% 0.78 -0.07 0.77 -0.10 MEM

Notable Bench Players

The +/- columns show the difference between season averages and the last four games.

Starter Team Total DK Pos FD Pos MIN/G FP/G +/- USG% +/- TS% +/- DK/M +/- FD/M +/- OPP
Jordan Clarkson UTA 123.5 $5,200 PG/SG $5,200 PG/SG 25.2 24.6 1.9 27% -2% 50% 6% 0.98 0.07 0.93 0.10 CHA
Joe Ingles UTA 123.5 $4,000 SG/SF $4,200 SG/SF 24.8 18.3 0.9 13% -1% 62% -18% 0.74 -0.10 0.70 -0.09 CHA
Rudy Gay UTA 123.5 $3,600 SF/PF $4,200 PF/SF 19.2 18.4 0.4 19% -4% 58% -20% 0.96 -0.28 0.92 -0.22 CHA
Andre Iguodala GSW 117.5 $3,200 SF $3,800 SF/SG 19.9 16.9 -0.6 11% 7% 47% 3% 0.85 0.42 0.90 0.44 SAC
Damion Lee GSW 117.5 $3,800 SG/SF $3,900 SG 20.5 14.5 1.9 18% -2% 53% 2% 0.71 -0.04 0.69 -0.02 SAC
Chris Chiozza GSW 117.5 $3,400 PG $3,700 PG 12.5 8.9 6.8 14% -1% 46% -27% 0.71 -0.02 0.68 0.00 SAC
Coby White CHI 115.0 $3,700 PG/SG $5,100 PG/SG 18.2 11.6 6.3 20% -4% 41% -9% 0.64 -0.20 0.61 -0.15 HOU
Alfonzo McKinnie CHI 115.0 $3,000 SF/PF $3,900 SF 23.1 8.8 0.0 12% 0% 37% 0% 0.38 0.00 0.38 0.00 HOU
Tony Bradley CHI 115.0 $3,000 C $4,100 PF/C 12.5 10.8 -0.6 13% 1% 57% -6% 0.86 0.33 0.89 0.38 HOU
PJ Washington CHA 112.0 $5,500 PF/C $6,200 PF/C 25.3 25.0 0.9 18% 2% 59% 0% 0.99 0.07 1.00 0.07 UTA
Kelly Oubre CHA 112.0 $6,700 SG/SF $6,800 SF/SG 29.0 27.3 -2.4 22% 2% 58% -5% 0.94 -0.06 0.92 -0.07 UTA
Ish Smith CHA 112.0 $3,400 PG $4,400 PG/SG 14.1 11.5 4.7 19% -1% 44% 2% 0.81 -0.10 0.83 -0.10 UTA
Nicolas Batum LAC 111.0 $4,500 PF/C $4,700 SF/PF 26.6 22.4 -1.5 12% 2% 69% 31% 0.84 0.01 0.86 -0.05 SAS
Eric Bledsoe LAC 111.0 $4,700 PG $5,400 SG/PG 26.2 22.6 -0.8 18% 4% 51% 4% 0.86 0.11 0.87 0.07 SAS
Serge Ibaka LAC 111.0 $3,000 PF/C $3,500 PF/C 14.0 11.1 16% 47% 0.79 0.78 SAS
Kyle Anderson MEM 110.8 $5,200 SF/PF $5,800 SF/PF 22.0 22.6 1.1 17% 4% 51% -5% 1.03 0.25 1.07 0.31 OKC
De’Anthony Melton MEM 110.8 $4,800 PG/SG $6,300 SG/PG 24.2 24.2 -2.6 19% 2% 53% 5% 1.00 0.30 1.02 0.36 OKC
Xavier Tillman MEM 110.8 $3,400 C $4,700 PF 14.6 14.5 1.0 17% -1% 51% 9% 0.99 0.09 1.07 0.08 OKC
Romeo Langford BOS 108.3 $3,100 SF $4,200 SG 17.8 10.9 -1.8 12% 5% 51% -9% 0.61 0.17 0.61 0.19 PHI
Aaron Nesmith BOS 108.3 $3,200 SG/SF $3,600 SG 10.8 6.5 6.0 16% 0% 43% -13% 0.60 -0.02 0.58 0.02 PHI
Enes Freedom BOS 108.3 $3,600 C $3,700 C 11.7 12.5 -0.9 16% 0% 53% 4% 1.07 -0.08 1.09 -0.11 PHI
Armoni Brooks HOU 108.0 $5,200 PG/SG $4,500 SG 15.9 13.1 1.6 18% -1% 53% -18% 0.82 -0.24 0.81 -0.24 CHI
Alperen Sengun HOU 108.0 $5,900 C $5,600 C/PF 18.5 22.1 4.0 21% 1% 58% -9% 1.19 0.02 1.23 0.04 CHI
KJ Martin HOU 108.0 $4,300 PF/C $5,300 SF/PF 17.5 15.5 9.9 16% 2% 60% -2% 0.88 0.10 0.90 0.08 CHI
Lonnie Walker SAS 106.0 $4,200 SG/SF $5,300 SG/SF 22.7 20.6 2.9 23% 1% 51% 6% 0.91 0.15 0.88 0.16 LAC
Devin Vassell SAS 106.0 $4,100 SF/PF $4,900 SG 24.5 22.0 -0.2 18% -2% 57% -4% 0.90 -0.14 0.92 -0.13 LAC
Drew Eubanks SAS 106.0 $3,200 C $3,900 C/PF 13.8 14.6 -5.6 18% 1% 58% -13% 1.05 0.10 1.09 0.09 LAC
Maurice Harkless SAC 105.5 $3,000 SF/PF $3,500 SF/PF 19.6 9.5 5.4 10% -2% 47% 1% 0.48 -0.07 0.51 -0.05 GSW
Tristan Thompson SAC 105.5 $4,300 C $5,100 C/PF 15.7 16.3 6.9 19% 4% 55% 4% 1.04 -0.04 1.05 -0.06 GSW
Jahmi’us Ramsey SAC 105.5 $3,000 SG $3,500 PG 7.7 4.3 3.6 19% 8% 44% 3% 0.55 0.38 0.55 0.36 GSW
Matisse Thybulle PHI 105.3 $3,300 SF/PF $4,200 SF 24.1 15.1 -2.3 11% 0% 56% -8% 0.63 -0.06 0.71 -0.08 BOS
Charles Bassey PHI 105.3 $3,500 C $5,100 C 9.0 10.6 13.0 15% 7% 68% -8% 1.18 0.41 1.28 0.42 BOS
Isaiah Joe PHI 105.3 $3,000 SG $3,800 PG 10.8 7.1 6.5 16% -3% 48% -10% 0.66 -0.15 0.63 -0.12 BOS
Darius Bazley OKC 101.8 $4,300 PF $5,600 PF/SF 27.3 22.2 -1.7 17% -2% 46% 5% 0.81 -0.06 0.85 -0.04 MEM
Kenrich Williams OKC 101.8 $3,700 SF $4,900 SF 20.8 17.0 1.5 15% -1% 53% -10% 0.82 -0.04 0.83 -0.07 MEM
Tre Mann OKC 101.8 $3,400 PG/SG $4,000 PG 16.5 12.7 4.4 20% -2% 52% 10% 0.77 0.12 0.77 0.11 MEM

Legend

Term Description
USG% Percentage of possessions a player used while on the floor this season.
TS% Shooting efficiency from this season.
DK/M DraftKings fantasy points per minute from this season.
FD/M FanDuel fantasy points per minute from this season.
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