NBA DFS First Look: Monday, December 26th - Sortable Odds, Salaries, Stats

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)
Brooklyn Nets Cleveland Cavaliers CLE -2.0 221.5 109.8 111.8 7:00 PM
Los Angeles Clippers Detroit Pistons LAC -5.5 224.0 114.8 109.3 7:00 PM
Minnesota Timberwolves Miami Heat MIA -3.0 222.0 109.5 112.5 7:30 PM
Utah Jazz San Antonio Spurs UTA -4.5 235.0 119.8 115.3 8:00 PM
Houston Rockets Chicago Bulls CHI -7.5 230.5 111.5 119.0 8:00 PM
Indiana Pacers New Orleans Pelicans NOP -6.5 236.5 115.0 121.5 8:00 PM
Charlotte Hornets Portland Trail Blazers POR -5.5 237.5 116.0 121.5 10:00 PM

Implied Totals, Team Stats, and Pace of Play

Offense Line Total PPG +/- O-Rating Pace Opp. D-Rating Pace P-Pace
Portland Trail Blazers -5.5 121.5 112 9.5 113.9 97.7 CHA 114.9 101.0 99.3
New Orleans Pelicans -6.5 121.5 117.9 3.6 114.9 100.8 IND 113.0 102.0 101.4
Utah Jazz -4.5 119.8 117 2.8 115.7 100.4 SAS 118.3 101.3 100.8
Chicago Bulls -7.5 119.0 113.3 5.7 111.4 100.7 HOU 115.0 99.7 100.2
Charlotte Hornets 5.5 116.0 111.3 4.7 108.0 101.0 POR 114.0 97.7 99.3
San Antonio Spurs 4.5 115.3 110.6 4.7 108.9 101.3 UTA 114.3 100.4 100.8
Indiana Pacers 6.5 115.0 114.6 0.4 112.3 102.0 NOP 109.9 100.8 101.4
Los Angeles Clippers -5.5 114.8 107.8 7.0 108.7 98.8 DET 117.7 100.0 99.4
Miami Heat -3.0 112.5 108 4.5 109.7 97.5 MIN 112.5 102.3 99.9
Cleveland Cavaliers -2.0 111.8 110.9 0.8 113.2 96.1 BKN 112.1 98.8 97.5
Houston Rockets 7.5 111.5 109.4 2.1 108.9 99.7 CHI 112.7 100.7 100.2
Brooklyn Nets 2.0 109.8 114.1 -4.3 115.2 98.8 CLE 107.2 96.1 97.5
Minnesota Timberwolves 3.0 109.5 114.8 -5.3 112.1 102.3 MIA 111.0 97.5 99.9
Detroit Pistons 5.5 109.3 110.6 -1.3 110.0 100.0 LAC 108.9 98.8 99.4

Point Guard (Projected Starters)

The +/- columns show the difference between this season’s averages and the last three games.

Starter Team Total DK Pos FD Pos MIN/G FP/G +/- USG% +/- DK/M +/- FD/M +/- OPP
Damian Lillard POR 121.5 $9,900 PG $9,200 PG 35.0 46.6 3.0 31% -4% 1.33 -0.16 1.24 -0.13 CHA
CJ McCollum NOP 121.5 $8,600 PG $8,800 PG/SG 35.3 38.6 2.7 25% 5% 1.09 0.44 1.07 0.38 IND
Mike Conley UTA 119.8 $5,000 PG $5,500 PG 28.8 25.9 -1.6 15% -1% 0.90 -0.09 0.88 -0.07 SAS
Ayo Dosunmu CHI 119.0 $4,000 PG $4,500 PG/SG 26.5 19.5 -2.3 15% -5% 0.74 -0.04 0.73 0.02 HOU
LaMelo Ball CHA 116.0 $10,200 PG $8,900 PG 33.7 45.3 0.4 29% 4% 1.34 0.27 1.25 0.24 POR
Tre Jones SAS 115.3 $6,300 PG $6,300 PG 30.1 29.8 -2.7 19% 3% 0.99 0.18 0.99 0.16 UTA
Tyrese Haliburton IND 115.0 $9,500 PG $10,000 PG/SG 33.6 46.6 0.8 24% 6% 1.39 0.06 1.34 0.00 NOP
Reggie Jackson LAC 114.8 $4,800 PG $5,000 PG 28.9 22.4 -5.4 21% -7% 0.78 -0.14 0.73 -0.11 DET
Kyle Lowry MIA 112.5 $6,600 PG $6,400 PG 36.0 32.6 -1.6 18% 3% 0.90 0.19 0.88 0.14 MIN
Darius Garland CLE 111.8 $7,700 PG $8,000 SG/PG 35.8 38.8 -3.3 27% 1% 1.08 -0.15 1.04 -0.19 BKN
Kevin Porter HOU 111.5 $7,100 PG $7,900 PG 34.1 36.9 -2.8 25% 1% 1.08 0.08 1.05 0.12 CHI
Kyrie Irving BKN 109.8 $8,500 PG $8,800 PG/SG 36.6 42.9 -1.8 29% 5% 1.17 0.14 1.15 0.08 CLE
D’Angelo Russell MIN 109.5 $7,400 PG $7,200 PG/SG 32.5 33.9 4.8 22% -3% 1.04 -0.17 1.01 -0.17 MIA
Killian Hayes DET 109.3 $5,800 PG $5,700 PG 25.4 23.1 5.1 19% -1% 0.91 -0.08 0.91 -0.07 LAC

Shooting Guard (Projected Starters)

The +/- columns show the difference between this season’s averages and the last three games.

Starter Team Total DK Pos FD Pos MIN/G FP/G +/- USG% +/- DK/M +/- FD/M +/- OPP
Anfernee Simons POR 121.5 $6,500 PG/SG $6,200 SG/PG 35.9 35.3 -1.6 26% -2% 0.98 -0.28 0.93 -0.28 CHA
Trey Murphy NOP 121.5 $5,000 SG/SF $5,200 SF 28.9 24.1 2.9 15% -1% 0.83 0.02 0.83 0.02 IND
Jordan Clarkson UTA 119.8 $6,800 PG/SG $7,500 PG/SG 32.3 33.2 -1.7 27% 4% 1.03 0.09 0.97 0.10 SAS
Zach LaVine CHI 119.0 $7,600 SG/SF $7,400 SG/SF 34.4 36.3 2.5 27% -2% 1.05 0.08 1.01 0.10 HOU
Terry Rozier CHA 116.0 $7,000 SG/SF $7,600 SG/PG 36.1 36.8 1.6 26% -7% 1.02 0.15 0.97 0.17 POR
Devin Vassell SAS 115.3 $6,900 SG/SF $7,400 SG 31.4 33.5 -2.6 24% 0% 1.07 0.13 1.05 0.17 UTA
Andrew Nembhard IND 115.0 $4,600 PG/SG $4,900 SG/PG 26.2 20.5 5.8 14% 0% 0.78 -0.19 0.77 -0.16 NOP
Paul George LAC 114.8 $9,000 SG/SF $9,500 SG/SF 34.1 42.3 -0.8 30% -1% 1.24 0.03 1.20 0.03 DET
Tyler Herro MIA 112.5 $9,100 PG/SG $8,300 SG/SF 35.3 38.6 4.3 25% 0% 1.09 -0.11 1.03 -0.10 MIN
Donovan Mitchell CLE 111.8 $8,900 PG/SG $9,100 SG/PG 36.4 44.4 -5.1 31% 0% 1.22 -0.01 1.17 0.01 BKN
Jalen Green HOU 111.5 $6,800 SG $7,000 SG/PG 34.5 33.9 0.7 27% -3% 0.98 -0.08 0.94 -0.05 CHI
Royce O’Neale BKN 109.8 $4,500 SG $4,900 SF/PF 35.2 25.8 -6.4 13% 1% 0.73 -0.05 0.72 -0.10 CLE
Anthony Edwards MIN 109.5 $9,200 SG/SF $9,000 SG/SF 36.6 41.9 1.8 27% 3% 1.14 0.16 1.12 0.17 MIA
Jaden Ivey DET 109.3 $5,500 PG/SG $5,900 SG 30.3 28.9 1.4 24% 3% 0.96 0.04 0.93 0.04 LAC

Small Forward (Projected Starters)

The +/- columns show the difference between this season’s averages and the last three games.

Starter Team Total DK Pos FD Pos MIN/G FP/G +/- USG% +/- DK/M +/- FD/M +/- OPP
Josh Hart POR 121.5 $5,600 SG/SF $5,900 SG/SF 34.5 28.5 0.2 12% 2% 0.83 0.07 0.83 0.03 CHA
Herb Jones NOP 121.5 $5,100 SF/PF $5,100 SG/SF 28.4 22.0 5.5 16% 1% 0.78 0.02 0.81 0.06 IND
Lauri Markkanen UTA 119.8 $8,300 SF/PF $8,200 PF/SF 33.7 39.5 -1.4 23% 2% 1.17 0.06 1.12 0.04 SAS
DeMar DeRozan CHI 119.0 $8,400 SF/PF $8,500 SG/SF 35.6 41.1 2.5 28% -1% 1.15 0.05 1.15 0.06 HOU
Gordon Hayward CHA 116.0 $6,000 SF/PF $6,500 SF/SG 32.6 29.1 1.8 20% -5% 0.89 -0.12 0.87 -0.11 POR
Keldon Johnson SAS 115.3 $7,300 SF $7,300 PF/SF 32.6 33.7 -1.9 28% -3% 1.03 -0.06 0.98 -0.04 UTA
Buddy Hield IND 115.0 $6,100 SG/SF $6,000 SG/SF 31.9 30.7 -1.3 22% -2% 0.96 0.06 0.91 0.05 NOP
Marcus Morris LAC 114.8 $5,700 PF $5,100 PF/SF 30.0 25.2 0.0 19% -2% 0.84 0.00 0.82 -0.01 DET
Caleb Martin MIA 112.5 $5,400 SF $4,700 SF/SG 32.4 22.6 -13.3 14% -10% 0.70 0.09 0.70 0.21 MIN
Isaac Okoro CLE 111.8 $3,700 SG/SF $4,200 SF/SG 18.9 10.6 6.1 12% 3% 0.56 0.36 0.58 0.36 BKN
Eric Gordon HOU 111.5 $3,600 SF $4,300 SF/SG 29.6 19.8 0.5 17% -4% 0.67 -0.14 0.64 -0.11 CHI
Kevin Durant BKN 109.8 $10,500 SF/PF $10,800 SF/PF 36.4 50.2 -3.2 31% 3% 1.38 0.10 1.37 0.12 CLE
Jaden McDaniels MIN 109.5 $5,100 SF/PF $5,600 SF/PF 30.7 22.3 5.3 15% 2% 0.73 0.01 0.76 -0.01 MIA
Bojan Bogdanovic DET 109.3 $6,100 SF/PF $6,100 SF/PF 30.8 30.2 -2.5 25% 0% 0.98 -0.11 0.92 -0.09 LAC

Power Forward (Projected Starters)

The +/- columns show the difference between this season’s averages and the last three games.

Starter Team Total DK Pos FD Pos MIN/G FP/G +/- USG% +/- DK/M +/- FD/M +/- OPP
Jerami Grant POR 121.5 $6,900 SF/PF $7,100 PF 36.0 34.8 2.2 24% -1% 0.97 -0.02 0.95 -0.03 CHA
Zion Williamson NOP 121.5 $10,300 PF $10,500 PF 33.4 43.7 6.7 28% -5% 1.31 -0.29 1.30 -0.28 IND
Jarred Vanderbilt UTA 119.8 $5,500 PF/C $5,700 PF 24.9 25.3 3.3 14% 0% 1.02 -0.16 1.02 -0.21 SAS
Patrick Williams CHI 119.0 $4,600 SF/PF $4,800 SF/PF 27.8 19.6 7.4 15% -1% 0.70 -0.08 0.71 -0.08 HOU
PJ Washington CHA 116.0 $5,600 PF $6,100 PF/C 31.8 27.8 -1.0 20% -6% 0.88 0.05 0.88 0.07 POR
Jeremy Sochan SAS 115.3 $4,500 PF $5,100 SF/PF 24.4 19.6 2.3 17% 7% 0.80 0.49 0.82 0.48 UTA
Aaron Nesmith IND 115.0 $4,400 SF/PF $5,400 SF/PF 22.4 18.1 7.1 17% 3% 0.81 0.40 0.81 0.37 NOP
Nicolas Batum LAC 114.8 $4,900 PF $5,200 SF/PF 21.1 17.1 5.3 11% 3% 0.81 0.16 0.82 0.12 DET
Jimmy Butler MIA 112.5 $9,400 PF $9,800 SF/PF 34.8 43.3 -3.7 24% 0% 1.25 0.05 1.26 0.09 MIN
Evan Mobley CLE 111.8 $6,100 PF/C $6,900 PF/C 33.9 33.5 -5.3 18% -3% 0.99 -0.21 1.00 -0.22 BKN
Jabari Smith HOU 111.5 $5,300 PF/C $6,200 PF 30.4 26.0 0.2 18% 3% 0.86 0.16 0.84 0.18 CHI
Ben Simmons BKN 109.8 $6,300 PF/C $7,200 PG/PF 27.2 28.6 -3.1 15% 0% 1.05 0.35 1.07 0.37 CLE
Kyle Anderson MIN 109.5 $5,500 SF/PF $5,500 SF/PF 24.3 21.0 14% 0.86 0.90 MIA
Isaiah Stewart DET 109.3 $4,900 PF/C $5,400 C/PF 27.8 25.7 -2.0 17% 0% 0.93 -0.38 0.89 -0.39 LAC

Center (Projected Starters)

The +/- columns show the difference between this season’s averages and the last three games.

Starter Team Total DK Pos FD Pos MIN/G FP/G +/- USG% +/- DK/M +/- FD/M +/- OPP
Jusuf Nurkic POR 121.5 $6,200 C $6,800 C 28.6 33.6 -6.6 21% 2% 1.17 0.10 1.16 0.13 CHA
Jonas Valanciunas NOP 121.5 $6,700 C $6,500 C 23.9 29.2 6.1 23% 0% 1.22 0.15 1.17 0.13 IND
Walker Kessler UTA 119.8 $5,400 C $6,000 C 18.2 19.7 10.2 12% 1% 1.08 -0.07 1.16 -0.11 SAS
Nikola Vucevic CHI 119.0 $7,500 C $7,900 C 32.7 37.9 3.8 21% 2% 1.16 0.03 1.13 0.01 HOU
Mason Plumlee CHA 116.0 $5,900 C $6,300 C 27.5 29.6 -0.1 15% 2% 1.08 -0.02 1.08 0.05 POR
Jakob Poeltl SAS 115.3 $6,000 C $7,100 C 26.3 30.9 -4.4 19% -4% 1.18 -0.38 1.19 -0.37 UTA
Myles Turner IND 115.0 $6,400 C $7,000 C/PF 29.4 34.2 -1.2 20% -4% 1.16 -0.32 1.18 -0.32 NOP
Ivica Zubac LAC 114.8 $5,000 C $5,700 C 29.4 28.4 -1.3 14% -8% 0.97 -0.16 0.98 -0.14 DET
Bam Adebayo MIA 112.5 $8,700 C $9,300 C/PF 35.1 40.4 1.7 26% 0% 1.15 -0.02 1.13 -0.06 MIN
Jarrett Allen CLE 111.8 $6,400 C $7,500 C/PF 33.3 32.6 -0.7 16% 0% 0.98 0.10 0.99 0.12 BKN
Alperen Sengun HOU 111.5 $6,200 C $6,400 C 26.7 31.7 0.6 22% -1% 1.19 0.21 1.19 0.21 CHI
Nic Claxton BKN 109.8 $6,000 C $6,600 C 27.8 30.9 -0.7 16% -3% 1.11 0.10 1.18 0.13 CLE
Rudy Gobert MIN 109.5 $7,000 C $8,000 C 31.5 34.8 5.5 16% -4% 1.10 -0.13 1.12 -0.14 MIA
Jalen Duren DET 109.3 $5,200 C $5,800 C 23.6 21.3 5.3 12% 1% 0.90 0.02 0.93 -0.03 LAC

Notable Bench Players

The +/- columns show the difference between this season’s averages and the last three games.

Starter Team Total DK Pos FD Pos MIN/G FP/G +/- USG% +/- DK/M +/- FD/M +/- OPP
Drew Eubanks POR 121.5 $3,600 C $4,600 C/PF 18.1 14.9 8.1 11% -3% 0.82 -0.03 0.88 -0.01 CHA
Keon Johnson POR 121.5 $3,000 SG/SF $3,500 SG 13.5 11.8 -1.1 24% -4% 0.87 0.13 0.83 0.17 CHA
Shaedon Sharpe POR 121.5 $3,000 PG/SG $3,900 SG 19.8 12.9 -5.3 17% -4% 0.65 -0.12 0.64 -0.13 CHA
Larry Nance NOP 121.5 $5,200 PF/C $5,800 PF/C 23.2 22.6 14% 0.97 1.03 IND
Jose Alvarado NOP 121.5 $3,800 PG $4,700 PG 20.7 19.6 1.6 19% -3% 0.95 -0.16 0.95 -0.16 IND
Naji Marshall NOP 121.5 $4,800 SF/PF $5,000 SF 22.4 17.4 2.1 15% 2% 0.77 -0.06 0.77 -0.11 IND
Malik Beasley UTA 119.8 $5,200 SG/SF $5,300 SF/SG 27.2 24.6 -2.6 21% 4% 0.90 0.03 0.86 0.08 SAS
Collin Sexton UTA 119.8 $4,800 PG/SG $5,400 SG 24.2 22.8 -6.9 23% 0% 0.94 0.20 0.91 0.14 SAS
Rudy Gay UTA 119.8 $3,200 PF $3,700 PF/SF 15.9 11.8 0.4 16% 0% 0.74 -0.07 0.76 -0.08 SAS
Coby White CHI 119.0 $4,100 PG/SG $4,000 PG/SG 20.6 15.6 3.7 17% 3% 0.75 -0.02 0.73 -0.05 HOU
Goran Dragic CHI 119.0 $3,200 PG/SG $4,100 PG 17.0 14.9 2.1 20% -3% 0.88 -0.29 0.83 -0.30 HOU
Andre Drummond CHI 119.0 $3,300 C $3,800 C 13.9 17.7 0.1 19% -4% 1.27 -0.41 1.28 -0.44 HOU
Kelly Oubre CHA 116.0 $7,200 SG/SF $7,800 SF/SG 33.2 34.0 -0.6 26% 1% 1.02 -0.03 1.03 -0.05 POR
Jalen McDaniels CHA 116.0 $4,900 SF/PF $5,600 PF/SF 26.3 22.9 -1.7 17% 1% 0.87 0.00 0.88 0.02 POR
Dennis Smith Jr. CHA 116.0 $5,200 PG $5,700 PG 27.9 26.7 16% 0.96 1.00 POR
Zach Collins SAS 115.3 $5,600 C $5,300 PF/C 20.8 22.2 0.1 19% -2% 1.06 -0.21 1.07 -0.23 UTA
Doug McDermott SAS 115.3 $4,000 SF/PF $4,100 PF/SF 20.7 16.7 -1.0 19% 6% 0.80 0.09 0.74 0.05 UTA
Josh Richardson SAS 115.3 $4,200 PG/SF $4,600 SF/SG 23.0 19.8 -3.3 21% 5% 0.86 0.13 0.82 0.17 UTA
Bennedict Mathurin IND 115.0 $5,200 SG/SF $5,200 SG/SF 28.5 25.8 -4.3 24% -3% 0.91 -0.29 0.87 -0.27 NOP
Jalen Smith IND 115.0 $4,100 PF/C $5,300 PF/C 21.5 23.2 -3.2 21% -3% 1.08 0.24 1.08 0.26 NOP
Chris Duarte IND 115.0 $3,200 SG/SF $4,000 SF 18.8 14.5 -2.5 20% 1% 0.77 0.10 0.74 0.08 NOP
John Wall LAC 114.8 $5,900 PG $5,800 PG/SG 22.4 25.0 0.9 27% -6% 1.12 -0.35 1.09 -0.34 DET
Norman Powell LAC 114.8 $5,200 SG/SF $5,200 SF/SG 24.9 23.3 -3.7 25% 8% 0.93 0.33 0.91 0.30 DET
Luke Kennard LAC 114.8 $3,800 SG $4,400 SG/SF 22.3 16.0 2.7 15% 2% 0.72 0.22 0.67 0.20 DET
Max Strus MIA 112.5 $5,300 SG/SF $5,200 SG/SF 31.1 23.2 -5.2 18% -2% 0.75 0.05 0.72 0.06 MIN
Victor Oladipo MIA 112.5 $5,700 PG/SG $5,300 SG/PG 26.1 19.2 5.9 17% -2% 0.73 -0.09 0.75 -0.06 MIN
Haywood Highsmith MIA 112.5 $4,400 SF/PF $4,800 SF 20.1 13.8 7.2 12% 0% 0.68 0.12 0.71 0.16 MIN
Kevin Love CLE 111.8 $4,200 PF/C $4,800 PF/C 20.1 22.4 4.1 19% -5% 1.11 -0.10 1.05 -0.09 BKN
Caris LeVert CLE 111.8 $4,300 SG/SF $5,100 SG/SF 30.8 24.4 -2.8 19% -5% 0.79 -0.13 0.77 -0.07 BKN
Cedi Osman CLE 111.8 $3,400 PF $4,100 SF/PF 22.7 16.6 -1.9 17% 4% 0.73 0.20 0.71 0.21 BKN
KJ Martin HOU 111.5 $4,500 SF/PF $4,200 SF/PF 24.3 20.8 1.6 16% -1% 0.86 0.08 0.84 0.10 CHI
Tari Eason HOU 111.5 $4,000 PF $4,500 SF 19.0 19.6 2.6 19% -2% 1.03 -0.34 1.07 -0.41 CHI
Usman Garuba HOU 111.5 $3,400 C $4,000 PF 14.7 13.6 -1.3 10% 3% 0.92 -0.10 0.99 -0.15 CHI
Seth Curry BKN 109.8 $3,400 SG $3,700 PG/SG 21.7 16.4 -4.0 17% -1% 0.75 0.02 0.73 0.07 CLE
TJ Warren BKN 109.8 $3,800 SF/PF $4,200 SF/PF 17.2 16.9 0.3 20% 2% 0.98 0.17 1.00 0.13 CLE
Yuta Watanabe BKN 109.8 $3,300 SF/PF $4,400 SG 19.3 15.7 3.4 13% -5% 0.81 -0.24 0.81 -0.21 CLE
Austin Rivers MIN 109.5 $3,900 PG/SG $5,000 SG/PG 18.6 10.4 14.2 11% 1% 0.56 0.11 0.55 0.11 MIA
Jaylen Nowell MIN 109.5 $4,700 PG/SG $4,700 PG 19.9 19.8 4.7 25% 2% 0.99 -0.25 0.97 -0.24 MIA
Naz Reid MIN 109.5 $5,000 C $5,500 C 16.8 19.8 9.1 22% 0% 1.18 0.04 1.19 -0.01 MIA
Saddiq Bey DET 109.3 $3,900 SF/PF $5,000 SF 28.2 23.1 -5.3 20% -2% 0.82 -0.16 0.81 -0.18 LAC
Alec Burks DET 109.3 $4,000 PG/SG $4,700 PG/SG 20.5 21.2 -3.8 24% -3% 1.03 -0.31 1.00 -0.36 LAC
Kevin Knox DET 109.3 $3,100 PF $3,800 SF/PF 14.5 11.4 3.1 16% 1% 0.79 -0.26 0.78 -0.30 LAC
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