NBA DFS First Look: Saturday, December 17th - 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)
Washington Wizards Los Angeles Clippers LAC -7.0 222.5 107.8 114.8 5:00 PM
Miami Heat San Antonio Spurs MIA -7.5 222.0 114.8 107.3 6:00 PM
Memphis Grizzlies Oklahoma City Thunder MEM -8.5 233.0 120.8 112.3 9:00 PM
Dallas Mavericks Cleveland Cavaliers CLE -4.0 216.0 106.0 110.0 9:00 PM
Utah Jazz Milwaukee Bucks MIL -4.0 229.5 112.8 116.8 9:00 PM
Portland Trail Blazers Houston Rockets POR -4.0 228.0 116.0 112.0 9:00 PM
New Orleans Pelicans Phoenix Suns PHO -3.5 227.5 112.0 115.5 10:00 PM

Implied Totals, Team Stats, and Pace of Play

Offense Line Total PPG +/- O-Rating Pace Opp. D-Rating Pace P-Pace
Memphis Grizzlies -8.5 120.8 115.5 5.3 113.6 100.8 OKC 112.4 102.6 101.7
Milwaukee Bucks -4.0 116.8 112.6 4.2 111.6 100.1 UTA 113.4 100.8 100.5
Portland Trail Blazers -4.0 116.0 112.6 3.4 114.3 97.7 HOU 114.8 100.0 98.8
Phoenix Suns -3.5 115.5 115.4 0.1 115.7 99.1 NOP 108.6 100.6 99.8
Los Angeles Clippers -7.0 114.8 107.6 7.2 108.5 98.8 WAS 113.8 99.4 99.1
Miami Heat -7.5 114.8 107.9 6.8 109.2 97.7 SAS 118.4 101.3 99.5
Utah Jazz 4.0 112.8 117.4 -4.7 115.8 100.8 MIL 106.6 100.1 100.5
Oklahoma City Thunder 8.5 112.3 115.5 -3.3 110.5 102.6 MEM 110.0 100.8 101.7
New Orleans Pelicans 3.5 112.0 117 -5.0 114.5 100.6 PHO 111.5 99.1 99.8
Houston Rockets 4.0 112.0 110.3 1.7 109.4 100.0 POR 113.5 97.7 98.8
Cleveland Cavaliers -4.0 110.0 110.7 -0.7 113.0 96.2 DAL 112.8 96.4 96.3
Washington Wizards 7.0 107.8 111 -3.3 110.9 99.4 LAC 108.9 98.8 99.1
San Antonio Spurs 7.5 107.3 110.2 -3.0 108.4 101.3 MIA 110.8 97.7 99.5
Dallas Mavericks 4.0 106.0 111.1 -5.1 113.9 96.4 CLE 106.9 96.2 96.3

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
Ja Morant MEM 120.8 $10,600 PG $10,700 PG 32.7 50.9 -3.6 35% -1% 1.56 0.29 1.49 0.28 OKC
Jrue Holiday MIL 116.8 $8,300 PG $8,400 PG/SG 32.9 40.6 2.3 25% 4% 1.23 0.19 1.20 0.18 UTA
Damian Lillard POR 116.0 $10,300 PG $9,900 PG 35.2 47.5 0.4 32% 3% 1.35 0.18 1.25 0.15 HOU
Chris Paul PHO 115.5 $8,200 PG $8,300 PG 31.2 34.1 4.7 17% 2% 1.09 -0.01 1.09 0.00 NOP
Reggie Jackson LAC 114.8 $5,200 PG $5,000 PG 29.3 23.0 -3.1 21% -4% 0.78 -0.11 0.74 -0.04 WAS
Kyle Lowry MIA 114.8 $6,700 PG $6,400 PG 36.1 32.1 -4.5 18% -2% 0.89 -0.23 0.86 -0.27 SAS
Mike Conley UTA 112.8 $5,500 PG $5,500 PG 29.2 27.5 1.4 16% -1% 0.94 -0.42 0.92 -0.44 MIL
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander OKC 112.3 $9,900 PG $10,200 SG/PG 35.6 49.8 -0.5 32% -1% 1.40 -0.12 1.41 -0.13 MEM
CJ McCollum NOP 112.0 $7,400 PG $7,800 PG/SG 35.0 36.0 3.8 24% 3% 1.03 -0.01 1.01 -0.01 PHO
Kevin Porter HOU 112.0 $7,100 PG $7,700 PG 34.6 37.2 0.3 25% 1% 1.08 0.01 1.04 0.07 POR
Darius Garland CLE 110.0 $7,600 PG $7,600 SG/PG 35.9 38.7 -0.1 27% -3% 1.08 -0.15 1.03 -0.12 DAL
Monte Morris WAS 107.8 $5,900 PG $5,500 PG 27.9 24.0 -0.4 15% 4% 0.86 0.39 0.85 0.37 LAC
Tre Jones SAS 107.3 $6,500 PG $6,300 PG 30.3 29.5 -0.4 19% -2% 0.97 -0.08 0.98 -0.05 MIA
Luka Doncic DAL 106.0 $12,500 PG $11,900 PG/SG 36.9 62.5 1.2 37% 1% 1.69 -0.22 1.63 -0.24 CLE

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
Dillon Brooks MEM 120.8 $6,600 SG $6,300 SG/SF 30.8 28.9 -3.4 25% -2% 0.94 0.05 0.90 0.00 OKC
Jevon Carter MIL 116.8 $4,600 PG/SG $4,500 PG/SG 26.2 20.2 -0.1 13% -5% 0.77 -0.11 0.78 -0.12 UTA
Anfernee Simons POR 116.0 $7,500 PG/SG $7,000 SG/PG 36.6 37.2 -2.9 26% -2% 1.02 -0.06 0.96 -0.10 HOU
Devin Booker PHO 115.5 $9,100 PG/SG $8,700 SG 35.4 44.3 -0.5 31% -1% 1.25 -0.49 1.22 -0.47 NOP
Paul George LAC 114.8 $9,200 SG/SF $9,200 SG/SF 34.1 42.5 0.3 30% -1% 1.25 0.07 1.20 0.00 WAS
Tyler Herro MIA 114.8 $8,700 PG/SG $8,200 SG/SF 34.8 38.7 3.2 25% -1% 1.11 0.02 1.05 0.00 SAS
Jordan Clarkson UTA 112.8 $7,300 PG/SG $7,300 PG/SG 32.7 33.5 0.8 27% 1% 1.02 0.09 0.96 0.08 MIL
Josh Giddey OKC 112.3 $6,900 PG/SG $7,400 SG/PG 30.9 34.7 4.4 23% -1% 1.12 0.00 1.06 -0.01 MEM
Trey Murphy NOP 112.0 $4,800 SG/SF $5,400 SF 28.8 23.9 1.7 15% -3% 0.83 -0.24 0.83 -0.21 PHO
Jalen Green HOU 112.0 $6,800 PG/SG $7,500 SG/PG 34.6 34.6 0.8 28% 2% 1.00 0.14 0.95 0.16 POR
Donovan Mitchell CLE 110.0 $8,900 PG/SG $8,900 SG/PG 36.7 45.4 0.4 30% 2% 1.24 -0.13 1.19 -0.16 DAL
Bradley Beal WAS 107.8 $8,500 SG $8,700 SG 35.0 38.7 26% 1.11 1.09 LAC
Devin Vassell SAS 107.3 $6,800 SG/SF $6,700 SG 31.7 33.7 -5.2 24% 0% 1.06 0.10 1.04 0.20 MIA
Spencer Dinwiddie DAL 106.0 $6,500 PG/SG $6,800 PG/SG 31.6 31.7 0.4 22% 1% 1.00 0.26 0.97 0.21 CLE

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
John Konchar MEM 120.8 $4,500 SG/SF $4,800 SF/SG 27.2 21.6 -5.4 11% 0% 0.79 0.03 0.80 0.04 OKC
Grayson Allen MIL 116.8 $4,300 SG/SF $4,300 SG/SF 27.2 21.4 -1.2 15% 2% 0.78 -0.18 0.76 -0.21 UTA
Josh Hart POR 116.0 $5,900 SG/SF $5,700 SG/SF 35.1 28.7 -4.1 12% -1% 0.82 0.00 0.83 -0.02 HOU
Mikal Bridges PHO 115.5 $6,600 SF $7,300 SG/SF 36.6 31.9 4.0 17% 7% 0.87 0.08 0.89 0.08 NOP
Kawhi Leonard LAC 114.8 $7,400 SF/PF $7,900 SF/PF 26.0 27.8 3.9 25% 4% 1.07 0.33 1.06 0.36 WAS
Caleb Martin MIA 114.8 $5,700 SF $4,700 SF/SG 32.9 22.8 1.8 14% -1% 0.69 -0.20 0.69 -0.22 SAS
Lauri Markkanen UTA 112.8 $8,100 SF/PF $7,900 PF/SF 34.1 39.8 2.4 23% -2% 1.17 -0.03 1.12 -0.05 MIL
Aaron Wiggins OKC 112.3 $3,100 SG/SF $3,900 SG 18.9 14.5 -2.9 12% -3% 0.76 -0.03 0.77 0.05 MEM
Herb Jones NOP 112.0 $4,400 SF/PF $5,100 SG/SF 27.4 21.5 -6.6 16% -2% 0.79 0.04 0.82 0.02 PHO
Eric Gordon HOU 112.0 $4,000 SF $4,300 SF/SG 29.9 20.6 -1.5 17% 1% 0.69 -0.03 0.66 -0.03 POR
Lamar Stevens CLE 110.0 $3,600 SF $4,600 PF 23.9 15.4 7.4 14% 0% 0.64 0.08 0.65 0.07 DAL
Deni Avdija WAS 107.8 $6,000 SF/PF $5,900 SF/PF 25.5 21.3 5.8 15% -3% 0.83 0.00 0.85 -0.02 LAC
Keldon Johnson SAS 107.3 $7,900 SF $7,400 PF/SF 32.6 34.1 1.4 29% 2% 1.05 -0.08 0.99 -0.07 MIA
Tim Hardaway DAL 106.0 $4,900 SG/SF $5,000 SG/SF 25.6 21.6 1.7 22% 0% 0.84 -0.18 0.81 -0.19 CLE

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
Jaren Jackson MEM 120.8 $6,900 PF/C $8,000 PF/C 25.2 34.5 -3.2 24% -4% 1.37 0.09 1.46 0.15 OKC
Giannis Antetokounmpo MIL 116.8 $12,300 PF/C $11,600 PF/SF 32.7 55.9 -2.0 38% -2% 1.71 -0.15 1.66 -0.13 UTA
Jerami Grant POR 116.0 $7,200 SF/PF $7,100 PF 36.3 35.4 -1.0 24% -4% 0.97 -0.11 0.96 -0.13 HOU
Torrey Craig PHO 115.5 $5,500 PF/C $5,000 SF/PF 24.3 20.1 3.5 13% 1% 0.83 0.12 0.84 0.15 NOP
Marcus Morris LAC 114.8 $5,800 PF $5,100 PF/SF 30.0 25.2 -1.7 19% -1% 0.84 -0.05 0.83 -0.07 WAS
Jimmy Butler MIA 114.8 $9,300 PF $9,900 SF/PF 35.2 43.3 -0.5 24% 2% 1.23 0.16 1.25 0.21 SAS
Jarred Vanderbilt UTA 112.8 $5,400 PF/C $6,000 PF 24.8 25.6 -1.5 14% 2% 1.03 0.27 1.04 0.32 MIL
Jalen Williams OKC 112.3 $4,600 SF/PF $5,200 SG 26.4 20.6 6.3 17% 0% 0.78 -0.03 0.77 0.00 MEM
Zion Williamson NOP 112.0 $10,000 PF $10,100 PF 32.8 43.7 3.7 28% 4% 1.33 0.06 1.33 0.05 PHO
Jabari Smith HOU 112.0 $5,600 PF/C $5,900 PF 30.5 25.6 1.7 17% -1% 0.84 0.08 0.82 0.10 POR
Evan Mobley CLE 110.0 $7,100 PF/C $7,400 PF/C 34.5 34.6 2.0 19% 0% 1.00 0.06 1.01 0.01 DAL
Kyle Kuzma WAS 107.8 $8,900 PF $8,000 SF/PF 35.0 38.0 2.7 27% 4% 1.09 0.03 1.02 -0.03 LAC
Jeremy Sochan SAS 107.3 $3,600 PF $4,300 SF/PF 24.4 18.0 -4.5 16% -2% 0.74 -0.13 0.76 -0.18 MIA
Dorian Finney-Smith DAL 106.0 $3,700 SF/PF $4,200 SF/PF 31.6 18.5 -8.8 12% 1% 0.59 -0.03 0.59 -0.06 CLE

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
Steven Adams MEM 120.8 $5,300 C $6,400 C 26.4 27.7 -4.6 14% 5% 1.05 0.32 1.07 0.44 OKC
Brook Lopez MIL 116.8 $5,100 C $6,200 C 30.6 30.0 -4.2 17% -5% 0.98 -0.36 1.03 -0.38 UTA
Jusuf Nurkic POR 116.0 $6,800 C $7,500 C 29.5 34.6 -2.2 21% -2% 1.17 0.16 1.16 0.16 HOU
Bismack Biyombo PHO 115.5 $3,800 C $5,200 C 12.5 12.0 7.6 13% -4% 0.96 0.02 1.05 0.01 NOP
Moses Brown LAC 114.8 $3,700 C $4,200 C 6.8 8.6 3.0 21% -5% 1.26 -0.32 1.30 -0.36 WAS
Bam Adebayo MIA 114.8 $8,600 C $9,300 C/PF 34.9 40.2 -0.7 26% 3% 1.15 0.19 1.14 0.17 SAS
Kelly Olynyk UTA 112.8 $5,800 PF/C $6,000 C/PF 28.6 27.4 -0.5 17% 0% 0.96 -0.05 0.95 -0.10 MIL
Darius Bazley OKC 112.3 $3,500 PF/C $4,800 PF/SF 16.9 15.8 8.1 16% -1% 0.94 -0.21 1.01 -0.24 MEM
Jonas Valanciunas NOP 112.0 $5,200 C $5,600 C 23.2 28.1 -2.2 23% -1% 1.21 -0.17 1.16 -0.12 PHO
Alperen Sengun HOU 112.0 $6,100 C $6,300 C 26.8 31.2 -0.3 22% -4% 1.17 -0.12 1.16 -0.11 POR
Jarrett Allen CLE 110.0 $6,700 C $7,600 C/PF 32.9 33.1 3.4 17% -2% 1.01 -0.01 1.02 0.03 DAL
Kristaps Porzingis WAS 107.8 $9,400 C $9,400 C/PF 32.5 43.0 -1.8 28% 7% 1.32 0.14 1.32 0.12 LAC
Jakob Poeltl SAS 107.3 $7,000 C $7,100 C 27.2 33.6 19% 1.23 1.24 MIA
Christian Wood DAL 106.0 $6,300 PF/C $6,500 PF/C 26.2 29.8 1.6 27% 0% 1.14 -0.13 1.09 -0.15 CLE

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
Tyus Jones MEM 120.8 $6,100 PG $5,700 PG 23.6 23.1 -1.4 19% 5% 0.98 0.56 0.95 0.52 OKC
Brandon Clarke MEM 120.8 $4,800 PF/C $4,900 PF/C 19.6 20.0 1.3 18% -1% 1.02 0.16 1.04 0.16 OKC
Ziaire Williams MEM 120.8 $3,300 SG/SF $3,900 SF 19.6 15.6 0.2 20% 0% 0.80 -0.10 0.82 -0.13 OKC
Bobby Portis MIL 116.8 $6,200 PF/C $6,600 PF/C 26.3 32.0 1.3 21% 3% 1.22 0.12 1.17 0.11 UTA
Pat Connaughton MIL 116.8 $3,400 SG/SF $3,900 SF/PF 19.4 14.6 0.2 18% 1% 0.75 -0.06 0.75 -0.06 UTA
George Hill MIL 116.8 $3,500 PG $3,600 PG 19.8 12.2 -2.2 11% -1% 0.62 0.08 0.61 0.05 UTA
Shaedon Sharpe POR 116.0 $3,400 PG/SG $4,100 SG 20.0 13.6 1.2 18% 1% 0.68 0.16 0.67 0.17 HOU
Justise Winslow POR 116.0 $3,800 SF/PF $5,000 SF 27.7 21.5 -7.9 14% -4% 0.78 -0.07 0.79 -0.11 HOU
Drew Eubanks POR 116.0 $3,300 C $4,000 C/PF 17.4 14.5 -0.4 11% 0% 0.83 0.06 0.89 0.06 HOU
Landry Shamet PHO 115.5 $3,900 SG/SF $3,900 SG 16.9 12.9 4.5 17% -1% 0.76 0.16 0.74 0.24 NOP
Damion Lee PHO 115.5 $3,700 SG/SF $4,100 SG 21.2 16.1 2.6 14% 2% 0.76 -0.12 0.72 -0.07 NOP
Jock Landale PHO 115.5 $3,900 C $5,200 C 13.6 14.1 5.9 19% 1% 1.04 0.09 1.06 0.05 NOP
John Wall LAC 114.8 $6,100 PG $5,800 PG/SG 22.4 25.7 -0.1 28% -2% 1.15 -0.13 1.13 -0.11 WAS
Terance Mann LAC 114.8 $5,600 PG/SG $5,400 SG/SF 21.9 17.9 4.0 15% 2% 0.82 0.23 0.81 0.20 WAS
Amir Coffey LAC 114.8 $3,300 SG $3,800 SF/SG 15.1 7.6 -0.3 12% 0% 0.50 -0.15 0.50 -0.18 WAS
Victor Oladipo MIA 114.8 $4,300 PG/SG $4,100 SG/PG 22.5 18.3 2.5 18% -3% 0.81 0.09 0.80 0.11 SAS
Max Strus MIA 114.8 $4,900 SG/SF $4,800 SG/SF 31.7 23.4 -4.2 18% 2% 0.74 -0.06 0.71 -0.07 SAS
Duncan Robinson MIA 114.8 $3,700 SF/PF $3,600 SG/SF 17.3 11.5 5.9 17% 5% 0.66 0.08 0.61 0.03 SAS
Malik Beasley UTA 112.8 $5,700 SG/SF $5,200 SF/SG 27.4 24.8 2.5 20% 3% 0.91 0.11 0.87 0.09 MIL
Walker Kessler UTA 112.8 $5,000 C $6,100 C 17.2 19.1 7.4 12% 3% 1.11 0.16 1.20 0.17 MIL
Rudy Gay UTA 112.8 $3,100 PF $3,700 PF/SF 15.9 12.2 1.3 16% -1% 0.77 -0.04 0.79 0.00 MIL
Aleksej Pokusevski OKC 112.3 $3,900 PF/C $5,100 PF/C 22.2 22.0 -0.8 18% -1% 0.99 0.07 1.01 0.03 MEM
Isaiah Joe OKC 112.3 $3,300 SG $4,200 PG 10.3 11.5 8.8 19% -2% 1.11 -0.15 1.08 -0.15 MEM
Mike Muscala OKC 112.3 $3,000 C $3,500 C 12.4 11.9 -3.6 16% -9% 0.96 -0.27 0.94 -0.29 MEM
Naji Marshall NOP 112.0 $3,800 SF/PF $4,900 SF 22.3 17.5 8.4 15% -1% 0.78 -0.03 0.79 0.00 PHO
Larry Nance NOP 112.0 $4,700 PF/C $5,800 PF/C 23.3 23.0 5.5 14% -1% 0.99 0.07 1.04 0.10 PHO
Jose Alvarado NOP 112.0 $4,000 PG $5,100 PG 20.8 19.9 -7.0 19% 6% 0.96 -0.20 0.95 -0.18 PHO
Tari Eason HOU 112.0 $3,700 PF $4,500 SF 18.5 19.8 -2.6 19% 0% 1.07 -0.17 1.12 -0.14 POR
KJ Martin HOU 112.0 $3,500 SF/PF $4,200 SF/PF 23.9 20.5 -3.2 16% 0% 0.86 -0.01 0.84 0.00 POR
TyTy Washington HOU 112.0 $3,000 PG $3,600 PG 7.0 5.5 5.2 10% -3% 0.79 0.30 0.79 0.30 POR
Caris LeVert CLE 110.0 $5,000 SG/SF $5,400 SG/SF 31.0 25.8 1.0 20% 4% 0.83 0.08 0.80 0.09 DAL
Kevin Love CLE 110.0 $3,700 PF/C $4,300 PF/C 19.8 22.6 -4.9 19% -3% 1.14 -0.23 1.07 -0.16 DAL
Isaac Okoro CLE 110.0 $3,000 SG/SF $3,800 SF/SG 18.4 9.1 -3.4 11% 0% 0.49 0.36 0.51 0.46 DAL
Will Barton WAS 107.8 $5,400 SG/SF $6,100 SG/SF 22.9 18.7 11.5 18% 6% 0.81 0.40 0.80 0.33 LAC
Corey Kispert WAS 107.8 $4,600 SG/SF $3,900 SF 28.6 17.8 9.1 12% 0% 0.62 -0.12 0.60 -0.12 LAC
Daniel Gafford WAS 107.8 $4,400 C $4,800 C 14.2 14.8 4.7 15% -3% 1.04 -0.08 1.10 -0.13 LAC
Zach Collins SAS 107.3 $5,000 C $5,300 PF/C 20.6 22.2 8.5 19% -2% 1.08 -0.09 1.08 -0.14 MIA
Charles Bassey SAS 107.3 $4,800 C $4,900 C 16.2 18.6 3.0 14% 0% 1.15 -0.16 1.21 -0.20 MIA
Keita Bates-Diop SAS 107.3 $4,000 PF $4,200 PF 18.4 14.6 5.4 17% -2% 0.79 0.13 0.80 0.16 MIA
Reggie Bullock DAL 106.0 $3,500 SG/SF $3,900 SG/SF 26.9 12.5 3.4 9% -2% 0.46 0.05 0.46 0.02 CLE
Davis Bertans DAL 106.0 $3,000 PF $3,500 SF 7.5 5.2 1.7 18% 1% 0.70 0.00 0.64 0.06 CLE
Frank Ntilikina DAL 106.0 $3,000 PG/SG $3,700 PG 9.4 6.1 9.0 13% 0% 0.65 -0.04 0.68 -0.05 CLE
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