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NBA DFS First Look: Saturday, January 22nd

by Derek Farnsworth (Notorious) Last Updated 2022-01-22 16:01:25

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)
Sacramento Kings Milwaukee Bucks MIL -10.0 233.5 111.8 121.8 7:00 PM
Oklahoma City Thunder Cleveland Cavaliers CLE -12.0 209.0 98.5 110.5 8:00 PM
Indiana Pacers Phoenix Suns PHO -12.0 220.0 104.0 116.0 9:00 PM

Implied Totals, Team Stats, and Pace of Play

Offense Line Total O-Rating Pace Opp. D-Rating Pace P-Pace
Milwaukee Bucks -10.0 121.8 111.3 100.1 SAC 113.4 99.9 100.0
Phoenix Suns -12.0 116.0 112.1 100.1 IND 111.0 97.2 98.7
Sacramento Kings 10.0 111.8 109.6 99.9 MIL 107.6 100.1 100.0
Cleveland Cavaliers -12.0 110.5 110.3 97.5 OKC 109.2 98.8 98.1
Indiana Pacers 12.0 104.0 110.0 97.2 PHO 104.2 100.1 98.7
Oklahoma City Thunder 12.0 98.5 102.0 98.8 CLE 105.4 97.5 98.1

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
Jrue Holiday MIL 121.8 $7,700 PG $7,900 PG/SG 32.8 37.9 -11.1 24% -2% 57% -11% 1.15 -0.22 1.14 -0.30 SAC
Chris Paul PHO 116.0 $7,800 PG $8,100 PG 32.2 38.7 0.0 20% -1% 56% 2% 1.20 0.04 1.20 0.09 IND
De’Aaron Fox SAC 111.8 $8,500 PG $8,300 PG 34.1 35.8 -0.4 28% 1% 53% 6% 1.05 0.13 1.04 0.11 MIL
Darius Garland CLE 110.5 $9,000 PG $8,600 SG/PG 34.7 38.9 2.9 25% 3% 58% 0% 1.12 0.30 1.06 0.30 OKC
Malcolm Brogdon IND 104.0 $7,400 PG $6,600 PG/SG 33.4 36.3 -7.2 24% 6% 56% 3% 1.09 0.21 1.06 0.24 PHO
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander OKC 98.5 $8,600 PG $9,000 SG/PG 34.9 39.8 -0.8 29% 3% 53% 2% 1.14 0.24 1.13 0.26 CLE

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
Grayson Allen MIL 121.8 $4,000 SG/SF $4,600 SG 28.3 21.8 -1.0 16% 0% 58% 8% 0.77 0.10 0.75 0.13 SAC
Devin Booker PHO 116.0 $8,900 PG/SG $9,200 SG 32.9 40.6 1.6 31% 5% 56% 5% 1.23 0.25 1.19 0.26 IND
Tyrese Haliburton SAC 111.8 $7,200 PG/SG $7,700 PG/SG 34.0 34.3 0.6 17% -3% 58% 0% 1.01 0.06 1.01 0.04 MIL
Isaac Okoro CLE 110.5 $3,800 SG/SF $3,800 SF/SG 28.0 17.8 -2.3 14% 0% 55% 0% 0.63 -0.13 0.64 -0.11 OKC
Caris LeVert IND 104.0 $7,900 PG/SG $8,000 SG/SF 30.6 32.0 3.0 27% 1% 54% 12% 1.05 0.26 1.04 0.22 PHO
Josh Giddey OKC 98.5 $7,000 PG/SG $6,100 SG 30.7 32.6 0.8 21% 1% 46% 1% 1.06 -0.07 1.03 -0.12 CLE

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
Khris Middleton MIL 121.8 $8,700 SF $8,700 SF/SG 31.8 37.1 2.6 26% 1% 58% 7% 1.17 0.18 1.12 0.22 SAC
Mikal Bridges PHO 116.0 $5,000 SG/SF $5,100 SF/PF 34.0 23.2 -1.0 14% 0% 60% -15% 0.68 0.02 0.70 0.03 IND
Harrison Barnes SAC 111.8 $6,100 SF/PF $6,000 SF/PF 33.4 29.5 1.9 19% -2% 61% 7% 0.88 -0.03 0.85 -0.02 MIL
Lauri Markkanen CLE 110.5 $5,500 SF/PF $6,200 PF/SF 30.7 25.9 1.2 19% -2% 55% 14% 0.84 0.07 0.84 0.09 OKC
Justin Holiday IND 104.0 $4,900 SF $5,600 SF/SG 28.6 19.8 4.0 16% 2% 56% 12% 0.69 0.28 0.67 0.29 PHO
Aaron Wiggins OKC 98.5 $3,700 SG/SF $4,300 SG 21.6 15.1 4.2 14% 1% 59% 1% 0.70 0.03 0.70 0.03 CLE

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
Giannis Antetokounmpo MIL 121.8 $12,100 PF/C $11,400 PF/SF 32.6 56.9 0.8 34% 4% 61% -2% 1.74 -0.02 1.71 -0.04 SAC
Jae Crowder PHO 116.0 $4,500 PF $4,800 PF/SF 28.1 21.6 0.0 15% -3% 55% 11% 0.77 0.13 0.78 0.13 IND
Marvin Bagley SAC 111.8 $5,400 PF $5,700 PF/C 21.9 20.8 7.4 18% 4% 52% 15% 0.95 0.31 0.94 0.33 MIL
Evan Mobley CLE 110.5 $7,500 PF/C $6,600 C/PF 34.2 33.3 0.9 20% 1% 56% 0% 0.97 -0.15 1.00 -0.15 OKC
Torrey Craig IND 104.0 $4,500 SF/PF $5,900 SG 17.5 13.3 8.9 14% 0% 57% -9% 0.76 0.02 0.76 0.06 PHO
Lu Dort OKC 98.5 $5,300 SF/PF $5,400 SF/SG 32.3 27.1 -0.7 22% 1% 53% 6% 0.84 0.02 0.82 -0.01 CLE

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
Bobby Portis MIL 121.8 $6,700 C $6,300 PF/C 28.6 32.9 2.1 21% -3% 58% 0% 1.15 -0.03 1.13 -0.01 SAC
JaVale McGee PHO 116.0 $4,400 C $4,400 C 16.2 21.6 2.1 23% -2% 67% 2% 1.33 -0.24 1.34 -0.21 IND
Richaun Holmes SAC 111.8 $4,300 C $5,500 C/PF 25.8 26.8 -4.4 16% -6% 73% 7% 1.04 -0.36 1.05 -0.24 MIL
Jarrett Allen CLE 110.5 $7,600 C $7,600 C/PF 32.7 37.0 0.7 18% -2% 71% -6% 1.13 -0.13 1.14 -0.17 OKC
Goga Bitadze IND 104.0 $4,700 C $6,000 C 8.1 8.1 7.0 18% 3% 47% 16% 0.99 0.26 1.08 0.21 PHO
Jeremiah Robinson-Earl OKC 98.5 $3,800 C $3,900 PF 23.0 17.6 2.4 14% -5% 51% -17% 0.76 -0.06 0.75 -0.01 CLE

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
Pat Connaughton MIL 121.8 $3,800 SF/PF $4,000 SG/SF 27.6 21.7 -5.4 14% -3% 64% 20% 0.78 0.06 0.77 0.03 SAC
Donte DiVincenzo MIL 121.8 $3,300 PG/SG $3,800 SG 17.9 14.6 1.3 21% -2% 36% -4% 0.81 0.00 0.79 0.03 SAC
George Hill MIL 121.8 $3,400 PG $4,600 PG 25.7 16.7 0.7 12% -1% 56% -2% 0.65 0.06 0.65 0.04 SAC
Cameron Johnson PHO 116.0 $4,300 SF/PF $5,400 SF 25.5 22.4 -5.0 16% -2% 62% -8% 0.88 -0.12 0.86 -0.06 IND
Cameron Payne PHO 116.0 $4,600 PG/SG $4,100 PG/SG 20.8 21.0 3.5 25% -5% 50% 14% 1.01 -0.05 0.98 -0.06 IND
Landry Shamet PHO 116.0 $3,100 SG/SF $3,700 SG 20.4 14.3 -2.7 16% -1% 53% -8% 0.70 -0.13 0.68 -0.09 IND
Buddy Hield SAC 111.8 $6,400 SG/SF $5,800 SG/SF 29.1 26.5 -1.6 22% -3% 56% 9% 0.91 0.00 0.87 0.01 MIL
Davion Mitchell SAC 111.8 $4,600 PG/SG $4,900 PG 24.7 18.8 -1.2 18% 1% 46% 2% 0.76 0.33 0.76 0.40 MIL
Terence Davis SAC 111.8 $5,800 SG/SF $6,200 SG/SF 17.7 18.7 6.7 24% -2% 54% 12% 1.05 0.22 1.05 0.24 MIL
Kevin Love CLE 110.5 $5,100 PF/C $5,400 PF/C 21.3 27.9 -1.7 25% 1% 61% -3% 1.31 -0.17 1.24 -0.16 OKC
Rajon Rondo CLE 110.5 $3,400 PG $4,800 PG 16.9 14.7 16% 1% 44% 6% 0.87 0.84 OKC
Cedi Osman CLE 110.5 $3,500 SG/SF $3,700 SF/PF 22.7 19.3 -3.3 20% 1% 56% -20% 0.85 -0.26 0.84 -0.26 OKC
Chris Duarte IND 104.0 $5,200 SG/SF $6,700 SF 28.8 24.3 3.8 21% -1% 53% 6% 0.84 0.21 0.83 0.27 PHO
Jeremy Lamb IND 104.0 $3,300 SG/SF $5,200 SG/SF 14.7 13.6 7.1 20% -6% 51% 13% 0.92 -0.14 0.92 -0.10 PHO
Oshae Brissett IND 104.0 $4,600 PF/C $3,900 SF 18.5 14.0 0.4 15% 5% 53% -14% 0.76 -0.10 0.76 -0.11 PHO
Darius Bazley OKC 98.5 $4,400 PF $5,300 PF/SF 26.1 22.4 -3.4 17% 2% 48% 7% 0.86 0.14 0.88 0.14 CLE
Kenrich Williams OKC 98.5 $3,400 SF $3,900 SF 20.6 17.1 15% 54% 0.83 0.84 CLE
Ty Jerome OKC 98.5 $3,000 SG $3,700 SG 15.5 13.1 5.4 21% -6% 51% -1% 0.84 -0.18 0.83 -0.18 CLE

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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About the Author

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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