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NBA DFS First Look: Saturday, January 29th

by Derek Farnsworth (Notorious) Last Updated 2022-01-29 15:42:42

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)
Boston Celtics New Orleans Pelicans BOS -5.5 212.0 108.8 103.3 7:00 PM
Indiana Pacers Dallas Mavericks DAL -10.0 217.0 103.5 113.5 7:00 PM
Sacramento Kings Philadelphia 76ers PHI -10.5 223.0 106.3 116.8 7:30 PM
Toronto Raptors Miami Heat MIA -4.0 209.0 102.5 106.5 8:00 PM
Washington Wizards Memphis Grizzlies MEM -5.0 229.5 112.3 117.3 8:00 PM
Brooklyn Nets Golden State Warriors GSW -6.5 229.0 111.3 117.8 8:30 PM

Implied Totals, Team Stats, and Pace of Play

Offense Line Total O-Rating Pace Opp. D-Rating Pace P-Pace
Golden State Warriors -6.5 117.8 110.9 99.0 BKN 110.0 99.6 99.3
Memphis Grizzlies -5.0 117.3 111.4 99.8 WAS 111.1 98.1 98.9
Philadelphia 76ers -10.5 116.8 111.2 96.3 SAC 114.3 99.9 98.1
Dallas Mavericks -10.0 113.5 109.3 96.2 IND 111.9 97.6 96.9
Washington Wizards 5.0 112.3 109.1 98.1 MEM 108.4 99.8 98.9
Brooklyn Nets 6.5 111.3 112.1 99.6 GSW 102.6 99.0 99.3
Boston Celtics -5.5 108.8 109.4 97.0 NOP 111.6 97.9 97.5
Miami Heat -4.0 106.5 112.4 96.2 TOR 110.1 96.4 96.3
Sacramento Kings 10.5 106.3 109.1 99.9 PHI 108.5 96.3 98.1
Indiana Pacers 10.0 103.5 110.1 97.6 DAL 106.9 96.2 96.9
New Orleans Pelicans 5.5 103.3 107.8 97.9 BOS 106.4 97.0 97.5
Toronto Raptors 4.0 102.5 110.8 96.4 MIA 107.5 96.2 96.3

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
Stephen Curry GSW 117.8 $10,500 PG $9,500 PG 34.7 46.7 0.6 30% -2% 58% -10% 1.34 -0.10 1.27 -0.08 BKN
Ja Morant MEM 117.3 $10,300 PG $10,600 PG 33.0 46.4 5.1 32% 8% 57% 0% 1.40 0.21 1.37 0.16 WAS
Tyrese Maxey PHI 116.8 $6,600 PG $6,000 PG/SG 35.4 30.1 4.8 20% -2% 56% -6% 0.85 -0.02 0.84 -0.05 SAC
Luka Doncic DAL 113.5 $11,400 PG $11,100 PG/SG 35.0 53.0 0.1 35% -1% 54% 3% 1.51 0.05 1.42 0.05 IND
Spencer Dinwiddie WAS 112.3 $6,000 PG $5,800 PG 30.6 29.5 2.2 20% -3% 51% -11% 0.96 -0.14 0.93 -0.11 MEM
James Harden BKN 111.3 $11,200 PG $10,200 SG/SF 37.0 52.7 -0.2 28% 3% 58% 1% 1.42 0.26 1.34 0.20 GSW
Marcus Smart BOS 108.8 $5,700 PG $5,900 SG/PG 33.7 28.7 -4.9 17% -2% 51% 13% 0.85 0.03 0.87 0.02 NOP
Gabe Vincent MIA 106.5 $5,000 PG $5,000 PG 22.8 18.5 11.1 18% 0% 57% 6% 0.81 0.01 0.79 -0.03 TOR
De’Aaron Fox SAC 106.3 $8,200 PG $8,300 PG 34.1 35.8 3.2 28% 1% 53% 4% 1.05 0.22 1.04 0.23 PHI
Caris LeVert IND 103.5 $8,800 PG/SG $7,600 SG/SF 30.3 31.9 1.5 27% -2% 53% -16% 1.05 -0.15 1.04 -0.17 DAL
Devonte’ Graham NOP 103.3 $5,200 PG $5,500 PG/SG 31.4 27.2 0.9 20% 3% 52% 6% 0.86 0.07 0.83 0.05 BOS
Fred VanVleet TOR 102.5 $8,700 PG $8,600 PG 38.2 43.5 2.1 24% -2% 57% -6% 1.14 0.10 1.10 0.16 MIA

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
Klay Thompson GSW 117.8 $5,500 SG $6,200 SG 22.6 25.9 3.7 30% -5% 53% 15% 1.14 0.10 1.08 0.05 BKN
Desmond Bane MEM 117.3 $6,200 SG/SF $6,700 SG/SF 30.0 30.8 1.9 22% 2% 59% -4% 1.03 -0.15 1.01 -0.14 WAS
Seth Curry PHI 116.8 $5,800 SG $5,400 PG/SG 34.8 28.3 19% 63% 0.81 0.78 SAC
Jalen Brunson DAL 113.5 $6,100 PG/SG $5,600 PG/SG 31.3 30.8 2.7 22% -2% 57% 4% 0.98 -0.12 0.97 -0.14 IND
Bradley Beal WAS 112.3 $8,900 PG/SG $9,000 SG 36.0 41.2 0.8 30% -2% 54% 2% 1.14 0.02 1.11 0.02 MEM
Kyrie Irving BKN 111.3 $9,500 PG/SG $9,400 PG/SG 34.6 39.8 0.4 27% 0% 58% 4% 1.15 0.03 1.13 0.00 GSW
Jaylen Brown BOS 108.8 $9,000 SG/SF $8,100 SF/SG 34.4 40.1 -3.2 30% 3% 57% -3% 1.17 0.19 1.11 0.12 NOP
Duncan Robinson MIA 106.5 $4,500 SG $5,800 SG 27.7 21.4 3.3 18% 3% 57% 30% 0.77 0.24 0.73 0.19 TOR
Tyrese Haliburton SAC 106.3 $7,900 SG $7,700 PG/SG 34.0 34.3 0.4 17% 3% 58% -6% 1.01 0.06 1.00 0.03 PHI
Chris Duarte IND 103.5 $6,300 SG/SF $5,700 SF 28.9 24.7 -1.3 21% -1% 54% -4% 0.86 0.01 0.84 0.02 DAL
Brandon Ingram NOP 103.3 $8,100 SG $7,900 SF 34.4 39.3 -7.5 29% -1% 54% 2% 1.14 0.02 1.10 0.02 BOS
Gary Trent TOR 102.5 $5,400 SG $6,000 SG/SF 33.8 28.6 -1.6 21% 6% 54% 4% 0.85 0.09 0.85 0.03 MIA

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
Andrew Wiggins GSW 117.8 $6,000 SF $6,000 SF 31.5 29.9 1.4 23% -2% 58% -6% 0.95 -0.03 0.94 -0.01 BKN
Ziaire Williams MEM 117.3 $3,900 SG/SF $4,000 SF 20.4 11.5 6.5 15% 0% 50% 10% 0.56 0.11 0.56 0.13 WAS
Matisse Thybulle PHI 116.8 $3,800 SF/PF $4,400 SF 26.1 16.5 4.8 10% -1% 56% -8% 0.63 0.04 0.72 0.07 SAC
Dorian Finney-Smith DAL 113.5 $4,400 SF/PF $4,300 SF/SG 31.9 23.0 -1.4 14% -2% 57% -4% 0.72 -0.02 0.73 0.00 IND
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope WAS 112.3 $4,100 SF $4,400 SG/SF 29.5 22.0 -1.7 17% -1% 54% -3% 0.75 -0.12 0.74 -0.13 MEM
Patty Mills BKN 111.3 $5,500 PG/SF $5,200 SG/PG 31.0 23.1 1.0 17% 2% 60% 0% 0.75 0.08 0.71 0.07 GSW
Jayson Tatum BOS 108.8 $10,200 SF/PF $9,800 SF/PF 36.6 46.3 -1.5 32% 2% 55% 12% 1.26 0.32 1.22 0.27 NOP
Jimmy Butler MIA 106.5 $8,600 SF/PF $8,700 SF/SG 33.3 42.4 2.1 26% -3% 59% 2% 1.27 0.09 1.29 0.09 TOR
Harrison Barnes SAC 106.3 $6,200 SF/PF $6,100 SF/PF 33.5 29.7 1.0 19% 3% 61% -2% 0.89 -0.01 0.86 -0.01 PHI
Justin Holiday IND 103.5 $4,900 SF $4,700 SF/SG 28.5 19.6 -1.2 16% -1% 56% 14% 0.69 0.11 0.66 0.12 DAL
Josh Hart NOP 103.3 $6,500 SG/SF $6,700 SG/SF 33.2 31.8 2.6 17% 3% 61% 2% 0.96 0.02 0.94 0.00 BOS
OG Anunoby TOR 102.5 $7,000 SG/SF $7,700 SF/PF 36.6 34.0 1.6 22% -3% 55% 2% 0.93 0.10 0.93 0.16 MIA

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
Otto Porter GSW 117.8 $5,100 SF/PF $5,600 SF/PF 21.8 21.1 4.1 15% 2% 60% 11% 0.97 0.03 0.99 0.03 BKN
Jaren Jackson MEM 117.3 $6,800 PF/C $7,600 PF/C 27.8 31.7 3.5 25% -1% 53% 0% 1.14 -0.01 1.19 0.05 WAS
Tobias Harris PHI 116.8 $7,600 PF $8,100 PF/SF 35.1 36.3 2.5 24% -1% 56% 11% 1.04 0.18 1.02 0.20 SAC
Kristaps Porzingis DAL 113.5 $7,400 PF $8,200 PF/C 30.0 38.3 -2.4 27% 0% 56% -6% 1.28 -0.05 1.30 -0.03 IND
Kyle Kuzma WAS 112.3 $7,200 SF/PF $7,200 SF/PF 33.1 34.4 -3.1 22% 4% 54% -1% 1.04 -0.02 1.00 -0.02 MEM
Kessler Edwards BKN 111.3 $4,600 SF/PF $4,000 SF 26.8 18.4 5.9 13% -1% 55% -3% 0.69 -0.08 0.70 -0.06 GSW
Al Horford BOS 108.8 $5,700 PF/C $5,300 PF/C 29.0 29.1 -3.9 16% -4% 54% -24% 1.00 -0.33 1.02 -0.29 NOP
P.J. Tucker MIA 106.5 $3,700 PF $4,300 PF/C 28.2 20.9 -5.9 12% 5% 63% 21% 0.74 0.25 0.73 0.22 TOR
Marvin Bagley SAC 106.3 $5,300 PF $4,800 PF/C 21.9 20.5 0.9 18% 0% 52% 8% 0.94 -0.02 0.93 -0.01 PHI
Torrey Craig IND 103.5 $4,800 SF/PF $5,300 SG 18.7 14.1 10.2 14% 1% 58% 2% 0.76 -0.04 0.75 -0.06 DAL
Herb Jones NOP 103.3 $4,900 PF/C $5,900 PF 29.5 21.8 7.2 13% 1% 58% 0% 0.74 0.11 0.79 0.13 BOS
Scottie Barnes TOR 102.5 $6,700 PG/SF $6,300 SF/PF 35.5 33.0 1.6 19% 3% 53% 1% 0.93 0.01 0.94 0.00 MIA

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
Kevon Looney GSW 117.8 $4,800 C $4,900 C/PF 20.8 19.9 5.7 13% -3% 58% 18% 0.96 -0.17 1.00 -0.18 BKN
Steven Adams MEM 117.3 $4,700 C $5,500 C 25.9 25.4 3.8 12% -4% 55% -10% 0.98 -0.28 1.00 -0.28 WAS
Joel Embiid PHI 116.8 $11,700 C $11,400 C 32.9 53.8 1.1 37% 8% 61% -1% 1.63 0.27 1.62 0.26 SAC
Maxi Kleber DAL 113.5 $3,800 C $4,000 PF 24.7 19.1 0.7 13% 1% 58% 9% 0.77 0.11 0.78 0.16 IND
Daniel Gafford WAS 112.3 $3,200 C $4,700 C 21.2 22.0 -9.5 15% 6% 71% 4% 1.04 0.11 1.10 0.11 MEM
Nic Claxton BKN 111.3 $4,300 C $4,100 C/PF 21.9 20.2 -4.6 15% 2% 66% -15% 0.92 -0.17 0.97 -0.25 GSW
Robert Williams BOS 108.8 $7,100 C $7,500 PF/C 29.4 30.5 1.5 12% -1% 74% -3% 1.04 0.05 1.10 0.04 NOP
Bam Adebayo MIA 106.5 $7,300 C $8,000 C/PF 32.8 38.7 0.6 25% -3% 58% 2% 1.18 -0.03 1.17 -0.03 TOR
Richaun Holmes SAC 106.3 $4,800 C $6,000 C/PF 25.8 27.0 0.3 16% -2% 72% -2% 1.05 -0.05 1.06 0.03 PHI
Domantas Sabonis IND 103.5 $9,900 PF/C $9,600 PF/C 34.9 44.3 8.8 21% 1% 65% -5% 1.27 0.37 1.22 0.35 DAL
Jonas Valanciunas NOP 103.3 $8,000 C $7,400 C 31.6 40.3 0.0 24% -3% 61% 7% 1.27 0.02 1.23 0.03 BOS
Pascal Siakam TOR 102.5 $9,300 PF/C $8,800 PF 36.9 42.6 2.7 25% -1% 55% 2% 1.15 -0.03 1.14 -0.03 MIA

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 Poole GSW 117.8 $5,400 PG/SG $5,300 PG/SG 29.2 27.8 -0.1 24% -1% 58% 11% 0.95 0.09 0.91 0.09 BKN
Damion Lee GSW 117.8 $3,200 SG/SF $3,900 SG 20.3 15.0 0.3 16% -3% 58% 18% 0.74 -0.07 0.73 -0.10 BKN
Nemanja Bjelica GSW 117.8 $3,500 PF/C $3,800 PF 15.4 15.8 2.3 19% -3% 56% 10% 1.02 0.15 1.01 0.17 BKN
Brandon Clarke MEM 117.3 $4,800 PF/C $5,100 PF 18.4 21.3 4.2 17% 0% 67% 5% 1.16 -0.10 1.23 -0.10 WAS
De’Anthony Melton MEM 117.3 $4,600 PG/SG $5,600 SG/PG 22.9 23.7 4.6 20% 1% 49% 2% 1.03 0.17 1.06 0.18 WAS
John Konchar MEM 117.3 $3,800 SG/SF $4,100 SF/SG 18.2 14.7 7.2 10% -1% 61% -21% 0.81 -0.15 0.83 -0.13 WAS
Furkan Korkmaz PHI 116.8 $5,100 SG/SF $4,400 SG/SF 24.6 18.3 11.6 17% -5% 51% 3% 0.74 -0.22 0.73 -0.21 SAC
Georges Niang PHI 116.8 $3,600 PF $3,700 PF/SF 23.1 17.3 1.7 17% -3% 58% -6% 0.75 -0.10 0.72 -0.11 SAC
Andre Drummond PHI 116.8 $3,900 C $4,400 C 18.3 23.2 -4.4 17% 1% 54% -8% 1.27 0.00 1.32 -0.03 SAC
Reggie Bullock DAL 113.5 $3,600 SG/SF $3,500 SG 23.6 13.4 -1.1 12% -1% 52% 11% 0.57 0.05 0.55 0.06 IND
Dwight Powell DAL 113.5 $3,700 C $3,500 C/PF 19.8 15.4 -5.3 13% 2% 70% 6% 0.78 0.08 0.79 0.09 IND
Josh Green DAL 113.5 $3,300 SG/SF $3,800 SG 12.5 9.6 3.2 13% 1% 59% -11% 0.77 0.00 0.81 0.02 IND
Deni Avdija WAS 112.3 $3,600 SF/PF $4,200 SF/PF 22.6 18.5 3.0 15% 1% 55% 12% 0.82 0.11 0.84 0.07 MEM
Rui Hachimura WAS 112.3 $3,300 PF/C $4,200 SF/PF 15.7 14.8 1.7 23% 1% 51% 4% 0.94 0.22 0.92 0.23 MEM
Corey Kispert WAS 112.3 $3,100 SG/SF $3,500 SF 18.2 11.4 0.3 14% -4% 56% -11% 0.62 -0.11 0.62 -0.09 MEM
LaMarcus Aldridge BKN 111.3 $5,600 C $5,400 C/PF 23.1 24.7 -0.1 22% 3% 61% -12% 1.07 -0.14 1.11 -0.18 GSW
James Johnson BKN 111.3 $3,900 PF $5,300 SF/PF 18.1 13.3 6.2 13% 2% 50% -5% 0.74 0.05 0.75 0.05 GSW
DeAndre Bembry BKN 111.3 $3,700 SG/SF $3,900 SG/SF 19.7 14.3 0.6 12% 2% 62% 0% 0.72 0.00 0.78 -0.06 GSW
Josh Richardson BOS 108.8 $3,400 SG/SF $4,000 SF/SG 25.1 18.5 -8.0 16% 3% 57% -9% 0.74 0.05 0.74 0.03 NOP
Dennis Schroder BOS 108.8 $6,200 PG/SG $5,700 PG/SG 31.1 28.3 -12.2 23% -7% 55% -15% 0.91 -0.03 0.88 0.05 NOP
Grant Williams BOS 108.8 $3,500 PF/C $4,200 PF 22.8 15.8 2.6 12% 0% 66% -4% 0.69 0.09 0.70 0.08 NOP
Tyler Herro MIA 106.5 $6,400 PG/SG $6,900 SG/SF 32.9 34.4 0.3 28% -6% 54% 3% 1.05 -0.19 0.99 -0.19 TOR
Max Strus MIA 106.5 $4,700 SG/SF $5,000 SG 23.9 19.5 0.5 18% 1% 60% -24% 0.81 -0.23 0.77 -0.23 TOR
Caleb Martin MIA 106.5 $3,800 SG/SF $4,800 SG/SF 23.2 19.1 0.8 16% -1% 61% -13% 0.82 -0.14 0.85 -0.13 TOR
Buddy Hield SAC 106.3 $6,100 SG/SF $5,200 SG/SF 29.0 26.2 -3.4 22% -3% 55% -21% 0.90 -0.22 0.86 -0.23 PHI
Davion Mitchell SAC 106.3 $4,500 PG/SG $4,900 PG 24.8 19.2 1.3 19% 5% 46% 2% 0.77 0.02 0.77 -0.02 PHI
Chimezie Metu SAC 106.3 $4,200 PF $4,000 C 22.2 21.3 -5.4 19% -7% 51% -18% 0.96 -0.43 0.98 -0.46 PHI
Oshae Brissett IND 103.5 $4,000 PF/C $4,000 SF 18.9 14.3 4.1 15% -3% 52% 2% 0.76 0.11 0.77 0.14 DAL
Jeremy Lamb IND 103.5 $4,200 SG/SF $4,800 SG/SF 15.4 14.4 6.4 20% -3% 53% 5% 0.93 0.03 0.94 0.05 DAL
Lance Stephenson IND 103.5 $3,900 PG/SG $4,000 SF 17.1 16.7 2.9 21% 3% 52% 10% 0.97 0.27 0.93 0.24 DAL
Nickeil Alexander-Walker NOP 103.3 $4,600 PG/SG $5,500 SG/SF 26.9 23.9 5.4 24% -1% 47% 7% 0.89 0.06 0.86 0.07 BOS
Garrett Temple NOP 103.3 $4,200 SG/SF $3,500 SF 19.7 13.5 2.4 14% -1% 52% -17% 0.68 -0.11 0.69 -0.05 BOS
Jose Alvarado NOP 103.3 $4,000 PG $4,600 PG 10.6 10.1 9.4 16% 1% 45% 2% 0.96 -0.06 1.05 -0.04 BOS
Precious Achiuwa TOR 102.5 $3,600 C $3,700 PF/C 24.9 21.1 -4.5 16% -3% 45% 3% 0.85 -0.21 0.86 -0.24 MIA
Chris Boucher TOR 102.5 $5,500 PF/C $6,200 C/PF 20.4 21.0 5.9 19% -5% 55% 12% 1.03 -0.08 1.07 -0.07 MIA
Dalano Banton TOR 102.5 $3,200 PG $3,800 PF 12.2 10.1 5.3 18% 4% 49% 10% 0.83 0.29 0.82 0.33 MIA

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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