NBA DFS First Look: Saturday, January 8th

by Derek Farnsworth (Notorious) Last Updated 2022-01-08 15:47:19

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)
Memphis Grizzlies	Los Angeles Clippers	MEM	-2.5	214.5	108.5	106.0	3:30 PM
Milwaukee Bucks	Charlotte Hornets	CHA	-1.0	234.5	116.8	117.8	7:00 PM
Orlando Magic	Detroit Pistons	DET	-2.5	212.0	104.8	107.3	7:00 PM
Utah Jazz	Indiana Pacers	UTA	-3.5	222.5	113.0	109.5	7:00 PM
New York Knicks	Boston Celtics	BOS	-7.0	207.5	100.3	107.3	7:30 PM
Miami Heat	Phoenix Suns	PHO	-8.5	217.5	104.5	113.0	9:00 PM

Implied Totals, Team Stats, and Pace of Play

Offense	Line	Total	O-Rating	Pace	Opp.	D-Rating	Pace	P-Pace
Charlotte Hornets	-1.0	117.8	112.9	101.3	MIL	107.7	99.8	100.6
Milwaukee Bucks	1.0	116.8	111.6	99.8	CHA	113.7	101.3	100.6
Phoenix Suns	-8.5	113.0	111.5	100.5	MIA	107.8	96.3	98.4
Utah Jazz	-3.5	113.0	117.0	99.1	IND	110.2	97.3	98.2
Indiana Pacers	3.5	109.5	109.7	97.3	UTA	107.2	99.1	98.2
Memphis Grizzlies	-2.5	108.5	111.7	99.2	LAC	106.5	99.0	99.1
Boston Celtics	-7.0	107.3	108.3	97.7	NYK	109.6	95.9	96.8
Detroit Pistons	-2.5	107.3	101.0	99.6	ORL	112.7	98.7	99.1
Los Angeles Clippers	2.5	106.0	105.8	99.0	MEM	108.0	99.2	99.1
Orlando Magic	2.5	104.8	103.0	98.7	DET	110.8	99.6	99.1
Miami Heat	8.5	104.5	111.6	96.3	PHO	103.7	100.5	98.4
New York Knicks	7.0	100.3	108.5	95.9	BOS	107.6	97.7	96.8

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
LaMelo Ball	CHA	117.8	$9,500	PG/SG	$8,600	PG	31.9	45.1	-2.4	27%	-1%	54%	-1%	1.42	-0.16	1.37	-0.19	MIL
Giannis Antetokounmpo	MIL	116.8	$11,600	PF/C	$11,700	PF/SF	32.5	56.3	-1.0	34%	3%	61%	7%	1.73	0.23	1.71	0.14	CHA
Chris Paul	PHO	113.0	$7,800	PG	$8,300	PG	32.2	39.3	0.2	20%	-3%	57%	-7%	1.22	0.13	1.21	0.09	MIA
Mike Conley	UTA	113.0	$5,800	PG	$6,700	PG	28.3	29.0	0.6	20%	3%	60%	-9%	1.02	0.10	1.00	0.09	IND
Malcolm Brogdon	IND	109.5	$7,800	PG	$7,400	PG/SG	34.3	37.5		24%		56%		1.09		1.06		UTA
Tyus Jones	MEM	108.5	$6,600	PG	$4,900	PG	21.3	19.5	1.8	15%	4%	57%	13%	0.92	0.23	0.92	0.23	LAC
Marcus Smart	BOS	107.3	$6,300	PG/SG	$6,900	SG/PG	34.6	29.0	2.2	17%	4%	51%	7%	0.84	0.14	0.85	0.12	NYK
Killian Hayes	DET	107.3	$3,400	PG	$3,900	PG	25.9	18.4	0.1	14%	1%	45%	-3%	0.71	-0.11	0.72	-0.11	ORL
Reggie Jackson	LAC	106.0	$11,400	PG	$5,700	PG	32.2	29.2	-3.0	26%	1%	49%	1%	0.91	-0.04	0.85	-0.05	MEM
Cole Anthony	ORL	104.8	$8,100	PG/SG	$7,400	PG/SG	33.9	38.8	-8.2	26%	10%	55%	-1%	1.14	0.64	1.08	0.66	DET
Kyle Lowry	MIA	104.5	$8,000	PG	$7,200	PG	34.3	34.7	-2.4	19%	0%	56%	-4%	1.01	0.02	0.96	0.01	PHO
Alec Burks	NYK	100.3	$5,900	SG/SF	$5,900	PG/SG	27.3	24.2	3.6	18%	-2%	56%	-15%	0.88	0.01	0.89	0.09	BOS

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
Terry Rozier	CHA	117.8	$6,900	PG/SG	$7,100	SG/PG	31.6	31.4	-0.7	22%	1%	55%	7%	0.99	0.23	0.98	0.24	MIL
Wesley Matthews	MIL	116.8	$3,400	SG/SF	$3,800	SG	17.7	10.6	5.5	12%	0%	66%	-8%	0.60	-0.06	0.58	-0.05	CHA
Devin Booker	PHO	113.0	$9,000	PG/SG	$8,700	SG	32.7	39.6	0.3	31%	2%	55%	-10%	1.21	-0.02	1.17	-0.03	MIA
Donovan Mitchell	UTA	113.0	$9,600	PG/SG	$8,200	SG/PG	33.2	41.7	2.3	32%	-2%	57%	-7%	1.26	-0.14	1.22	-0.12	IND
Chris Duarte	IND	109.5	$5,300	SG/SF	$5,000	SF	28.9	23.8		21%		53%		0.82		0.80		UTA
Desmond Bane	MEM	108.5	$11,700	SG	$7,200	SG	30.0	30.1	4.2	22%	1%	59%	-6%	1.00	0.09	0.98	0.11	LAC
Jaylen Brown	BOS	107.3	$9,100	SG/SF	$8,900	SF/SG	34.4	39.1	3.5	30%	3%	57%	6%	1.14	0.12	1.09	0.08	NYK
Cade Cunningham	DET	107.3	$8,300	PG/SG	$6,700	PG/SG	32.3	34.3	-0.7	26%	0%	49%	2%	1.06	-0.04	1.02	-0.06	ORL
Eric Bledsoe	LAC	106.0	$10,800	PG	$4,900	SG/PG	26.9	24.0	-0.9	20%	5%	52%	4%	0.89	-0.01	0.89	-0.05	MEM
Gary Harris	ORL	104.8	$4,600	SG/SF	$5,700	SG/SF	29.1	19.2	6.8	16%	4%	56%	1%	0.66	0.10	0.65	0.11	DET
Max Strus	MIA	104.5	$5,200	SG/SF	$5,900	SG	23.4	19.8	7.8	18%	7%	63%	10%	0.85	0.53	0.80	0.45	PHO
Evan Fournier	NYK	100.3	$4,900	SG/SF	$5,600	SF/SG	29.0	22.6	-1.5	20%	4%	54%	4%	0.78	0.17	0.75	0.15	BOS

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
Gordon Hayward	CHA	117.8	$6,400	SF/PF	$7,000	SF/SG	33.1	31.6	-2.7	21%	-1%	58%	5%	0.96	0.17	0.94	0.21	MIL
Khris Middleton	MIL	116.8	$8,200	SF	$8,100	SF/SG	31.1	34.4	-0.5	26%	-1%	56%	3%	1.11	0.02	1.06	0.04	CHA
Mikal Bridges	PHO	113.0	$5,200	SG/SF	$5,300	SF/PF	34.1	23.7	-0.1	13%	2%	61%	-3%	0.70	0.04	0.72	0.02	MIA
Bojan Bogdanovic	UTA	113.0	$5,700	SG/SF	$6,700	SF/PF	30.2	27.3	6.6	22%	1%	63%	3%	0.90	0.19	0.85	0.20	IND
Justin Holiday	IND	109.5	$4,400	SG/SF	$4,500	SF/SG	28.3	18.3	1.2	16%	1%	54%	1%	0.64	-0.02	0.62	-0.04	UTA
Dillon Brooks	MEM	108.5	$12,600	SF	$6,500	SG/SF	29.0	30.8	-4.5	29%	-1%	52%	-1%	1.06	0.54	1.05	0.71	LAC
Jayson Tatum	BOS	107.3	$10,400	SF/PF	$10,300	SF/PF	36.8	46.3	1.9	31%	-4%	54%	6%	1.26	0.07	1.22	0.12	NYK
Hamidou Diallo	DET	107.3	$7,600	SF	$7,100	SG/SF	21.7	20.7	11.0	20%	4%	56%	-9%	0.96	0.12	0.99	0.12	ORL
Terance Mann	LAC	106.0	$8,700	PG/SF	$4,800	SG/SF	29.6	22.3	2.4	15%	0%	59%	14%	0.75	-0.01	0.73	-0.02	MEM
Franz Wagner	ORL	104.8	$6,100	SF/PF	$6,600	SF/SG	32.3	28.7	-0.8	21%	2%	55%	6%	0.89	-0.02	0.89	-0.05	DET
Jimmy Butler	MIA	104.5	$9,300	SF	$9,200	SF/SG	33.8	43.2	-0.8	27%	2%	60%	1%	1.28	-0.10	1.30	-0.14	PHO
RJ Barrett	NYK	100.3	$6,000	SF	$5,800	SF/SG	31.3	27.6	3.8	24%	6%	51%	5%	0.88	0.16	0.85	0.16	BOS

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
Miles Bridges	CHA	117.8	$7,300	SF/PF	$8,000	SF	35.8	38.3	-4.8	22%	-2%	57%	7%	1.07	0.10	1.07	0.14	MIL
Jordan Nwora	MIL	116.8	$5,000	PF	$5,800	PF/SF	20.3	18.0	9.6	19%	-2%	53%	19%	0.88	-0.01	0.86	-0.04	CHA
Jae Crowder	PHO	113.0	$3,800	PF	$4,100	PF/SF	28.1	20.8		15%		55%		0.74		0.75		MIA
Royce O’Neale	UTA	113.0	$3,700	PF	$6,000	SF/PF	31.0	21.2	2.6	10%	1%	62%	11%	0.68	0.06	0.70	0.00	IND
Domantas Sabonis	IND	109.5	$10,200	PF/C	$10,200	PF/C	34.6	43.2	4.4	22%	2%	65%	9%	1.25	0.13	1.20	0.09	UTA
Jaren Jackson	MEM	108.5	$11,100	PF/C	$6,400	PF/C	27.4	30.0	0.6	25%	-1%	53%	-12%	1.09	-0.05	1.13	-0.04	LAC
Al Horford	BOS	107.3	$6,300	PF/C	$6,500	PF/C	30.0	31.9	-0.8	17%	-3%	54%	-14%	1.06	-0.28	1.09	-0.29	NYK
Saddiq Bey	DET	107.3	$7,900	SF/PF	$7,900	SF	33.6	29.4	2.6	21%	1%	49%	-1%	0.87	0.08	0.85	0.07	ORL
Marcus Morris	LAC	106.0	$12,000	SF/PF	$7,200	PF/SF	30.4	27.9	2.1	22%	2%	56%	4%	0.92	0.06	0.88	0.06	MEM
Wendell Carter	ORL	104.8	$7,500	PF/C	$7,400	PF/C	29.3	33.2	3.9	19%	2%	58%	-4%	1.13	0.08	1.10	0.06	DET
P.J. Tucker	MIA	104.5	$4,000	PF/C	$5,400	PF/C	28.5	20.6	3.5	12%	2%	62%	-4%	0.72	0.09	0.71	0.07	PHO
Julius Randle	NYK	100.3	$10,100	PF	$9,000	PF/C	35.5	42.3	3.2	27%	0%	52%	5%	1.19	0.09	1.14	0.12	BOS

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
Mason Plumlee	CHA	117.8	$4,700	C	$5,400	C	25.0	22.8	-1.0	11%	-1%	58%	7%	0.91	0.03	0.95	0.02	MIL
Bobby Portis	MIL	116.8	$6,500	C	$5,500	PF/C	27.8	32.6	-1.6	22%	-1%	58%	2%	1.17	0.04	1.15	0.01	CHA
Deandre Ayton	PHO	113.0	$7,700	C	$7,500	C	30.7	36.5		22%		64%		1.19		1.18		MIA
Hassan Whiteside	UTA	113.0	$3,500	C	$6,100	C	15.1	19.3	15.3	19%	-9%	66%	-6%	1.28	-0.59	1.33	-0.60	IND
Myles Turner	IND	109.5	$7,000	C	$7,700	C/PF	29.8	31.3	-0.1	17%	-2%	63%	-7%	1.05	-0.09	1.10	-0.06	UTA
Xavier Tillman	MEM	108.5	$1,500	C	$3,600	PF	14.3	13.9		17%	-3%	50%	30%	0.97		1.06		LAC
Robert Williams	BOS	107.3	$7,100	C	$7,800	PF/C	28.8	29.2	5.1	12%	-4%	74%	11%	1.01	0.15	1.07	0.21	NYK
Isaiah Stewart	DET	107.3	$4,800	C	$5,200	PF	25.8	22.7	-5.6	13%	-1%	56%	-6%	0.88	0.11	0.91	0.18	ORL
Ivica Zubac	LAC	106.0	$9,000	C	$5,100	C	25.0	24.6		15%		69%		0.99		1.01		MEM
Mo Bamba	ORL	104.8	$5,500	C	$6,100	C	28.1	29.5	-5.2	16%	0%	55%	5%	1.05	-0.05	1.09	-0.07	DET
Omer Yurtseven	MIA	104.5	$6,600	C	$6,800	C	14.2	15.7	18.1	19%	-2%	51%	3%	1.10	0.14	1.12	0.13	PHO
Mitchell Robinson	NYK	100.3	$4,800	C	$4,900	C	24.6	22.4	1.2	10%	0%	75%	9%	0.91	-0.15	0.97	-0.19	BOS

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
PJ Washington	CHA	117.8	$5,000	PF/C	$5,900	PF/C	25.0	25.4	-0.6	17%	7%	61%	13%	1.01	0.24	1.02	0.13	MIL
Kelly Oubre	CHA	117.8	$5,800	SG/SF	$5,900	SF/SG	28.2	27.0	-8.0	23%	6%	59%	9%	0.96	0.27	0.94	0.21	MIL
Cody Martin	CHA	117.8	$4,400	SG/SF	$4,200	SG/PG	26.8	21.7	-4.7	13%	2%	59%	-22%	0.81	-0.14	0.85	-0.13	MIL
Rodney Hood	MIL	116.8	$3,500	SG/SF	$3,700	SG/SF	15.8	8.2	1.1	10%	0%	49%	11%	0.52	-0.03	0.51	-0.01	CHA
Javonte Smart	MIL	116.8	$3,300	PG	$3,500	PG	13.0	7.1	-7.0	14%	0%	35%		0.54	-0.12	0.54	-0.12	CHA
Sandro Mamukelashvili	MIL	116.8	$3,200	C	$4,500	PF/C	11.7	8.9	1.8	15%	2%	55%	-1%	0.76	0.15	0.76	0.20	CHA
Cameron Johnson	PHO	113.0	$5,700	SF/PF	$5,800	SF	25.5	22.4	8.1	16%	0%	63%	15%	0.88	0.09	0.86	0.08	MIA
Jalen Smith	PHO	113.0	$5,600	PF/C	$6,000	PF/C	14.2	16.6	10.7	20%	2%	60%	5%	1.17	0.14	1.17	0.12	MIA
JaVale McGee	PHO	113.0	$5,100	C	$5,000	C	16.3	22.7		23%		68%		1.39		1.40		MIA
Jordan Clarkson	UTA	113.0	$5,500	PG/SG	$6,200	PG/SG	25.6	25.1	0.8	26%	-2%	51%	12%	0.98	-0.19	0.93	-0.24	IND
Rudy Gay	UTA	113.0	$4,600	SF/PF	$5,700	PF/SF	20.1	18.7	3.0	18%	0%	58%	1%	0.93	0.04	0.91	0.09	IND
Trent Forrest	UTA	113.0	$3,000	SG	$4,000	SG	8.2	4.3	8.2	10%	5%	57%	4%	0.53	0.07	0.52	-0.01	IND
Oshae Brissett	IND	109.5	$4,000	PF/C	$4,700	SF	17.7	14.1	4.4	15%	1%	54%	-10%	0.79	-0.02	0.80	-0.03	UTA
Lance Stephenson	IND	109.5	$4,200	SG/SF	$5,900	SF	14.6	12.0	2.3	19%	7%	56%	8%	0.82	0.24	0.78	0.22	UTA
Keifer Sykes	IND	109.5	$4,200	PG	$5,800	PG	26.8	20.2	4.1	17%	0%	56%	5%	0.75	0.03	0.72	0.03	UTA
De’Anthony Melton	MEM	108.5	$8,400	PG/SG	$6,200	SG/PG	24.0	24.4	-3.1	19%	0%	52%	-25%	1.02	0.30	1.04	0.29	LAC
Brandon Clarke	MEM	108.5	$7,500	PF/C	$5,400	PF	17.0	18.8	6.6	17%	2%	65%	4%	1.11	0.12	1.16	0.11	LAC
Ziaire Williams	MEM	108.5	$3,000	SG/SF	$3,800	SF	18.0	9.7	1.7	14%	3%	49%	27%	0.54	0.21	0.54	0.20	LAC
Dennis Schroder	BOS	107.3	$5,500	PG	$5,500	PG/SG	32.2	29.2	-1.1	24%	0%	54%	9%	0.91	0.09	0.88	0.10	NYK
Josh Richardson	BOS	107.3	$4,200	SG	$4,600	SF/SG	25.5	18.9	0.0	16%	1%	58%	0%	0.74	0.02	0.75	0.03	NYK
Grant Williams	BOS	107.3	$3,700	PF/C	$4,000	PF	22.8	15.7	4.9	12%	-1%	67%	-20%	0.69	-0.22	0.69	-0.18	NYK
Trey Lyles	DET	107.3	$4,900	PF/C	$4,700	PF	18.2	17.4	9.8	21%	-2%	56%	-4%	0.95	-0.05	0.95	-0.05	ORL
Cory Joseph	DET	107.3	$5,200	PG	$4,100	PG	22.0	16.6		15%		57%		0.75		0.75		ORL
Saben Lee	DET	107.3	$3,500	PG	$4,500	PG	15.6	16.1	0.4	19%	0%	51%	17%	1.03	0.31	1.08	0.29	ORL
Serge Ibaka	LAC	106.0	$7,200	PF/C	$4,200	PF/C	15.9	14.5	4.0	19%	1%	55%	7%	0.91	0.13	0.90	0.15	MEM
Amir Coffey	LAC	106.0	$6,900	SG/SF	$5,000	PF	16.8	11.1	12.3	12%	2%	59%	7%	0.66	0.11	0.66	0.10	MEM
Nicolas Batum	LAC	106.0	$6,300	PF/C	$3,900	SF/PF	25.6	20.4	-8.0	12%	-3%	63%	-50%	0.80	0.15	0.82	0.25	MEM
Terrence Ross	ORL	104.8	$4,800	SG/SF	$5,700	SG/SF	26.0	20.3	4.5	20%	7%	53%	5%	0.78	0.35	0.75	0.36	DET
Chuma Okeke	ORL	104.8	$4,900	SF/PF	$6,400	PF	22.5	17.9	-1.8	17%	-4%	46%	4%	0.80	-0.16	0.83	-0.16	DET
R.J. Hampton	ORL	104.8	$4,100	PG/SG	$4,800	PG/SG	19.7	16.2	3.7	20%	-3%	49%	-9%	0.82	-0.17	0.80	-0.18	DET
Tyler Herro	MIA	104.5	$7,300	PG/SG	$6,300	SG/SF	32.8	33.5	4.7	29%	0%	53%	-14%	1.02	-0.16	0.95	-0.14	PHO
Duncan Robinson	MIA	104.5	$4,900	SG	$4,500	SG	28.1	21.1	-11.2	18%	1%	54%	32%	0.75	0.38	0.72	0.29	PHO
Caleb Martin	MIA	104.5	$4,700	SG/SF	$5,200	SG/SF	22.4	18.0	13.3	16%	-1%	59%	3%	0.80	-0.06	0.83	-0.08	PHO
Immanuel Quickley	NYK	100.3	$4,200	PG/SG	$4,700	SG/PG	22.4	18.8	2.8	21%	4%	54%	-3%	0.84	-0.08	0.80	-0.10	BOS
Taj Gibson	NYK	100.3	$3,500	PF/C	$4,300	C	19.3	13.3	4.8	9%	-2%	57%	13%	0.69	-0.07	0.73	-0.11	BOS
Nerlens Noel	NYK	100.3	$4,100	C	$4,500	C	23.1	16.7		7%		58%		0.72		0.82		BOS

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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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