NBA DFS First Look: Saturday, October 28th

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)
Memphis Grizzlies Washington Wizards MEM -1.5 227.5 114.5 113.0 7:00 PM
New York Knicks New Orleans Pelicans NOP -2.5 224.0 110.8 113.3 7:00 PM
Chicago Bulls Detroit Pistons CHI -1.5 215.5 108.5 107.0 7:00 PM
Philadelphia 76ers Toronto Raptors PHI -4.0 214.5 109.3 105.3 7:30 PM
Indiana Pacers Cleveland Cavaliers CLE -3.0 224.0 110.5 113.5 7:30 PM
Miami Heat Minnesota Timberwolves MIN -5.0 218.5 106.8 111.8 8:00 PM
Utah Jazz Phoenix Suns PHO -5.5 225.0 109.8 115.3 10:00 PM

Implied Totals, Team Stats, and Pace of Play

Note: The team stats are all from this season.

Offense Line Total O-Rating Pace Opp. D-Rating Pace P-Pace
Phoenix Suns -5.5 115.3 98.5 103.0 UTA 121.0 102.5 102.8
Memphis Grizzlies -1.5 114.5 100.5 103.3 WAS 128.8 110.5 106.9
Cleveland Cavaliers -3.0 113.5 107.4 102.3 IND 109.1 110.5 106.4
New Orleans Pelicans -2.5 113.3 107.8 103.5 NYK 112.3 101.3 102.4
Washington Wizards 1.5 113.0 109.1 110.5 MEM 106.3 103.3 106.9
Minnesota Timberwolves -5.0 111.8 93.1 101.0 MIA 112.8 97.5 99.3
New York Knicks 2.5 110.8 113.9 101.3 NOP 100.0 103.5 102.4
Indiana Pacers 3.0 110.5 128.8 110.5 CLE 107.8 102.3 106.4
Utah Jazz 5.5 109.8 114.1 102.5 PHO 99.0 103.0 102.8
Philadelphia 76ers -4.0 109.3 112.5 104.5 TOR 94.3 99.8 102.2
Chicago Bulls -1.5 108.5 100.0 99.1 DET 99.5 101.5 100.3
Detroit Pistons 1.5 107.0 104.9 101.5 CHI 108.6 99.1 100.3
Miami Heat 5.0 106.8 110.3 97.5 MIN 96.0 101.0 99.3
Toronto Raptors 4.0 105.3 95.2 99.8 PHI 112.4 104.5 102.2

Point Guard (Projected Starters)

Note: The +/- columns show the difference between this season and last season.

Starter Team Total DK FD MIN/G FP/G +/- USG% +/- DK/M +/- FD/M +/- OPP
Eric Gordon PHO 115.3 $4,800 $4,600 31.0 19.3 -2.5 22% -5% 0.62 0.12 0.60 0.12 UTA
Marcus Smart MEM 114.5 $5,900 $6,200 31.5 32.3 0.6 24% -6% 1.02 -0.13 1.04 -0.16 WAS
Darius Garland CLE 113.5 $6,900 $7,400 32.3 26.5 3.2 25% 1% 0.82 0.29 0.77 0.29 IND
CJ McCollum NOP 113.3 $7,000 $7,900 37.3 46.0 -2.0 20% 6% 1.23 -0.15 1.21 -0.17 NYK
Tyus Jones WAS 113.0 $6,000 $6,400 28.3 32.8 -4.1 19% -1% 1.16 -0.17 1.16 -0.18 MEM
Mike Conley MIN 111.8 $5,500 $5,200 30.5 24.5 -0.2 13% 3% 0.80 0.13 0.84 0.08 MIA
Jalen Brunson NYK 110.8 $7,600 $8,200 32.6 40.0 2.4 28% -1% 1.23 -0.09 1.17 -0.05 NOP
Tyrese Haliburton IND 110.5 $9,200 $9,600 26.9 47.3 6.7 26% -2% 1.76 -0.39 1.72 -0.40 CLE
Jordan Clarkson UTA 109.8 $6,100 $6,800 32.2 33.8 0.4 23% 4% 1.05 -0.02 0.99 -0.03 PHO
Tyrese Maxey PHI 109.3 $8,200 $8,600 40.2 53.5 -6.6 29% -5% 1.33 -0.39 1.34 -0.43 TOR
Coby White CHI 108.5 $4,800 $5,300 35.5 32.5 -12.1 22% -5% 0.92 -0.08 0.88 -0.07 DET
Cade Cunningham DET 107.0 $8,700 $8,900 30.0 37.9 3.3 32% -3% 1.26 -0.10 1.20 -0.07 CHI
Kyle Lowry MIA 106.8 $5,100 $5,100 31.8 22.5 -0.6 6% 10% 0.71 0.15 0.74 0.10 MIN
Dennis Schroder TOR 105.3 $5,500 $6,500 33.9 33.1 -3.8 21% -3% 0.98 -0.17 0.88 -0.09 PHI

Shooting Guard (Projected Starters)

Note: The +/- columns show the difference between this season and last season.

Starter Team Total DK Pos FD Pos MIN/G FP/G +/- USG% +/- DK/M +/- FD/M +/- OPP
Grayson Allen PHO 115.3 $4,500 SG/SF $4,100 SG/SF 27.8 14.0 -0.4 9% 5% 0.50 0.25 0.48 0.26 UTA
Desmond Bane MEM 114.5 $8,500 SG $9,000 SG/SF 34.0 39.5 -2.3 29% -4% 1.16 0.02 1.16 -0.02 WAS
Donovan Mitchell CLE 113.5 $9,500 PG/SG $10,000 SG 38.9 62.1 -3.1 31% 0% 1.60 -0.35 1.64 -0.43 IND
Herb Jones NOP 113.3 $5,000 SF/PF $5,800 SG/SF 38.1 31.0 -8.5 14% 0% 0.81 -0.04 0.80 0.01 NYK
Jordan Poole WAS 113.0 $8,100 PG/SG $7,100 PG/SG 26.3 30.0 3.7 34% -6% 1.14 -0.06 1.14 -0.12 MEM
Nickeil Alexander-Walker MIN 111.8 $3,800 PG/SG $4,100 SG/SF 22.6 11.5 -7.6 11% 7% 0.51 0.35 0.53 0.32 MIA
Quentin Grimes NYK 110.8 $4,200 SG/SF $4,000 SG/SF 24.1 11.5 5.8 12% 3% 0.48 0.23 0.41 0.28 NOP
Bennedict Mathurin IND 110.5 $5,500 SG $6,200 SG/SF 25.8 34.5 2.7 28% -4% 1.34 -0.45 1.34 -0.47 CLE
Talen Horton-Tucker UTA 109.8 $5,000 PG $5,500 SG/SF 24.2 25.8 -4.0 20% 5% 1.06 0.02 1.10 -0.03 PHO
De’Anthony Melton PHI 109.3 $5,600 PG/SG $5,700 PG/SG 24.9 23.0 3.0 20% -4% 0.92 -0.08 0.94 -0.08 TOR
Zach LaVine CHI 108.5 $7,300 SG/SF $7,200 SG/SF 31.5 20.4 4.4 27% 1% 0.65 0.44 0.59 0.45 DET
Killian Hayes DET 107.0 $4,900 PG $5,000 PG 30.0 20.3 -1.7 19% 1% 0.68 0.26 0.73 0.20 CHI
Tyler Herro MIA 106.8 $6,700 PG/SG $6,600 SG/SF 37.4 38.3 -2.5 27% -2% 1.02 0.00 1.00 -0.03 MIN
OG Anunoby TOR 105.3 $5,800 SG $7,500 SF/SG 30.8 29.4 4.8 18% 2% 0.95 -0.07 1.00 -0.11 PHI

Small Forward (Projected Starters)

Note: The +/- columns show the difference between this season and last season.

Starter Team Total DK Pos FD Pos MIN/G FP/G +/- USG% +/- DK/M +/- FD/M +/- OPP
Josh Okogie PHO 115.3 $5,000 SF $5,100 SF/SG 32.1 26.6 -13.3 11% 6% 0.83 0.05 0.81 0.09 UTA
Ziaire Williams MEM 114.5 $3,900 SF $3,900 SF 30.2 19.4 -15.0 16% 2% 0.64 0.06 0.59 0.10 WAS
Max Strus CLE 113.5 $5,300 SG/SF $6,000 SG/SF 38.3 40.1 -9.9 19% -2% 1.05 -0.31 1.02 -0.32 IND
Brandon Ingram NOP 113.3 $8,000 SG/SF $8,300 SF 35.9 38.3 -1.7 29% 2% 1.07 0.16 1.05 0.13 NYK
Deni Avdija WAS 113.0 $5,300 SF/PF $6,000 SF/PF 20.7 26.3 5.9 20% -4% 1.27 -0.37 1.27 -0.38 MEM
Anthony Edwards MIN 111.8 $9,300 SG/SF $9,500 SG/SF 38.3 47.5 -2.3 32% -3% 1.24 -0.05 1.12 0.05 MIA
RJ Barrett NYK 110.8 $6,100 SF/PF $6,400 SF/SG 35.1 36.8 -1.2 26% 0% 1.05 -0.13 1.00 -0.13 NOP
Bruce Brown IND 110.5 $5,300 PG/SF $6,300 SF/SG 27.2 33.8 1.3 19% -1% 1.24 -0.36 1.15 -0.26 CLE
Lauri Markkanen UTA 109.8 $8,900 SF/PF $8,500 PF/SF 33.3 48.0 1.1 28% -2% 1.44 -0.20 1.34 -0.15 PHO
Tobias Harris PHI 109.3 $6,600 SF/PF $6,400 PF/SF 37.1 32.3 -4.2 14% 4% 0.87 0.01 0.80 0.07 TOR
DeMar DeRozan CHI 108.5 $7,500 SF/PF $8,000 SF 37.1 42.9 -0.9 28% -1% 1.16 -0.04 1.22 -0.10 DET
Ausar Thompson DET 107.0 $5,600 SF/PF $5,900 SG 28.2 29.3 16% 1.04 1.09 CHI
Jimmy Butler MIA 106.8 $8,600 SF/PF $9,800 SF/PF 34.1 37.5 -0.7 24% 1% 1.10 0.16 1.13 0.16 MIN
Scottie Barnes TOR 105.3 $7,400 PG/SF $8,100 PF/SF 37.8 51.0 -3.0 25% -5% 1.35 -0.36 1.32 -0.33 PHI

Power Forward (Projected Starters)

Note: The +/- columns show the difference between this season and last season.

Starter Team Total DK Pos FD Pos MIN/G FP/G +/- USG% +/- DK/M +/- FD/M +/- OPP
Kevin Durant PHO 115.3 $9,700 PF $10,800 SF/PF 38.1 48.5 -2.5 36% -6% 1.27 0.10 1.19 0.15 UTA
Jaren Jackson MEM 114.5 $7,800 PF/C $8,400 PF/C 32.1 34.8 -3.7 17% 8% 1.08 0.21 1.17 0.20 WAS
Isaac Okoro CLE 113.5 $4,100 SF/PF $5,400 SF/SG 29.9 32.6 -8.2 18% -6% 1.09 -0.47 1.14 -0.50 IND
Zion Williamson NOP 113.3 $9,100 PF/C $8,000 PF 31.7 34.8 1.3 30% -2% 1.10 0.23 1.05 0.26 NYK
Kyle Kuzma WAS 113.0 $7,000 SF/PF $7,800 SF/PF 24.9 32.0 10.1 30% -3% 1.29 -0.20 1.35 -0.32 MEM
Karl-Anthony Towns MIN 111.8 $8,400 PF/C $9,200 PF/C 36.0 44.5 -3.0 31% -6% 1.24 0.00 1.22 -0.04 MIA
Julius Randle NYK 110.8 $8,200 PF/C $8,800 PF 34.1 46.1 1.4 24% 5% 1.35 -0.05 1.27 -0.04 NOP
Obi Toppin IND 110.5 $4,800 PF/C $5,000 PF 19.2 20.5 -3.5 17% 2% 1.07 -0.19 1.07 -0.22 CLE
John Collins UTA 109.8 $5,000 PF/C $6,300 PF/C 32.6 33.9 -2.6 15% 2% 1.04 -0.16 1.01 -0.12 PHO
P.J. Tucker PHI 109.3 $3,500 PF/C $3,700 PF 25.6 12.8 0.0 3% 3% 0.50 -0.07 0.58 -0.14 TOR
Patrick Williams CHI 108.5 $4,600 PF $4,700 SF/PF 21.6 16.8 6.7 17% -2% 0.78 -0.04 0.83 -0.08 DET
Isaiah Stewart DET 107.0 $5,200 PF/C $6,100 C/PF 35.4 31.4 -7.1 15% 2% 0.89 0.03 0.82 0.08 CHI
Kevin Love MIA 106.8 $4,400 PF/C $4,700 PF/C 24.1 28.6 -4.1 16% 2% 1.19 -0.17 1.12 -0.14 MIN
Pascal Siakam TOR 105.3 $9,600 PF/C $8,700 PF 37.7 32.6 -0.3 23% 5% 0.87 0.35 0.82 0.37 PHI

Center (Projected Starters)

Note: The +/- columns show the difference between this season and last season.

Starter Team Total DK Pos FD Pos MIN/G FP/G +/- USG% +/- DK/M +/- FD/M +/- OPP
Jusuf Nurkic PHO 115.3 $6,300 C $7,300 C 27.9 31.6 -1.1 14% 8% 1.13 0.06 1.12 0.05 UTA
Xavier Tillman MEM 114.5 $5,300 C $6,700 PF/C 33.9 41.0 -14.6 21% -7% 1.21 -0.25 1.27 -0.26 WAS
Evan Mobley CLE 113.5 $7,300 PF/C $7,900 PF/C 33.8 32.4 0.6 18% 2% 0.96 0.09 0.98 0.09 IND
Jonas Valanciunas NOP 113.3 $5,800 C $6,900 C 29.2 31.5 -4.3 15% 8% 1.08 0.19 0.98 0.25 NYK
Daniel Gafford WAS 113.0 $5,100 C $5,800 C 21.1 16.3 -0.5 8% 7% 0.77 0.23 0.86 0.19 MEM
Rudy Gobert MIN 111.8 $7,000 C $7,900 C 32.0 45.3 -1.3 19% -3% 1.41 -0.31 1.52 -0.40 MIA
Mitchell Robinson NYK 110.8 $5,000 C $5,700 C 29.9 27.4 -3.0 11% -1% 0.92 0.05 1.07 -0.03 NOP
Myles Turner IND 110.5 $6,400 C $7,600 C 23.3 27.5 6.1 19% 3% 1.18 0.03 1.27 -0.03 CLE
Walker Kessler UTA 109.8 $5,700 C $7,000 C 21.7 16.0 1.3 11% 2% 0.74 0.41 0.74 0.50 PHO
Joel Embiid PHI 109.3 $10,700 C $11,100 C 36.4 41.8 -1.8 39% -2% 1.15 0.51 1.04 0.61 TOR
Nikola Vucevic CHI 108.5 $7,400 C $7,700 C 36.2 33.1 -2.7 18% 4% 0.92 0.27 0.92 0.23 DET
Jalen Duren DET 107.0 $5,900 C $7,800 C 33.3 46.4 -8.4 16% -2% 1.39 -0.40 1.39 -0.37 CHI
Bam Adebayo MIA 106.8 $7,700 C $8,100 C 33.6 41.4 1.0 31% -6% 1.23 -0.07 1.27 -0.11 MIN
Jakob Poeltl TOR 105.3 $5,600 C $6,500 C 21.3 20.1 5.2 14% 4% 0.94 0.25 0.96 0.27 PHI

Notable Bench Players

Note: The +/- columns show the difference between this season and last season.

Starter Team Total DK Pos FD Pos MIN/G FP/G +/- USG% +/- DK/M +/- FD/M +/- OPP
Jordan Goodwin PHO 115.3 $4,400 PG $5,500 PG 22.1 20.5 -4.3 22% -6% 0.93 0.04 0.95 0.05 UTA
Drew Eubanks PHO 115.3 $3,700 C $4,000 C/PF 18.2 14.6 2.1 13% -1% 0.80 0.11 0.82 0.16 UTA
Yuta Watanabe PHO 115.3 $3,500 PF $3,700 SG/SF 16.4 9.9 -0.4 11% 1% 0.60 0.12 0.56 0.16 UTA
David Roddy MEM 114.5 $3,700 SF/PF $4,000 SF/PF 21.6 12.4 -3.6 13% 3% 0.57 0.14 0.55 0.16 WAS
Derrick Rose MEM 114.5 $3,300 PG/SG $3,800 PG/SG 18.9 21.5 -6.4 29% -7% 1.14 -0.26 1.07 -0.21 WAS
John Konchar MEM 114.5 $4,200 PG/SF $3,600 SF/SG 30.4 18.5 -9.7 3% 7% 0.61 0.14 0.71 0.08 WAS
Caris LeVert CLE 113.5 $5,100 SG/SF $5,900 SG/SF 31.4 27.6 -1.2 23% -5% 0.88 -0.04 0.89 -0.06 IND
Georges Niang CLE 113.5 $3,300 SF/PF $3,700 PF 20.3 5.5 -0.9 9% 7% 0.27 0.48 0.27 0.44 IND
Damian Jones CLE 113.5 $3,000 C $3,700 C 10.5 6.4 1.1 10% 1% 0.61 0.18 0.61 0.20 IND
Larry Nance NOP 113.3 $4,400 C $3,900 PF/C 14.9 13.0 6.3 12% 0% 0.87 0.03 0.87 0.08 NYK
Dyson Daniels NOP 113.3 $3,700 PG/SG $4,000 PG 18.9 17.3 -1.2 17% -6% 0.91 -0.19 1.02 -0.29 NYK
Matt Ryan NOP 113.3 $3,500 SF $3,600 SF 13.9 13.3 -4.8 17% -1% 0.95 -0.30 0.85 -0.25 NYK
Delon Wright WAS 113.0 $4,700 PG $5,200 PG/SG 25.3 31.0 -0.9 12% 0% 1.23 -0.33 1.32 -0.38 MEM
Corey Kispert WAS 113.0 $4,300 SG/SF $4,500 SF 24.5 18.8 3.8 20% -6% 0.77 -0.12 0.72 -0.12 MEM
Bilal Coulibaly WAS 113.0 $4,400 SF $4,400 SF 23.1 17.5 10% 0.76 0.80 MEM
Kyle Anderson MIN 111.8 $5,400 SF/PF $5,900 SF/PF 30.3 29.3 -1.9 13% 1% 0.97 -0.01 1.01 -0.03 MIA
Naz Reid MIN 111.8 $4,400 PF/C $4,400 C 23.8 16.0 -5.4 17% 7% 0.67 0.52 0.65 0.55 MIA
Shake Milton MIN 111.8 $3,700 PG/SG $4,000 PG 21.3 17.3 -0.7 15% 2% 0.81 0.02 0.83 -0.03 MIA
Immanuel Quickley NYK 110.8 $5,700 PG/SG $6,000 SG/PG 26.1 34.5 2.8 26% -5% 1.32 -0.35 1.25 -0.29 NOP
Josh Hart NYK 110.8 $4,900 SF/PF $4,900 SG/SF 22.1 12.4 10.2 9% 4% 0.56 0.31 0.55 0.33 NOP
Isaiah Hartenstein NYK 110.8 $3,800 C $4,300 PF/C 18.0 17.5 1.9 13% -3% 0.97 -0.10 1.00 -0.08 NOP
Buddy Hield IND 110.5 $6,000 SG/SF $6,300 SG/SF 25.1 29.5 5.9 16% 4% 1.18 -0.17 1.16 -0.19 CLE
Andrew Nembhard IND 110.5 $4,600 PG/SG $6,100 SG/PG 21.6 32.5 6.0 22% -6% 1.50 -0.72 1.39 -0.62 CLE
Aaron Nesmith IND 110.5 $4,300 SG/SF $4,300 SF/PF 23.1 16.8 1.8 13% 4% 0.73 0.07 0.73 0.07 CLE
Kelly Olynyk UTA 109.8 $4,800 PF/C $4,600 C/PF 21.7 24.0 6.9 12% 5% 1.11 -0.12 1.11 -0.14 PHO
Collin Sexton UTA 109.8 $4,400 PG/SG $4,700 SG 19.7 12.8 4.2 28% -5% 0.65 0.29 0.61 0.30 PHO
Kris Dunn UTA 109.8 $4,600 PG/SF $4,000 PG/SG 17.1 12.3 8.7 25% -5% 0.72 0.46 0.70 0.48 PHO
Kelly Oubre PHI 109.3 $5,700 SF/PF $5,600 SF/SG 32.5 35.0 -0.3 21% 5% 1.08 -0.06 0.98 0.03 TOR
Paul Reed PHI 109.3 $4,200 PF/C $3,900 C 11.6 12.0 -0.7 19% -4% 1.03 0.08 1.03 0.16 TOR
Patrick Beverley PHI 109.3 $4,300 PG $3,800 PG 13.6 7.5 13.5 3% 7% 0.55 0.13 0.55 0.14 TOR
Andre Drummond CHI 108.5 $4,000 C $4,200 C 14.1 12.4 -1.4 19% 0% 0.88 0.45 0.86 0.49 DET
Alex Caruso CHI 108.5 $4,100 PG/SG $4,200 PG/SG 25.6 28.9 -2.1 13% -3% 1.13 -0.37 1.16 -0.35 DET
Torrey Craig CHI 108.5 $4,200 PF $4,100 SF 22.7 20.0 2.0 12% 1% 0.88 -0.09 0.87 -0.07 DET
Alec Burks DET 107.0 $4,400 SG/SF $4,400 PG/SG 27.9 26.9 -5.9 17% 5% 0.96 0.04 0.97 0.01 CHI
Jaden Ivey DET 107.0 $5,400 PG/SG $4,400 SG 20.1 19.0 11.0 27% -2% 0.95 0.03 0.88 0.04 CHI
Marvin Bagley DET 107.0 $4,300 PF/C $4,800 PF/C 14.7 22.3 8.9 22% -2% 1.51 -0.51 1.53 -0.52 CHI
Caleb Martin MIA 106.8 $4,500 SG/SF $4,300 SF/PF 19.5 9.3 9.8 16% -2% 0.47 0.24 0.53 0.19 MIN
Duncan Robinson MIA 106.8 $3,800 SG $3,800 SG/SF 23.2 16.1 -6.8 17% 1% 0.70 -0.02 0.63 -0.01 MIN
Thomas Bryant MIA 106.8 $4,100 C $4,300 C 14.4 15.8 3.9 22% -4% 1.09 -0.03 1.13 -0.06 MIN
Gary Trent TOR 105.3 $5,100 SG/SF $4,600 SG 31.4 21.9 0.7 17% 4% 0.70 0.16 0.72 0.14 PHI
Precious Achiuwa TOR 105.3 $4,800 C $4,400 PF/C 23.5 18.4 -2.8 19% 1% 0.78 0.20 0.72 0.26 PHI
Jalen McDaniels TOR 105.3 $4,100 SF/PF $3,800 PF/SF 16.9 8.4 7.0 9% 7% 0.50 0.34 0.58 0.26 PHI
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