NBA DFS First Look: Sunday, December 5th

by Derek Farnsworth (Notorious) Last Updated 2021-12-05 15:57:52

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)
Utah Jazz	Cleveland Cavaliers	UTA	-4.5	212.5		108.5	104.0	3:30 PM
Charlotte Hornets	Atlanta Hawks	ATL	-7.0	220.0		106.5	113.5	6:00 PM
Washington Wizards	Toronto Raptors	TOR	-1.0	212.0		105.5	106.5	6:00 PM
New Orleans Pelicans	Houston Rockets	NOP	-2.5	220.0		111.3	108.8	7:00 PM

Implied Totals, Team Stats, and Pace of Play

Offense	Line	Total	O-Rating	Pace		Opp.	D-Rating	Pace		P-Pace
Atlanta Hawks	-7.0	113.5	112.4	98.4		CHA	111.7	101.9		100.1
New Orleans Pelicans	-2.5	111.3	105.1	98.2		HOU	108.3	102.7		100.5
Houston Rockets	2.5	108.8	100.8	102.7		NOP	112.3	98.2		100.5
Utah Jazz	-4.5	108.5	115.2	98.2		CLE	104.1	97.6		97.9
Toronto Raptors	-1.0	106.5	108.9	96.4		WAS	106.6	97.8		97.1
Charlotte Hornets	7.0	106.5	111.5	101.9		ATL	109.7	98.4		100.1
Washington Wizards	1.0	105.5	107.1	97.8		TOR	109.7	96.4		97.1
Cleveland Cavaliers	4.5	104.0	106.6	97.6		UTA	105.4	98.2		97.9

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
Trae Young	ATL	113.5	$10,300	PG	$9,600	PG	33.9	46.8	1.0	33%	3%	59%	3%	1.38	0.12	1.29	0.09	CHA
Devonte’ Graham	NOP	111.3	$4,800	PG	$5,200	PG/SG	30.8	27.3	-2.6	21%	-3%	52%	-3%	0.89	-0.20	0.86	-0.18	HOU
Armoni Brooks	HOU	108.8	$3,700	PG/SG	$4,100	SG	12.1	10.4	11.2	18%	-2%	56%	4%	0.86	-0.01	0.85	-0.01	NOP
Mike Conley	UTA	108.5	$10,800	PG	$6,100	PG	28.2	27.1	-0.1	19%	1%	65%	9%	0.96	0.06	0.93	0.04	CLE
Fred VanVleet	TOR	106.5	$9,200	PG/SG	$7,900	PG	38.3	40.4	1.3	23%	2%	58%	7%	1.06	-0.03	1.02	-0.05	WAS
Ish Smith	CHA	106.5	$4,800	PG	$5,000	PG/SG	12.6	9.5	-8.5	19%	-1%	40%	10%	0.75	-0.39	0.76	-0.46	ATL
Spencer Dinwiddie	WAS	105.5	$5,500	PG	$5,800	PG	29.8	30.3	-0.6	21%	-7%	53%	-8%	1.02	-0.23	0.96	-0.20	TOR
Darius Garland	CLE	104.0	$12,900	PG/SG	$7,200	SG/PG	34.6	34.9	0.5	25%	2%	57%	11%	1.01	0.22	0.94	0.15	UTA

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
Kevin Huerter	ATL	113.5	$5,200	SG/SF	$4,800	SG/SF	25.9	19.0	6.4	16%	0%	57%	-1%	0.73	-0.13	0.70	-0.12	CHA
Garrett Temple	NOP	111.3	$3,400	SG	$4,000	SF	18.3	13.0	-1.5	14%	-1%	54%	4%	0.71	0.17	0.73	0.23	HOU
Eric Gordon	HOU	108.8	$5,200	SG/SF	$5,200	SF/SG	29.4	21.8	3.1	19%	2%	57%	5%	0.74	0.07	0.70	0.03	NOP
Donovan Mitchell	UTA	108.5	$14,400	PG/SG	$8,400	SG/PG	32.2	40.4	-0.6	32%	1%	54%	6%	1.26	0.09	1.23	0.08	CLE
Gary Trent	TOR	106.5	$5,900	SG/SF	$5,900	SG/SF	34.4	29.2	-1.1	20%	0%	54%	-17%	0.85	-0.11	0.87	-0.08	WAS
Kelly Oubre	CHA	106.5	$6,100	SG/SF	$6,600	SF/SG	27.3	24.9	4.2	22%	3%	57%	9%	0.91	0.16	0.89	0.18	ATL
Bradley Beal	WAS	105.5	$9,100	PG/SG	$8,500	SG	36.0	40.0	-1.4	31%	-3%	52%	-3%	1.11	-0.09	1.07	-0.06	TOR
Isaac Okoro	CLE	104.0	$6,000	SG/SF	$4,500	SF	29.6	18.2	-1.7	14%	-1%	47%	15%	0.61	-0.01	0.63	-0.03	UTA

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
Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot	ATL	113.5	$3,100	SF	$3,500	SF/SG	5.2	4.0	10.3	17%	-6%	54%	3%	0.77	-0.23	0.75	-0.24	CHA
Brandon Ingram	NOP	111.3	$8,800	SG	$7,700	SF	34.3	36.5	-2.0	30%	0%	53%	5%	1.07	0.15	1.01	0.16	HOU
Garrison Mathews	HOU	108.8	$4,600	SG/SF	$4,700	SF	25.5	18.0	9.2	14%	0%	67%	5%	0.70	0.03	0.67	0.04	NOP
Bojan Bogdanovic	UTA	108.5	$8,700	SF/PF	$4,800	SF/PF	30.1	26.1	0.3	22%	-3%	61%	7%	0.87	-0.06	0.81	-0.06	CLE
Scottie Barnes	TOR	106.5	$8,000	SF/PF	$7,700	SF/PF	35.6	33.9	1.7	19%	0%	55%	8%	0.95	0.12	0.96	0.16	WAS
Gordon Hayward	CHA	106.5	$7,000	SF/PF	$7,600	SF/SG	33.8	31.7	-0.9	21%	3%	58%	2%	0.94	0.15	0.93	0.18	ATL
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	WAS	105.5	$4,200	SG/SF	$5,300	SG/SF	29.4	22.2	-3.7	16%	5%	57%	-1%	0.75	0.16	0.76	0.16	TOR
Lauri Markkanen	CLE	104.0	$9,900	SF/PF	$5,900	PF/SF	31.1	28.1	0.9	20%	-1%	53%	9%	0.90	-0.07	0.90	-0.12	UTA

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
John Collins	ATL	113.5	$7,100	PF/C	$7,500	PF/C	32.2	34.2	0.1	18%	-2%	65%	8%	1.06	0.02	1.09	0.06	CHA
Herb Jones	NOP	111.3	$3,900	PF/C	$5,000	PF	26.1	16.7	4.4	12%	2%	51%	-3%	0.64	0.07	0.70	0.09	HOU
Jae’Sean Tate	HOU	108.8	$6,600	SF/PF	$7,400	SF/PF	27.8	27.1	5.1	19%	2%	58%	9%	0.97	0.32	0.97	0.36	NOP
Royce O’Neale	UTA	108.5	$8,400	PF	$4,900	SF/PF	31.0	21.8	1.1	10%	-2%	59%	42%	0.70	0.13	0.74	0.10	CLE
Pascal Siakam	TOR	106.5	$8,700	C	$7,800	PF	33.2	36.0	1.9	25%	2%	55%	-6%	1.08	0.02	1.07	0.02	WAS
Miles Bridges	CHA	106.5	$8,400	SF/PF	$8,600	SF	36.2	38.7	-3.6	22%	-2%	56%	11%	1.07	-0.08	1.07	-0.10	ATL
Kyle Kuzma	WAS	105.5	$6,300	SF/PF	$6,300	SF/PF	32.8	31.4	-2.2	20%	-1%	53%	8%	0.96	-0.02	0.92	0.00	TOR
Evan Mobley	CLE	104.0	$11,400	PF/C	$7,600	C/PF	33.7	34.1	0.4	19%	-1%	56%	-6%	1.01	0.01	1.04	0.03	UTA

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
Clint Capela	ATL	113.5	$8,200	C	$8,200	C	29.8	35.2	2.0	16%	2%	59%	-5%	1.18	0.08	1.22	0.08	CHA
Jonas Valanciunas	NOP	111.3	$9,000	C	$8,000	C	31.3	41.0	-5.3	24%	2%	59%	4%	1.31	0.16	1.27	0.14	HOU
Christian Wood	HOU	108.8	$9,600	C	$8,700	PF/C	31.6	36.9	-2.8	22%	2%	54%	9%	1.17	0.37	1.14	0.40	NOP
Rudy Gobert	UTA	108.5	$13,500	C	$8,800	C	31.4	41.1	1.4	17%	-1%	74%	3%	1.31	-0.24	1.34	-0.25	CLE
Precious Achiuwa	TOR	106.5	$4,500	C	$4,900	PF/C	26.3	22.4	7.1	17%	-3%	42%	-7%	0.85	-0.30	0.86	-0.30	WAS
PJ Washington	CHA	106.5	$5,700	PF/C	$6,000	PF/C	23.4	22.5	8.2	17%	-2%	63%	10%	0.96	-0.02	0.96	-0.05	ATL
Daniel Gafford	WAS	105.5	$5,100	C	$6,000	C	21.1	23.4	3.7	16%	-1%	68%	9%	1.11	0.15	1.20	0.08	TOR
Jarrett Allen	CLE	104.0	$14,100	C	$8,300	C/PF	33.1	37.3	1.2	17%	3%	71%	8%	1.13	0.28	1.13	0.28	UTA

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
Danilo Gallinari	ATL	113.5	$4,700	PF	$4,800	SF/PF	20.7	16.1	4.3	16%	2%	53%	-3%	0.78	0.07	0.77	0.04	CHA
Cam Reddish	ATL	113.5	$3,300	SG/SF	$4,700	SG/SF	22.5	19.1	-4.8	22%	-1%	55%	3%	0.85	-0.02	0.84	0.01	CHA
Delon Wright	ATL	113.5	$3,600	PG	$4,000	PG/SG	13.1	10.8	5.9	12%	0%	47%	3%	0.82	0.04	0.85	0.06	CHA
Nickeil Alexander-Walker	NOP	111.3	$4,400	PG/SG	$4,900	SG/SF	28.9	26.2	-3.5	24%	-2%	47%	-8%	0.90	-0.18	0.89	-0.17	HOU
Willy Hernangomez	NOP	111.3	$4,500	C	$5,000	PF/C	12.9	18.4	4.4	22%	-1%	72%	-14%	1.42	-0.13	1.40	-0.16	HOU
Tomas Satoransky	NOP	111.3	$3,000	PG/SF	$3,700	PG	15.5	9.1	-1.1	12%	1%	40%	9%	0.58	0.12	0.58	0.12	HOU
Danuel House	HOU	108.8	$3,100	SF	$3,700	SF	13.7	11.1	4.6	18%	-2%	46%	-3%	0.81	-0.15	0.80	-0.17	NOP
Alperen Sengun	HOU	108.8	$4,200	PF/C	$4,600	C/PF	18.0	21.2	-2.7	20%	-2%	58%	9%	1.18	0.17	1.20	0.20	NOP
KJ Martin	HOU	108.8	$3,200	PF/C	$3,900	SF/PF	15.6	14.1	1.0	17%	1%	59%	-3%	0.91	0.00	0.94	-0.04	NOP
Jordan Clarkson	UTA	108.5	$9,000	PG/SG	$5,700	PG/SG	25.1	25.0	-0.2	27%	-3%	50%	4%	0.99	0.04	0.95	0.04	CLE
Joe Ingles	UTA	108.5	$5,700	SG/SF	$4,600	SG/SF	24.9	18.4	0.2	12%	2%	63%	25%	0.74	0.20	0.70	0.18	CLE
Rudy Gay	UTA	108.5	$6,300	SF/PF	$4,400	PF/SF	18.9	20.7	0.9	20%	0%	70%	-8%	1.09	-0.04	1.03	-0.04	CLE
Svi Mykhailiuk	TOR	106.5	$4,100	SG/SF	$4,800	SG	18.8	14.1	4.0	16%	1%	56%	-17%	0.75	-0.02	0.75	0.02	WAS
Yuta Watanabe	TOR	106.5	$3,300	PF	$4,000	SG	16.6	13.5	1.0	14%	0%	51%	5%	0.81	-0.08	0.84	-0.15	WAS
Dalano Banton	TOR	106.5	$3,200	SF	$3,900	PF	13.0	10.5	-0.9	16%	-5%	56%	-22%	0.81	-0.17	0.80	-0.22	WAS
Cody Martin	CHA	106.5	$4,900	SG/SF	$5,400	SG	24.6	20.0	-3.6	12%	-3%	58%	17%	0.81	-0.06	0.86	-0.06	ATL
Nick Richards	CHA	106.5	$3,000	C	$4,400	C	8.6	7.2	-1.2	14%	-7%	69%	12%	0.83	-0.28	0.89	-0.31	ATL
James Bouknight	CHA	106.5	$3,000	SG	$3,500	SG	1.8	1.1	2.1	26%	-1%	15%	39%	0.63	0.66	0.63	0.66	ATL
Montrezl Harrell	WAS	105.5	$5,200	C	$5,500	C/PF	26.7	32.4	-5.6	21%	2%	70%	1%	1.21	-0.06	1.22	-0.07	TOR
Deni Avdija	WAS	105.5	$3,600	SF/PF	$4,000	SF/PF	21.7	17.2	-1.0	13%	4%	51%	3%	0.79	-0.01	0.82	-0.05	TOR
Raul Neto	WAS	105.5	$3,500	PG	$4,000	PG	19.7	14.6	0.0	18%	-1%	52%	5%	0.74	0.18	0.74	0.18	TOR
Ricky Rubio	CLE	104.0	$10,200	PG	$5,600	PG	29.2	30.8	-1.8	24%	-7%	49%	-15%	1.05	-0.19	1.01	-0.16	UTA
Kevin Love	CLE	104.0	$9,300	PF/C	$5,300	PF/C	20.3	25.2	-1.6	22%	1%	57%	16%	1.24	0.21	1.20	0.22	UTA
Cedi Osman	CLE	104.0	$7,500	SG/SF	$5,400	SF/PF	22.2	20.3	0.3	20%	3%	63%	-21%	0.91	0.15	0.88	0.23	UTA

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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