NBA DFS First Look: Thursday, April 6th - Sortable Odds, Salaries, Stats

by Derek Farnsworth (Notorious) Last Updated 2023-04-06 14:04:44

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)
Cleveland Cavaliers	Orlando Magic	ORL	-8.5	218.5		105.0	113.5	7:00 PM
Miami Heat	Philadelphia 76ers	PHI	-3.5	219.5		108.0	111.5	7:30 PM
Portland Trail Blazers	San Antonio Spurs	SAS	-4.0	228.0		112.0	116.0	8:00 PM
Oklahoma City Thunder	Utah Jazz	OKC	-6.0	238.0		122.0	116.0	9:00 PM
Denver Nuggets	Phoenix Suns	PHO	-7.0	223.5		108.3	115.3	10:00 PM

Implied Totals, Team Stats, and Pace of Play

Offense	Line	Total	PPG	+/-	O-Rating	Pace		Opp.	D-Rating	Pace		P-Pace
Oklahoma City Thunder	-6.0	122.0	117.6	4.4	114.3	101.9		UTA	116.1	100.9		101.4
San Antonio Spurs	-4.0	116.0	112.3	3.7	109.2	101.8		POR	117.4	98.9		100.4
Utah Jazz	6.0	116.0	117.3	-1.3	115.6	100.9		OKC	113.6	101.9		101.4
Phoenix Suns	-7.0	115.3	113.7	1.6	114.5	98.8		DEN	113.5	98.7		98.8
Orlando Magic	-8.5	113.5	112.0	1.5	111.9	99.7		CLE	110.1	96.2		97.9
Portland Trail Blazers	4.0	112.0	113.2	-1.2	114.2	98.9		SAS	119.6	101.8		100.4
Philadelphia 76ers	-3.5	111.5	114.9	-3.4	117.1	97.2		MIA	113.0	96.6		96.9
Denver Nuggets	7.0	108.3	115.9	-7.7	116.9	98.7		PHO	112.0	98.8		98.8
Miami Heat	3.5	108.0	109.1	-1.1	112.1	96.6		PHI	112.6	97.2		96.9
Cleveland Cavaliers	8.5	105.0	112.4	-7.4	115.7	96.2		ORL	113.6	99.7		97.9

Point Guard (Projected Starters)

The +/- columns show the difference between this season’s averages and the last three games.

Starter	Team	Total	DK	Pos	FD	Pos	MIN/G	FP/G	+/-	USG%	+/-	DK/M	+/-	FD/M	+/-	OPP
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	OKC	122.0	$10,200	PG	$10,600	SG/PG	35.5	50.1	1.0	32%	0%	1.41	0.06	1.43	0.03	UTA
Tre Jones	SAS	116.0	$6,100	PG	$7,000	PG	29.2	29.3	1.6	19%	-1%	1.00	0.23	1.01	0.17	POR
Talen Horton-Tucker	UTA	116.0	$8,100	SG/SF	$8,400	SG/SF	20.2	21.9	13.9	25%	11%	1.09	0.27	1.06	0.27	OKC
Chris Paul	PHO	115.3	$7,400	PG	$7,800	PG	31.9	36.7	0.8	20%	0%	1.15	-0.16	1.15	-0.21	DEN
Markelle Fultz	ORL	113.5	$6,400	PG	$7,600	PG	30.2	30.8	0.9	21%	2%	1.02	0.12	1.03	0.09	CLE
Skylar Mays	POR	112.0	$6,400	PG/SG	$6,000	SG	32.0	35.4	0.0	17%	0%	1.11	0.00	1.07	0.00	SAS
James Harden	PHI	111.5	$9,400	PG	$9,500	SG/PG	37.0	49.2	0.1	25%	-1%	1.33	-0.23	1.26	-0.21	MIA
Jamal Murray	DEN	108.3	$7,900	PG	$7,900	PG	32.9	37.1	-7.4	26%	-4%	1.13	0.01	1.09	0.07	PHO
Gabe Vincent	MIA	108.0	$4,400	PG/SG	$5,300	PG/SG	26.3	18.3	4.8	17%	1%	0.69	0.22	0.67	0.20	PHI
Ricky Rubio	CLE	105.0	$3,100	PG	$4,500	PG	16.7	14.5	-5.1	17%	-3%	0.87	-0.15	0.88	-0.14	ORL

Shooting Guard (Projected Starters)

The +/- columns show the difference between this season’s averages and the last three games.

Starter	Team	Total	DK	Pos	FD	Pos	MIN/G	FP/G	+/-	USG%	+/-	DK/M	+/-	FD/M	+/-	OPP
Josh Giddey	OKC	122.0	$8,600	PG/SG	$8,000	SG/PG	31.1	37.6	1.0	24%	0%	1.21	-0.11	1.16	-0.09	UTA
Malaki Branham	SAS	116.0	$5,400	PG/SG	$5,800	SF	23.4	17.7	6.1	19%	8%	0.76	0.27	0.73	0.27	POR
Ochai Agbaji	UTA	116.0	$5,100	SG/SF	$5,700	SG	19.9	13.2	12.3	14%	6%	0.66	0.22	0.64	0.20	OKC
Devin Booker	PHO	115.3	$9,500	SG	$9,400	SG	34.6	44.4	0.4	31%	-2%	1.28	-0.04	1.25	-0.04	DEN
Gary Harris	ORL	113.5	$3,500	SG	$4,700	SG	24.7	15.7	-3.8	13%	-2%	0.64	-0.16	0.63	-0.14	CLE
Shaedon Sharpe	POR	112.0	$7,800	PG/SG	$8,100	SG	22.0	16.4	11.6	18%	12%	0.74	0.52	0.73	0.48	SAS
Tyrese Maxey	PHI	111.5	$7,700	PG/SG	$7,200	PG/SG	33.6	31.7	3.4	24%	-7%	0.94	-0.26	0.91	-0.27	MIA
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	DEN	108.3	$4,600	SG	$5,100	SG	31.4	21.9	-8.5	14%	1%	0.70	-0.16	0.71	-0.14	PHO
Tyler Herro	MIA	108.0	$6,600	PG/SG	$7,100	SG/SF	35.3	36.0	1.2	25%	-2%	1.02	-0.29	0.97	-0.26	PHI
Cedi Osman	CLE	105.0	$3,400	SF/PF	$4,200	SF/PF	20.1	15.3	-8.6	18%	4%	0.76	0.17	0.74	0.14	ORL

Small Forward (Projected Starters)

The +/- columns show the difference between this season’s averages and the last three games.

Starter	Team	Total	DK	Pos	FD	Pos	MIN/G	FP/G	+/-	USG%	+/-	DK/M	+/-	FD/M	+/-	OPP
Lu Dort	OKC	122.0	$5,800	SF	$5,900	SF/SG	30.9	25.7	6.2	19%	-1%	0.83	-0.07	0.82	-0.07	UTA
Keldon Johnson	SAS	116.0	$6,500	SF	$8,200	PF/SF	32.8	34.5	-0.9	27%	-1%	1.05	-0.04	1.01	-0.03	POR
Luka Samanic	UTA	116.0	$3,900	PF/C	$4,800	PF	17.5	17.8	-2.5	18%	-1%	1.02	-0.11	1.03	-0.12	OKC
Josh Okogie	PHO	115.3	$4,500	SF	$4,800	SF/SG	18.4	16.2	6.7	17%	-8%	0.88	-0.27	0.90	-0.30	DEN
Franz Wagner	ORL	113.5	$6,200	SF	$7,100	SF/SG	32.9	31.4	-0.4	23%	0%	0.95	0.04	0.93	0.07	CLE
Kevin Knox	POR	112.0	$5,200	SF/PF	$5,000	SF/PF	14.3	11.3	12.9	17%	5%	0.79	0.04	0.77	0.04	SAS
Tobias Harris	PHI	111.5	$5,500	SF/PF	$6,100	PF	33.0	28.8	-1.6	18%	-6%	0.87	-0.31	0.87	-0.28	MIA
Michael Porter	DEN	108.3	$6,100	SF	$6,500	PF/SF	29.1	29.1	4.3	22%	3%	1.00	0.24	0.96	0.17	PHO
Max Strus	MIA	108.0	$4,800	SG/SF	$4,900	SG/SF	28.7	21.0	-7.9	17%	0%	0.73	-0.04	0.69	-0.08	PHI
Lamar Stevens	CLE	105.0	$3,700	SF	$4,400	PF	17.8	11.6	-2.2	13%	1%	0.65	-0.02	0.66	0.02	ORL

Power Forward (Projected Starters)

The +/- columns show the difference between this season’s averages and the last three games.

Starter	Team	Total	DK	Pos	FD	Pos	MIN/G	FP/G	+/-	USG%	+/-	DK/M	+/-	FD/M	+/-	OPP
Jalen Williams	OKC	122.0	$7,000	PF	$7,800	SF/SG	30.4	28.2	1.8	18%	1%	0.93	-0.03	0.95	-0.04	UTA
Keita Bates-Diop	SAS	116.0	$5,300	SF/PF	$5,500	PF	21.5	17.7	7.0	16%	1%	0.82	0.08	0.83	0.06	POR
Kelly Olynyk	UTA	116.0	$6,900	PF	$7,000	C/PF	28.5	27.7	4.4	17%	-1%	0.97	0.04	0.95	0.01	OKC
Kevin Durant	PHO	115.3	$9,300	SF/PF	$9,500	SF/PF	35.5	48.7	-1.6	31%	-2%	1.37	-0.14	1.35	-0.13	DEN
Paolo Banchero	ORL	113.5	$7,100	PF	$8,500	PF/SF	33.7	36.3	-0.2	27%	1%	1.08	0.21	1.05	0.17	CLE
Trendon Watford	POR	112.0	$6,000	PF/C	$5,800	PF	18.9	15.8	1.5	15%	8%	0.83	0.12	0.83	0.12	SAS
P.J. Tucker	PHI	111.5	$4,300	PF	$3,800	PF	25.7	11.1	0.1	7%	6%	0.43	0.13	0.43	0.07	MIA
Aaron Gordon	DEN	108.3	$7,200	PF	$6,700	PF	30.2	32.2	5.8	21%	3%	1.07	0.13	1.07	0.16	PHO
Jimmy Butler	MIA	108.0	$8,800	SF/PF	$10,000	SF/PF	33.5	42.4	2.2	25%	-3%	1.27	0.06	1.29	0.05	PHI
Dean Wade	CLE	105.0	$3,800	PF/C	$3,800	PF/SF	20.1	12.5	3.1	10%	-2%	0.62	-0.11	0.64	-0.12	ORL

Center (Projected Starters)

The +/- columns show the difference between this season’s averages and the last three games.

Starter	Team	Total	DK	Pos	FD	Pos	MIN/G	FP/G	+/-	USG%	+/-	DK/M	+/-	FD/M	+/-	OPP
Jaylin Williams	OKC	122.0	$3,800	C	$4,700	PF/C	18.6	16.0	-0.5	13%	-5%	0.86	-0.05	0.86	-0.04	UTA
Zach Collins	SAS	116.0	$6,700	C	$7,200	PF/C	22.7	25.8	0.4	21%	11%	1.14	0.14	1.12	0.09	POR
Udoka Azubuike	UTA	116.0	$4,200	C	$4,300	C	8.4	7.8	9.1	12%	-10%	0.93	-0.55	0.97	-0.59	OKC
Deandre Ayton	PHO	115.3	$6,500	C	$7,700	C	30.4	35.8	-1.2	23%	-1%	1.18	-0.09	1.17	-0.11	DEN
Wendell Carter	ORL	113.5	$6,000	C	$7,400	C/PF	29.9	32.5	-2.7	21%	-3%	1.09	0.21	1.05	0.26	CLE
Drew Eubanks	POR	112.0	$5,900	C	$6,600	C/PF	20.2	18.2	9.1	12%	8%	0.90	0.23	0.96	0.25	SAS
Joel Embiid	PHI	111.5	$11,500	C	$12,000	C	34.7	57.5	-0.1	37%	2%	1.66	-0.02	1.64	-0.05	MIA
Nikola Jokic	DEN	108.3	$11,600	C	$11,600	C	33.8	59.5	-9.1	26%	9%	1.76	-0.14	1.68	-0.08	PHO
Bam Adebayo	MIA	108.0	$7,600	C	$8,100	C	35.2	40.6	-2.0	25%	-5%	1.15	-0.27	1.16	-0.26	PHI
Robin Lopez	CLE	105.0	$3,000	C	$3,900	C	7.5	5.1	-0.6	15%	-7%	0.68	-0.21	0.66	-0.19	ORL

Notable Bench Players

The +/- columns show the difference between this season’s averages and the last three games.

Starter	Team	Total	DK	Pos	FD	Pos	MIN/G	FP/G	+/-	USG%	+/-	DK/M	+/-	FD/M	+/-	OPP
Isaiah Joe	OKC	122.0	$4,600	SG/SF	$5,300	PG	19.1	16.5	5.9	17%	0%	0.86	-0.17	0.83	-0.13	UTA
Aaron Wiggins	OKC	122.0	$4,000	SG/SF	$5,200	SG	18.5	13.5	7.3	14%	-1%	0.73	-0.03	0.72	-0.04	UTA
Dario Saric	OKC	122.0	$3,400	PF/C	$4,000	PF/C	14.0	13.3	2.8	19%	-7%	0.95	-0.20	0.91	-0.19	UTA
Sandro Mamukelashvili	SAS	116.0	$5,800	C	$5,600	PF/C	14.5	13.6	10.3	17%	1%	0.94	0.10	0.93	0.07	POR
Julian Champagnie	SAS	116.0	$4,100	SG	$3,800	SF	16.4	13.3	8.7	16%	4%	0.81	0.25	0.79	0.24	POR
Blake Wesley	SAS	116.0	$3,700	PG/SG	$4,200	SG	17.2	11.7	3.6	19%	0%	0.68	-0.14	0.65	-0.11	POR
Kris Dunn	UTA	116.0	$5,600	PG	$6,100	PG	24.0	26.9	1.8	19%	-1%	1.12	-0.14	1.14	-0.13	OKC
Damian Jones	UTA	116.0	$4,100	C	$3,700	C	11.0	8.7	12.1	10%	0%	0.79	0.04	0.81	-0.03	OKC
Simone Fontecchio	UTA	116.0	$4,400	SF/PF	$4,400	SF	14.0	9.8	7.9	19%	-3%	0.70	-0.19	0.67	-0.17	OKC
Torrey Craig	PHO	115.3	$4,000	PF	$4,800	SF	24.9	19.5	-7.4	13%	2%	0.78	0.43	0.79	0.43	DEN
Bismack Biyombo	PHO	115.3	$4,300	C	$5,200	C	14.4	14.1	2.7	14%	1%	0.98	0.19	1.06	0.26	DEN
TJ Warren	PHO	115.3	$3,600	SF/PF	$4,500	SF/PF	16.4	14.2	-3.5	19%	-6%	0.87	0.08	0.89	0.10	DEN
Cole Anthony	ORL	113.5	$5,700	PG/SG	$6,400	PG/SG	25.8	26.8	1.6	21%	-1%	1.04	0.10	1.03	0.10	CLE
Jalen Suggs	ORL	113.5	$4,000	PG/SG	$5,300	PG/SG	23.8	21.1	0.5	19%	-1%	0.89	0.00	0.90	0.04	CLE
Goga Bitadze	ORL	113.5	$3,300	C	$4,900	C	11.2	11.6	7.4	15%	3%	1.03	0.03	1.10	0.05	CLE
Shaq Harrison	POR	112.0	$4,200	PG	$4,800	PG/SG	23.1	20.8	0.0	14%	0%	0.90	0.00	0.94	0.00	SAS
Jeenathan Williams	POR	112.0	$4,000	SG/SF	$4,200	SG	21.2	16.5	0.0	12%	0%	0.78	0.00	0.87	0.00	SAS
Jabari Walker	POR	112.0	$5,100	PF/C	$4,900	SF	10.4	8.1	9.5	16%	11%	0.78	0.39	0.78	0.32	SAS
De’Anthony Melton	PHI	111.5	$4,900	SG/SF	$5,500	PG/SG	28.0	24.0	-3.5	16%	-2%	0.86	-0.36	0.88	-0.34	MIA
Jalen McDaniels	PHI	111.5	$3,600	SF/PF	$4,000	PF/SF	23.7	19.8	-7.0	16%	-4%	0.83	-0.09	0.85	-0.07	MIA
Paul Reed	PHI	111.5	$4,200	C	$5,500	C	10.5	11.5	1.8	15%	4%	1.10	0.38	1.18	0.37	MIA
Bruce Brown	DEN	108.3	$6,300	PG/SF	$6,000	SF/SG	28.3	24.8	4.4	17%	0%	0.88	0.01	0.89	0.10	PHO
Jeff Green	DEN	108.3	$4,000	PF/C	$4,000	PF/SF	19.6	13.9	2.2	17%	1%	0.71	0.24	0.71	0.24	PHO
Christian Braun	DEN	108.3	$4,900	SG/SF	$4,300	SG	15.1	9.9	7.7	12%	3%	0.65	0.12	0.67	0.15	PHO
Kevin Love	MIA	108.0	$4,200	PF/C	$5,200	PF/C	20.2	20.6	-2.7	18%	7%	1.02	0.14	0.97	0.19	PHI
Kyle Lowry	MIA	108.0	$4,100	PG	$5,000	PG	31.8	27.3	-6.6	16%	1%	0.86	0.09	0.84	0.12	PHI
Caleb Martin	MIA	108.0	$4,300	SF/PF	$4,800	SF/PF	29.6	21.4	-0.2	14%	-5%	0.72	-0.20	0.73	-0.18	PHI
Raul Neto	CLE	105.0	$3,000	PG	$3,600	PG	10.0	7.0	-0.3	12%	-7%	0.70	-0.01	0.71	-0.02	ORL
Sam Merrill	CLE	105.0	$3,000	SG	$3,500	PG	3.6	1.5	-1.2	18%	2%	0.42	0.72	0.42	0.72	ORL
Danny Green	CLE	105.0	$3,000	SG/SF	$3,500	SG	9.8	5.2		15%		0.53		0.49		ORL

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