NBA DFS First Look: Thursday, December 16th

by Derek Farnsworth (Notorious) Last Updated 2021-12-16 13:43:07

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)
Detroit Pistons	Indiana Pacers	IND	-10.0	210.5		100.3	110.3	7:00 PM
Philadelphia 76ers	Brooklyn Nets	BKN	-1.0	213.5		106.3	107.3	7:30 PM
New York Knicks	Houston Rockets	NYK	-6.0	215.5		110.8	104.8	8:00 PM
Washington Wizards	Phoenix Suns	PHO	-8.5	215.0		103.3	111.8	9:00 PM

Implied Totals, Team Stats, and Pace of Play

Offense	Line	Total	O-Rating	Pace		Opp.	D-Rating	Pace		P-Pace
Phoenix Suns	-8.5	111.8	109.6	100.5		WAS	109.4	97.2		98.9
New York Knicks	-6.0	110.8	108.2	96.5		HOU	111.1	101.2		98.9
Indiana Pacers	-10.0	110.3	109.2	97.2		DET	110.2	98.9		98.0
Brooklyn Nets	-1.0	107.3	109.9	99.8		PHI	109.7	95.8		97.8
Philadelphia 76ers	1.0	106.3	109.2	95.8		BKN	106.4	99.8		97.8
Houston Rockets	6.0	104.8	104.6	101.2		NYK	110.6	96.5		98.9
Washington Wizards	8.5	103.3	107.3	97.2		PHO	103.9	100.5		98.9
Detroit Pistons	10.0	100.3	100.4	98.9		IND	108.4	97.2		98.0

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
Chris Paul	PHO	111.8	$9,700	PG	$8,600	PG	32.7	39.7	2.2	20%	3%	57%	-8%	1.21	0.03	1.21	0.04	WAS
Derrick Rose	NYK	110.8	$6,300	PG	$6,200	PG/SG	24.9	25.2	7.0	22%	-1%	54%	-5%	1.01	-0.09	1.01	-0.11	HOU
Malcolm Brogdon	IND	110.3	$8,400	PG	$7,800	PG/SG	35.3	38.6	-1.2	24%	-3%	56%	-2%	1.09	-0.10	1.06	-0.08	DET
Patty Mills	BKN	107.3	$6,600	PG/SG	$6,500	SG/PG	29.6	22.1	6.0	17%	3%	62%	-5%	0.75	0.01	0.71	0.01	PHI
Tyrese Maxey	PHI	106.3	$6,900	PG	$6,400	PG/SG	34.6	30.9	-2.7	21%	3%	57%	8%	0.89	0.05	0.89	0.05	BKN
Armoni Brooks	HOU	104.8	$5,400	PG/SG	$4,500	SG	16.1	13.5	11.7	18%	2%	53%	-1%	0.84	0.04	0.82	0.01	NYK
Aaron Holiday	WAS	103.3	$3,500	PG/SG	$4,300	PG	16.4	12.1	-6.5	17%	1%	55%	29%	0.73	0.32	0.74	0.31	PHO
Killian Hayes	DET	100.3	$3,800	PG	$4,700	PG	25.6	18.9	-1.4	14%	0%	45%	-2%	0.74	-0.04	0.75	-0.05	IND

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
Landry Shamet	PHO	111.8	$3,600	SG/SF	$3,700	SG	20.4	14.8	4.8	16%	1%	53%	-12%	0.72	-0.13	0.69	-0.11	WAS
Alec Burks	NYK	110.8	$7,100	PG/SG	$5,500	SG/SF	25.8	22.8	9.3	18%	-1%	56%	-17%	0.88	-0.29	0.89	-0.27	HOU
Chris Duarte	IND	110.3	$4,600	PG/SG	$5,000	SF	29.1	23.1	-3.2	21%	-1%	51%	4%	0.79	-0.01	0.77	-0.01	DET
David Duke	BKN	107.3	$4,200	PG/SF	$6,100	SG	22.7	19.8	0.0	15%	0%	36%	0%	0.87	0.00	0.92	0.00	PHI
Seth Curry	PHI	106.3	$6,200	SG	$5,300	PG/SG	34.2	26.0	-0.3	18%	-3%	63%	-3%	0.76	-0.10	0.73	-0.08	BKN
Eric Gordon	HOU	104.8	$5,600	SG	$5,700	SF/SG	29.9	24.2	2.5	21%	4%	62%	7%	0.81	0.26	0.77	0.23	NYK
Bradley Beal	WAS	103.3	$9,000	PG/SG	$8,200	SG	36.0	38.6	1.8	30%	-1%	53%	1%	1.07	-0.02	1.03	-0.03	PHO
Cade Cunningham	DET	100.3	$8,600	PG/SG	$7,900	PG/SG	32.1	34.1	3.1	26%	4%	49%	5%	1.06	0.14	1.01	0.13	IND

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
Mikal Bridges	PHO	111.8	$5,800	SG/SF	$4,800	SF/PF	34.6	23.8	0.2	13%	-2%	63%	0%	0.69	-0.06	0.71	-0.08	WAS
Evan Fournier	NYK	110.8	$4,900	SG/SF	$4,300	SF/SG	28.1	20.5	-2.6	19%	-6%	53%	-11%	0.73	-0.24	0.70	-0.21	HOU
Caris LeVert	IND	110.3	$7,500	PG/SG	$6,200	SG/SF	28.7	26.7	4.6	26%	0%	50%	5%	0.93	0.08	0.93	0.06	DET
Kevin Durant	BKN	107.3	$12,300	SF/PF	$12,000	SF/PF	36.9	51.1	5.8	31%	4%	63%	-2%	1.38	0.21	1.34	0.20	PHI
Matisse Thybulle	PHI	106.3	$3,100	SF/PF	$4,200	SF	24.4	15.2	-2.5	11%	3%	54%	-16%	0.62	-0.13	0.71	-0.17	BKN
Garrison Mathews	HOU	104.8	$4,600	SG/SF	$4,600	SF	28.6	20.4	2.0	14%	0%	62%	-13%	0.71	-0.03	0.70	-0.01	NYK
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	WAS	103.3	$4,000	SG/SF	$5,000	SG/SF	29.1	21.9	0.6	17%	1%	55%	-14%	0.75	-0.07	0.75	-0.05	PHO
Hamidou Diallo	DET	100.3	$4,300	SG/SF	$4,700	SG/SF	15.7	13.9	6.3	17%	1%	59%	2%	0.89	0.08	0.93	0.08	IND

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
Jae Crowder	PHO	111.8	$4,700	PF	$5,000	PF/SF	28.3	21.4	2.8	15%	2%	54%	7%	0.76	0.06	0.77	0.03	WAS
Julius Randle	NYK	110.8	$10,000	PF/C	$8,700	PF/C	35.4	42.6	0.0	27%	-1%	53%	1%	1.20	-0.10	1.15	-0.11	HOU
Domantas Sabonis	IND	110.3	$10,500	PF/C	$9,200	PF/C	34.2	42.6	0.5	21%	0%	66%	10%	1.25	0.12	1.20	0.13	DET
Blake Griffin	BKN	107.3	$5,000	PF/C	$6,400	PF/C	21.1	17.3	-3.4	14%	-2%	43%	31%	0.82	0.13	0.84	0.13	PHI
Tobias Harris	PHI	106.3	$8,700	PF	$7,100	PF/SF	34.1	35.7	-1.3	25%	-2%	56%	4%	1.05	-0.16	1.02	-0.16	BKN
Jae’Sean Tate	HOU	104.8	$6,500	SF/PF	$6,300	SF/PF	28.1	26.9	-0.4	19%	-2%	56%	-4%	0.96	-0.04	0.96	0.00	NYK
Kyle Kuzma	WAS	103.3	$6,100	SF/PF	$6,100	SF/PF	32.8	30.6	3.2	20%	2%	53%	-1%	0.93	-0.09	0.90	-0.09	PHO
Saddiq Bey	DET	100.3	$4,900	SF/PF	$4,600	SF	31.7	25.3	-2.4	20%	-1%	44%	-3%	0.80	-0.11	0.78	-0.11	IND

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
Deandre Ayton	PHO	111.8	$8,800	C	$8,000	C	31.6	36.2	8.3	21%	1%	63%	2%	1.14	-0.14	1.13	-0.16	WAS
Nerlens Noel	NYK	110.8	$4,200	C	$5,100	C	23.4	16.7	-1.5	8%	-1%	56%	-13%	0.71	-0.07	0.80	-0.05	HOU
Myles Turner	IND	110.3	$6,700	C	$6,400	C/PF	29.6	31.2	4.1	17%	2%	64%	-7%	1.05	-0.06	1.11	-0.06	DET
Nic Claxton	BKN	107.3	$3,900	C	$5,900	C/PF	18.2	14.6	2.4	14%	-1%	61%	7%	0.80	-0.02	0.84	0.00	PHI
Joel Embiid	PHI	106.3	$11,400	C	$10,500	C	33.1	48.7	0.2	33%	-3%	57%	0%	1.47	-0.12	1.46	-0.09	BKN
Daniel Theis	HOU	104.8	$3,000	PF/C	$3,800	PF/C	22.3	17.4	-4.0	16%	7%	57%	-16%	0.78	0.15	0.77	0.20	NYK
Daniel Gafford	WAS	103.3	$4,800	C	$5,400	C	21.2	23.1	2.2	16%	-2%	70%	8%	1.09	0.02	1.16	-0.01	PHO
Isaiah Stewart	DET	100.3	$5,700	C	$6,000	PF	25.9	22.4	4.0	13%	-3%	57%	0%	0.86	-0.04	0.90	-0.02	IND

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
Cameron Johnson	PHO	111.8	$5,100	SF/PF	$5,400	SF	24.3	19.6	7.2	16%	2%	57%	0%	0.81	0.10	0.79	0.10	WAS
Cameron Payne	PHO	111.8	$5,200	PG/SG	$5,400	PG/SG	19.6	20.3	5.9	26%	0%	49%	0%	1.04	-0.04	1.00	-0.04	WAS
JaVale McGee	PHO	111.8	$4,500	C	$4,400	C	16.0	22.3	2.1	23%	2%	66%	-6%	1.39	0.19	1.39	0.13	WAS
Immanuel Quickley	NYK	110.8	$5,100	PG/SG	$5,100	SG/PG	21.5	17.8	2.8	20%	2%	53%	-8%	0.83	-0.02	0.80	0.02	HOU
Mitchell Robinson	NYK	110.8	$4,300	C	$4,300	C	24.0	21.1	-6.6	9%	0%	73%	-4%	0.88	-0.10	0.94	-0.10	HOU
Kevin Knox	NYK	110.8	$3,800	SF/PF	$4,200	SF/PF	8.9	7.9	8.8	19%	2%	56%	1%	0.89	0.11	0.85	0.12	HOU
Justin Holiday	IND	110.3	$4,200	SG/SF	$4,000	SF/SG	27.8	18.1	-8.2	15%	-4%	54%	-4%	0.65	0.01	0.62	0.07	DET
Oshae Brissett	IND	110.3	$3,600	PF/C	$4,600	SF	15.5	11.3	8.0	15%	0%	54%	0%	0.73	0.04	0.73	0.07	DET
Kelan Martin	IND	110.3	$3,100	SF/PF	$3,700	SF/SG	17.6	12.5	3.7	18%	-5%	50%	6%	0.71	-0.11	0.71	-0.12	DET
Kessler Edwards	BKN	107.3	$4,000	SF	$6,300	SF	18.5	17.0	25.2	15%	-2%	69%	1%	0.92	-0.04	0.86	-0.02	PHI
Cam Thomas	BKN	107.3	$4,700	PG/SG	$5,700	SG	14.1	10.0	13.1	18%	0%	45%	4%	0.71	0.01	0.71	-0.02	PHI
Day’Ron Sharpe	BKN	107.3	$3,500	C	$4,200	PF	5.4	7.1	7.8	26%	-7%	58%	15%	1.31	-0.04	1.31	-0.04	PHI
Furkan Korkmaz	PHI	106.3	$3,700	SG/SF	$4,500	SG/SF	22.2	17.3	-3.2	19%	-3%	48%	-8%	0.78	-0.10	0.76	-0.07	BKN
Andre Drummond	PHI	106.3	$7,000	C	$6,100	C	19.8	24.4	-5.5	17%	-3%	52%	2%	1.23	-0.09	1.28	-0.07	BKN
Shake Milton	PHI	106.3	$5,000	PG/SG	$5,100	PG/SG	25.1	21.5	-1.3	20%	1%	54%	-10%	0.85	-0.05	0.86	-0.05	BKN
Alperen Sengun	HOU	104.8	$5,500	PF/C	$5,800	C/PF	18.5	22.6	4.2	21%	4%	59%	2%	1.22	0.30	1.26	0.33	NYK
D.J. Augustin	HOU	104.8	$3,700	PG	$4,800	PG/SG	14.3	10.6	6.8	15%	1%	65%	12%	0.74	-0.01	0.68	-0.04	NYK
Josh Christopher	HOU	104.8	$3,500	SG	$3,900	SG	11.1	10.0	10.4	21%	1%	57%	1%	0.90	-0.04	0.89	-0.06	NYK
Montrezl Harrell	WAS	103.3	$5,300	C	$5,100	C/PF	26.0	29.5	-4.0	20%	-4%	68%	-14%	1.14	-0.40	1.14	-0.41	PHO
Raul Neto	WAS	103.3	$3,200	PG	$3,800	PG	19.8	15.1	1.1	19%	1%	51%	-6%	0.76	-0.01	0.76	0.00	PHO
Deni Avdija	WAS	103.3	$3,700	SF/PF	$4,200	SF/PF	21.2	17.2	-0.6	14%	5%	52%	-2%	0.81	0.15	0.84	0.17	PHO
Frank Jackson	DET	100.3	$4,000	SG	$4,600	PG	22.0	15.0	3.2	20%	2%	54%	7%	0.68	0.11	0.65	0.07	IND
Saben Lee	DET	100.3	$4,200	PG	$4,600	PG	13.6	13.5	5.4	19%	2%	48%	8%	0.99	0.30	1.05	0.31	IND
Josh Jackson	DET	100.3	$3,200	PF	$3,700	SG	18.1	14.5	-4.2	18%	-6%	50%	-4%	0.80	-0.19	0.79	-0.15	IND

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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