NBA DFS First Look: Thursday, December 29th - Sortable Odds, Salaries, Stats

by Derek Farnsworth (Notorious) Last Updated 2022-12-29 15:45:15

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)
Oklahoma City Thunder	Charlotte Hornets	CHA	-1.0	239.0	119.0	120.0	7:00 PM
Cleveland Cavaliers	Indiana Pacers	CLE	-5.0	223.5	114.3	109.3	7:00 PM
Memphis Grizzlies	Toronto Raptors	MEM	-3.0	228.5	115.8	112.8	7:30 PM
Los Angeles Clippers	Boston Celtics	BOS	-6.0	228.0	111.0	117.0	7:30 PM
New York Knicks	San Antonio Spurs	NYK	-5.0	226.5	115.8	110.8	8:00 PM
Houston Rockets	Dallas Mavericks	DAL	-10.5	225.5	107.5	118.0	8:30 PM

Implied Totals, Team Stats, and Pace of Play

Offense	Line	Total	PPG	+/-	O-Rating	Pace	Opp.	D-Rating	Pace	P-Pace
Charlotte Hornets	-1.0	120.0	111.4	8.6	108.0	101.1	OKC	111.9	102.6	101.8
Oklahoma City Thunder	1.0	119.0	115.4	3.6	110.4	102.6	CHA	115.1	101.1	101.8
Dallas Mavericks	-10.5	118.0	111.4	6.6	114.3	96.2	HOU	115.1	99.7	98.0
Boston Celtics	-6.0	117.0	118.7	-1.7	117.2	100.2	LAC	109.1	98.9	99.6
New York Knicks	-5.0	115.8	114.4	1.3	114.0	99.1	SAS	118.2	101.4	100.2
Memphis Grizzlies	-3.0	115.8	115.5	0.3	113.4	101.2	TOR	112.3	98.1	99.6
Cleveland Cavaliers	-5.0	114.3	111.1	3.2	113.4	96.2	IND	113.1	101.9	99.0
Toronto Raptors	3.0	112.8	111.4	1.3	112.9	98.1	MEM	109.2	101.2	99.6
Los Angeles Clippers	6.0	111.0	108.7	2.3	109.2	98.9	BOS	110.7	100.2	99.6
San Antonio Spurs	5.0	110.8	111.1	-0.3	109.2	101.4	NYK	111.8	99.1	100.2
Indiana Pacers	5.0	109.3	113.9	-4.7	111.8	101.9	CLE	107.8	96.2	99.0
Houston Rockets	10.5	107.5	110.2	-2.7	109.6	99.7	DAL	112.6	96.2	98.0

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
LaMelo Ball	CHA	120.0	$9,700	PG	$9,000	PG	34.0	45.5	2.0	29%	2%	1.34	-0.02	1.24	0.01	OKC
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	OKC	119.0	$10,100	PG	$10,800	SG/PG	35.8	50.8	1.5	32%	-1%	1.42	0.13	1.43	0.15	CHA
Luka Doncic	DAL	118.0	$12,000	PG	$12,400	PG/SG	37.0	63.3	5.9	37%	2%	1.71	0.25	1.64	0.24	HOU
Marcus Smart	BOS	117.0	$6,000	PG/SG	$6,300	SG/PG	33.1	30.0	-0.8	16%	-8%	0.91	-0.02	0.89	0.03	LAC
Jalen Brunson	NYK	115.8	$7,400	PG	$7,700	PG/SG	32.5	36.4	4.2	25%	-3%	1.12	-0.09	1.10	-0.12	SAS
Ja Morant	MEM	115.8	$10,000	PG	$10,100	PG	32.4	49.0	0.9	35%	-1%	1.51	-0.11	1.44	-0.10	TOR
Darius Garland	CLE	114.3	$8,000	PG	$8,400	SG/PG	36.0	39.6	-0.3	27%	3%	1.10	0.10	1.05	0.09	IND
Fred VanVleet	TOR	112.8	$7,600	PG	$8,500	PG	36.7	37.2	-2.9	22%	-1%	1.01	0.00	1.01	0.01	MEM
Reggie Jackson	LAC	111.0	$4,600	PG	$5,000	PG	28.7	22.5	-3.5	21%	-2%	0.78	-0.02	0.74	-0.01	BOS
Tre Jones	SAS	110.8	$5,900	PG	$6,200	PG	30.0	29.9	-2.5	19%	-1%	1.00	0.18	1.00	0.19	NYK
Tyrese Haliburton	IND	109.3	$9,200	PG	$9,600	PG/SG	33.4	45.7	-0.5	24%	2%	1.37	-0.04	1.32	-0.04	CLE
Kevin Porter	HOU	107.5	$7,700	PG	$7,900	PG	34.3	37.7	1.1	25%	-1%	1.10	0.08	1.06	0.07	DAL

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
Terry Rozier	CHA	120.0	$7,300	SG/SF	$7,500	SG/PG	36.0	35.9	0.2	26%	-4%	1.00	-0.14	0.95	-0.13	OKC
Josh Giddey	OKC	119.0	$6,900	PG/SG	$7,000	SG/PG	30.7	35.2	-1.4	23%	-1%	1.15	0.07	1.09	0.09	CHA
Spencer Dinwiddie	DAL	118.0	$6,600	PG/SG	$6,500	PG/SG	32.6	31.3	7.8	21%	-6%	0.96	-0.31	0.93	-0.32	HOU
Derrick White	BOS	117.0	$4,500	PG/SG	$5,300	PG/SG	26.0	21.8	4.9	16%	-1%	0.84	0.06	0.85	0.08	LAC
Immanuel Quickley	NYK	115.8	$5,000	PG/SG	$6,000	SG/PG	24.6	22.5	6.5	19%	1%	0.91	-0.04	0.90	-0.05	SAS
Desmond Bane	MEM	115.8	$7,000	SG	$6,100	SG/SF	31.9	36.1	-6.5	26%	-3%	1.13	-0.39	1.07	-0.35	TOR
Donovan Mitchell	CLE	114.3	$8,600	PG/SG	$8,900	SG/PG	36.3	44.1	-1.1	30%	-2%	1.22	-0.12	1.17	-0.08	IND
OG Anunoby	TOR	112.8	$6,400	SG/SF	$7,200	SF/SG	37.0	35.0	2.1	21%	-2%	0.95	-0.10	0.97	-0.16	MEM
Paul George	LAC	111.0	$8,400	SG/SF	$9,100	SG/SF	34.2	43.3	1.7	30%	-1%	1.27	0.04	1.22	0.06	BOS
Devin Vassell	SAS	110.8	$6,800	SG	$7,100	SG	31.5	34.0	-0.8	24%	2%	1.08	0.09	1.06	0.14	NYK
Andrew Nembhard	IND	109.3	$4,500	PG/SG	$4,900	SG/PG	26.1	20.3	1.8	14%	0%	0.78	-0.07	0.77	-0.06	CLE
Jalen Green	HOU	107.5	$6,600	SG	$6,900	SG/PG	34.5	34.2	1.1	27%	-1%	0.99	0.11	0.94	0.11	DAL

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
Gordon Hayward	CHA	120.0	$6,000	SF/PF	$6,300	SF/SG	33.0	28.5	1.4	20%	-4%	0.86	-0.11	0.84	-0.08	OKC
Lu Dort	OKC	119.0	$5,100	SF	$5,600	SF/SG	30.6	25.1	2.9	20%	-4%	0.82	-0.28	0.81	-0.28	CHA
Tim Hardaway	DAL	118.0	$5,800	SG/SF	$5,800	SG/SF	27.6	22.8	10.3	22%	-2%	0.82	-0.11	0.79	-0.11	HOU
Jaylen Brown	BOS	117.0	$9,100	SG/SF	$8,800	SF/SG	35.9	44.5	0.5	31%	4%	1.24	0.12	1.20	0.12	LAC
Quentin Grimes	NYK	115.8	$5,600	SG/SF	$6,200	SG/SF	27.0	19.7	13.9	14%	5%	0.73	0.02	0.71	-0.02	SAS
Dillon Brooks	MEM	115.8	$5,500	SG/SF	$5,800	SG/SF	30.6	28.2	-3.4	25%	-5%	0.92	-0.31	0.89	-0.31	TOR
Lamar Stevens	CLE	114.3	$3,200	SF	$4,800	PF	23.3	14.5	-4.5	14%	7%	0.62	-0.03	0.63	-0.09	IND
Scottie Barnes	TOR	112.8	$6,700	SF/PF	$8,200	PF/SF	33.7	33.2	0.8	20%	-1%	0.98	0.08	0.96	0.09	MEM
Kawhi Leonard	LAC	111.0	$7,800	SF/PF	$8,200	SF/PF	27.9	31.6	6.2	26%	-2%	1.13	0.02	1.13	0.01	BOS
Keldon Johnson	SAS	110.8	$7,100	SF	$6,800	PF/SF	32.6	33.7	0.0	28%	-4%	1.03	-0.10	0.98	-0.07	NYK
Buddy Hield	IND	109.3	$6,100	SG/SF	$6,200	SG/SF	31.6	30.9	-2.5	21%	-1%	0.98	0.17	0.92	0.14	CLE
Eric Gordon	HOU	107.5	$3,400	SF	$4,300	SF/SG	29.8	19.7	6.1	17%	0%	0.66	-0.13	0.63	-0.13	DAL

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
PJ Washington	CHA	120.0	$5,300	PF	$6,100	PF/C	31.8	28.4	0.5	20%	-2%	0.89	0.22	0.90	0.25	OKC
Jalen Williams	OKC	119.0	$5,000	SF/PF	$5,600	SF/SG	27.4	21.3	3.1	17%	4%	0.78	0.10	0.77	0.10	CHA
Christian Wood	DAL	118.0	$7,900	PF/C	$8,300	PF/C	28.0	32.4	7.4	26%	-6%	1.16	0.02	1.13	0.12	HOU
Jayson Tatum	BOS	117.0	$10,300	SF/PF	$11,000	PF/SF	37.0	52.5	-2.0	32%	2%	1.42	0.23	1.38	0.25	LAC
Julius Randle	NYK	115.8	$9,500	PF	$9,500	PF/C	34.5	43.4	6.6	27%	1%	1.26	0.18	1.19	0.20	SAS
Jaren Jackson	MEM	115.8	$6,500	PF/C	$7,100	PF/C	25.1	33.1	-0.3	23%	0%	1.32	-0.09	1.42	-0.10	TOR
Evan Mobley	CLE	114.3	$6,200	PF/C	$6,900	PF/C	34.1	33.4	-2.7	18%	-3%	0.98	-0.28	0.99	-0.27	IND
Juancho Hernangomez	TOR	112.8	$3,300	PF	$4,500	SF/PF	18.8	11.8	1.2	10%	-1%	0.63	-0.27	0.63	-0.29	MEM
Marcus Morris	LAC	111.0	$4,900	PF	$5,100	PF/SF	29.9	25.2	-1.5	19%	-2%	0.84	0.00	0.82	-0.01	BOS
Jeremy Sochan	SAS	110.8	$4,800	PF	$5,900	SF/PF	24.8	20.2	4.2	17%	4%	0.81	0.22	0.83	0.25	NYK
Aaron Nesmith	IND	109.3	$4,300	SF/PF	$5,400	SF/PF	22.3	17.9	-1.5	17%	3%	0.80	0.02	0.80	0.04	CLE
Jabari Smith	HOU	107.5	$5,000	PF/C	$6,100	PF	30.3	25.9	0.8	18%	3%	0.85	0.20	0.84	0.19	DAL

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
Mason Plumlee	CHA	120.0	$5,800	C	$6,400	C	27.6	29.7	1.4	15%	-4%	1.08	0.07	1.08	0.16	OKC
Mike Muscala	OKC	119.0	$3,400	C	$3,900	C	13.2	13.3	5.7	15%	0%	1.01	0.07	1.01	0.08	CHA
Dwight Powell	DAL	118.0	$3,300	C	$3,800	C/PF	17.4	12.0	3.7	12%	-6%	0.69	-0.29	0.72	-0.32	HOU
Al Horford	BOS	117.0	$5,100	PF/C	$5,600	C/PF	30.7	25.7	-0.4	12%	1%	0.84	0.04	0.84	0.03	LAC
Mitchell Robinson	NYK	115.8	$5,400	C	$6,600	C	25.7	25.3	5.6	10%	0%	0.99	0.11	1.06	0.06	SAS
Steven Adams	MEM	115.8	$5,100	C	$5,700	C	26.3	27.3	-3.4	14%	-2%	1.04	0.03	1.06	0.06	TOR
Jarrett Allen	CLE	114.3	$6,300	C	$7,300	C/PF	33.3	32.7	-0.1	16%	-3%	0.98	-0.10	1.00	-0.11	IND
Pascal Siakam	TOR	112.8	$10,200	PF/C	$10,500	C/PF	36.8	50.8	4.4	30%	4%	1.38	0.13	1.34	0.17	MEM
Ivica Zubac	LAC	111.0	$5,200	C	$6,200	C	29.8	28.9	5.5	15%	-1%	0.97	0.06	0.98	0.03	BOS
Jakob Poeltl	SAS	110.8	$5,700	C	$6,700	C	26.2	30.9	-2.3	18%	-6%	1.18	-0.13	1.20	-0.07	NYK
Myles Turner	IND	109.3	$6,400	C	$6,800	C/PF	29.1	33.7	-3.9	21%	0%	1.16	-0.03	1.17	-0.01	CLE
Alperen Sengun	HOU	107.5	$5,900	C	$6,800	C	26.7	31.9	0.2	22%	-4%	1.19	0.18	1.19	0.19	DAL

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
Jalen McDaniels	CHA	120.0	$4,500	SF/PF	$5,500	PF/SF	26.0	22.7	-6.0	17%	-1%	0.87	0.05	0.88	0.02	OKC
Dennis Smith Jr.	CHA	120.0	$5,000	PG	$5,700	PG	27.9	26.7		16%		0.96		1.00		OKC
Mark Williams	CHA	120.0	$3,200	C	$3,700	C	9.4	11.5	7.7	19%	-4%	1.22	-0.13	1.30	-0.07	OKC
Kenrich Williams	OKC	119.0	$4,400	SF/PF	$4,500	SF	21.6	16.7	1.9	12%	0%	0.77	0.03	0.79	0.03	CHA
Isaiah Joe	OKC	119.0	$3,300	SG	$4,300	PG	12.0	12.2	3.0	18%	-6%	1.02	-0.39	0.99	-0.31	CHA
Tre Mann	OKC	119.0	$3,200	PG/SG	$4,100	PG	20.0	16.2	1.1	20%	4%	0.81	0.08	0.80	0.03	CHA
Reggie Bullock	DAL	118.0	$3,600	SG/SF	$4,100	SG/SF	28.2	13.0	1.0	9%	2%	0.46	0.06	0.45	0.05	HOU
Davis Bertans	DAL	118.0	$3,100	PF	$3,700	SF	9.6	7.6	4.7	19%	-1%	0.79	0.07	0.74	0.13	HOU
Kemba Walker	DAL	118.0	$5,700	PG	$4,800	PG	20.6	19.1	-15.7	23%	-3%	0.93	-0.72	0.90	-0.70	HOU
Malcolm Brogdon	BOS	117.0	$5,100	PG/SG	$5,600	PG/SG	23.5	25.7	-5.3	23%	-5%	1.09	-0.16	1.05	-0.16	LAC
Grant Williams	BOS	117.0	$3,600	SF/PF	$4,700	PF	27.9	20.0	-3.2	12%	1%	0.72	0.04	0.71	0.02	LAC
Robert Williams	BOS	117.0	$4,300	C	$5,200	PF/C	18.4	22.3	-1.2	12%	0%	1.21	0.14	1.26	0.09	LAC
Miles McBride	NYK	115.8	$3,200	PG/SG	$4,500	PG	12.6	8.2	7.9	14%	1%	0.65	-0.22	0.67	-0.22	SAS
Isaiah Hartenstein	NYK	115.8	$3,300	C	$4,600	PF/C	19.9	17.6	-4.7	12%	-3%	0.89	-0.34	0.93	-0.40	SAS
Jericho Sims	NYK	115.8	$3,000	PF/C	$3,700	C	12.6	11.1	-0.8	9%	-3%	0.88	-0.07	0.92	-0.10	SAS
Brandon Clarke	MEM	115.8	$4,600	PF/C	$5,100	PF/C	19.6	21.2	1.6	18%	1%	1.08	0.31	1.11	0.31	TOR
John Konchar	MEM	115.8	$3,400	SG/SF	$4,700	SF/SG	25.8	19.8	-8.1	11%	-3%	0.77	-0.01	0.78	0.10	TOR
Tyus Jones	MEM	115.8	$4,900	PG	$5,400	PG	23.4	21.9	-7.3	18%	-5%	0.94	-0.04	0.91	0.03	TOR
Kevin Love	CLE	114.3	$4,100	PF/C	$4,800	PF/C	19.8	21.9	0.8	19%	-4%	1.11	0.03	1.03	0.03	IND
Caris LeVert	CLE	114.3	$4,200	SG/SF	$5,100	SG/SF	30.4	24.0	-6.2	19%	-6%	0.79	-0.10	0.76	0.00	IND
Cedi Osman	CLE	114.3	$3,500	PF	$4,300	SF/PF	22.9	16.6	-0.3	17%	0%	0.73	-0.06	0.71	0.00	IND
Gary Trent	TOR	112.8	$4,900	SG/SF	$6,400	SG/SF	30.8	25.3	-5.9	22%	1%	0.82	0.07	0.82	0.08	MEM
Precious Achiuwa	TOR	112.8	$4,000	C	$4,500	PF/C	20.4	20.9		20%		1.02		1.01		MEM
Thaddeus Young	TOR	112.8	$3,100	C	$4,700	PF	17.2	14.0	-0.6	12%	-4%	0.82	-0.22	0.85	-0.22	MEM
John Wall	LAC	111.0	$5,500	PG	$5,800	PG/SG	22.6	25.2	3.9	27%	-2%	1.11	0.07	1.09	-0.04	BOS
Norman Powell	LAC	111.0	$4,800	SG/SF	$5,700	SF/SG	24.7	23.3	-2.0	25%	7%	0.94	0.30	0.92	0.28	BOS
Terance Mann	LAC	111.0	$4,400	PG/SG	$4,700	SG/SF	21.5	17.4	-6.2	15%	-6%	0.81	-0.12	0.81	-0.04	BOS
Zach Collins	SAS	110.8	$5,100	C	$5,300	PF/C	20.9	22.1	0.6	19%	-3%	1.06	-0.09	1.06	-0.09	NYK
Josh Richardson	SAS	110.8	$3,800	PG/SF	$4,600	SF/SG	23.1	19.6	-1.1	20%	2%	0.85	-0.14	0.81	-0.06	NYK
Stanley Johnson	SAS	110.8	$3,000	SF/PF	$4,000	SF	12.8	13.6	4.1	16%	-3%	1.06	-0.23	1.11	-0.22	NYK
Bennedict Mathurin	IND	109.3	$5,200	SG/SF	$5,000	SG/SF	28.3	25.6	-5.8	25%	2%	0.90	-0.11	0.87	-0.12	CLE
Jalen Smith	IND	109.3	$3,700	PF/C	$5,300	PF/C	21.0	22.3	-4.4	21%	-3%	1.06	-0.01	1.06	-0.01	CLE
Chris Duarte	IND	109.3	$3,300	SG/SF	$4,000	SF	18.7	13.8	-0.1	20%	-2%	0.74	-0.13	0.71	-0.09	CLE
KJ Martin	HOU	107.5	$4,400	SF/PF	$4,500	SF/PF	24.5	20.5	3.0	16%	1%	0.84	-0.13	0.82	-0.12	DAL
Tari Eason	HOU	107.5	$3,900	PF	$4,700	SF	18.9	19.3	-0.6	19%	-2%	1.02	-0.15	1.06	-0.17	DAL
Usman Garuba	HOU	107.5	$3,100	C	$4,000	PF	14.5	13.5	-2.5	9%	0%	0.93	-0.07	0.99	-0.17	DAL

NBA DFS First Look: Thursday, December 29th - Sortable Odds, Salaries, Stats

NBA Schedule & Vegas Lines

Implied Totals, Team Stats, and Pace of Play

Point Guard (Projected Starters)

Shooting Guard (Projected Starters)

Small Forward (Projected Starters)

Power Forward (Projected Starters)

Center (Projected Starters)

Notable Bench Players

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