NBA DFS First Look: Thursday, December 30th

by Derek Farnsworth (Notorious) Last Updated 2021-12-30 14:56:25

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)
Philadelphia 76ers	Brooklyn Nets	BKN	-5.0	220.5		107.8	112.8	7:00 PM
Milwaukee Bucks	Orlando Magic	MIL	-14.0	218.0		116.0	102.0	7:00 PM
Cleveland Cavaliers	Washington Wizards	WAS	-3.5	210.0		103.3	106.8	7:00 PM
Golden State Warriors	Denver Nuggets	GSW	-5.0	213.0		109.0	104.0	9:30 PM

Implied Totals, Team Stats, and Pace of Play

Offense	Line	Total	O-Rating	Pace		Opp.	D-Rating	Pace		P-Pace
Milwaukee Bucks	-14.0	116.0	110.8	99.5		ORL	112.5	98.5		99.0
Brooklyn Nets	-5.0	112.8	110.3	99.9		PHI	109.5	95.8		97.9
Golden State Warriors	-5.0	109.0	111.7	99.0		DEN	108.9	97.1		98.0
Philadelphia 76ers	5.0	107.8	109.7	95.8		BKN	106.4	99.9		97.9
Washington Wizards	-3.5	106.8	107.8	97.2		CLE	103.4	98.2		97.7
Denver Nuggets	5.0	104.0	108.5	97.1		GSW	101.6	99.0		98.0
Cleveland Cavaliers	3.5	103.3	109.8	98.2		WAS	110.7	97.2		97.7
Orlando Magic	14.0	102.0	102.8	98.5		MIL	107.1	99.5		99.0

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
Jrue Holiday	MIL	116.0	$8,900	PG	$9,500	PG/SG	32.9	37.1	1.1	24%	-1%	56%	9%	1.13	0.18	1.12	0.18	ORL
James Harden	BKN	112.8	$11,100	PG	$11,100	SG/PG	36.5	51.3	3.0	28%	9%	59%	4%	1.40	0.53	1.32	0.53	PHI
Stephen Curry	GSW	109.0	$11,400	PG	$10,400	PG	34.7	48.8	2.8	31%	3%	61%	2%	1.40	-0.08	1.33	-0.07	DEN
Tyrese Maxey	PHI	107.8	$5,600	PG	$6,600	PG/SG	34.6	30.1	-0.2	21%	-2%	56%	-13%	0.87	-0.28	0.87	-0.27	BKN
Spencer Dinwiddie	WAS	106.8	$7,100	PG	$6,300	PG	30.1	29.2	4.0	21%	1%	51%	1%	0.97	0.16	0.93	0.14	CLE
Monte Morris	DEN	104.0	$4,700	PG	$5,100	PG	30.0	24.6	-1.8	18%	-4%	56%	-10%	0.82	-0.14	0.80	-0.16	GSW
Kevin Pangos	CLE	103.3	$3,800	PG	$3,900	SG	5.5	3.7	3.6	14%	0%	48%	-6%	0.68	0.19	0.64	0.21	WAS
R.J. Hampton	ORL	102.0	$3,900	PG/SG	$5,300	PG/SG	19.2	16.1	10.8	20%	0%	50%	-6%	0.84	0.07	0.82	0.16	MIL

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
Grayson Allen	MIL	116.0	$4,100	SG/SF	$4,400	SG	28.6	21.9	-6.1	16%	-5%	59%	-29%	0.76	-0.27	0.74	-0.22	ORL
Patty Mills	BKN	112.8	$7,200	PG/SG	$6,900	SG/PG	30.5	23.7	6.0	18%	5%	62%	1%	0.78	0.23	0.73	0.20	PHI
Jordan Poole	GSW	109.0	$6,500	PG/SG	$6,300	PG/SG	30.7	29.7		25%		58%		0.97		0.92		DEN
Seth Curry	PHI	107.8	$6,000	SG	$6,500	PG/SG	34.7	27.1	1.9	19%	0%	63%	0%	0.78	0.05	0.75	0.02	BKN
Bradley Beal	WAS	106.8	$10,100	PG/SG	$8,300	SG	35.9	39.3	0.4	30%	5%	54%	12%	1.09	0.44	1.05	0.46	CLE
Will Barton	DEN	104.0	$5,700	SG	$5,500	SG/SF	32.8	30.7	-1.2	21%	0%	53%	-4%	0.94	-0.01	0.91	-0.01	GSW
Isaac Okoro	CLE	103.3	$4,400	SG/SF	$4,600	SF/SG	28.9	19.0	1.7	15%	1%	54%	-15%	0.66	-0.22	0.66	-0.24	WAS
Gary Harris	ORL	102.0	$5,100	SG/SF	$5,500	SG/SF	28.1	18.3	5.8	16%	2%	56%	13%	0.65	0.14	0.64	0.14	MIL

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
Khris Middleton	MIL	116.0	$8,000	SG/SF	$8,000	SF/SG	31.1	34.7	0.7	26%	1%	55%	7%	1.11	0.04	1.07	0.04	ORL
Bruce Brown	BKN	112.8	$4,800	SG/SF	$5,100	SG	23.2	17.8	8.9	14%	0%	53%	15%	0.77	0.02	0.82	-0.01	PHI
Andrew Wiggins	GSW	109.0	$6,900	SG/SF	$6,000	SF	31.1	30.4	0.9	24%	8%	59%	-10%	0.98	0.24	0.96	0.27	DEN
Matisse Thybulle	PHI	107.8	$3,400	SF/PF	$4,100	SF	25.3	15.5	6.6	11%	-2%	55%	-3%	0.61	-0.06	0.69	-0.06	BKN
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	WAS	106.8	$4,400	SG/SF	$4,800	SG/SF	29.2	21.6	5.7	17%	1%	55%	-8%	0.74	-0.04	0.74	-0.08	CLE
Aaron Gordon	DEN	104.0	$5,500	SF/PF	$5,000	PF	32.3	26.7	-7.3	18%	5%	60%	-11%	0.83	0.05	0.82	0.06	GSW
Lauri Markkanen	CLE	103.3	$5,800	SF/PF	$5,500	PF/SF	30.0	25.3	-1.3	20%	3%	53%	-10%	0.84	-0.04	0.83	-0.03	WAS
Franz Wagner	ORL	102.0	$7,000	SF/PF	$7,100	SF/SG	32.4	28.8	2.7	21%	8%	54%	4%	0.89	0.15	0.89	0.15	MIL

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
Giannis Antetokounmpo	MIL	116.0	$11,600	PF/C	$11,200	PF/SF	32.4	55.5	-2.7	34%	6%	60%	0%	1.71	0.12	1.70	0.12	ORL
Kevin Durant	BKN	112.8	$11,200	SF/PF	$11,800	SF/PF	37.0	51.6	2.0	31%	2%	63%	1%	1.39	0.20	1.34	0.16	PHI
Juan Toscano-Anderson	GSW	109.0	$3,700	PF	$4,500	SF/PF	16.7	13.7	4.1	15%	2%	57%	-2%	0.82	0.04	0.84	0.06	DEN
Tobias Harris	PHI	107.8	$8,800	PF	$7,400	PF/SF	34.6	36.4	1.6	25%	2%	55%	4%	1.05	0.14	1.03	0.14	BKN
Kyle Kuzma	WAS	106.8	$6,800	SF/PF	$6,000	SF/PF	32.2	30.2	-2.5	20%	5%	52%	-4%	0.94	0.14	0.91	0.16	CLE
Jeff Green	DEN	104.0	$3,700	PF/C	$5,100	PF/SF	25.1	16.8	-0.9	16%	-2%	60%	-6%	0.67	-0.08	0.66	-0.06	GSW
Dean Wade	CLE	103.3	$3,700	PF	$4,800	PF/SF	21.6	13.9	5.1	11%	2%	56%	-2%	0.64	0.10	0.64	0.11	WAS
Wendell Carter	ORL	102.0	$7,600	PF/C	$7,100	PF/C	28.9	32.6	0.5	19%	5%	59%	-2%	1.13	0.18	1.10	0.19	MIL

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
Bobby Portis	MIL	116.0	$7,500	C	$7,400	PF/C	28.2	33.9	-2.7	22%	1%	59%	18%	1.20	0.13	1.18	0.01	ORL
LaMarcus Aldridge	BKN	112.8	$6,100	C	$5,900	C/PF	23.6	25.5		22%		62%		1.08		1.12		PHI
Kevon Looney	GSW	109.0	$3,600	C	$5,200	C/PF	19.2	18.0	3.0	13%	-3%	56%	-1%	0.94	-0.17	0.98	-0.17	DEN
Joel Embiid	PHI	107.8	$11,000	C	$10,800	C	33.4	50.9	1.7	34%	2%	59%	10%	1.52	0.20	1.52	0.21	BKN
Daniel Gafford	WAS	106.8	$5,000	C	$5,200	C	22.1	23.0	6.1	15%	-1%	69%	1%	1.04	-0.12	1.10	-0.19	CLE
Nikola Jokic	DEN	104.0	$11,900	C	$11,700	C	32.7	59.2	0.5	32%	4%	63%	-16%	1.81	-0.08	1.74	-0.03	GSW
Evan Mobley	CLE	103.3	$7,800	PF/C	$7,300	C/PF	33.5	33.4	-3.3	19%	2%	55%	28%	1.00	0.02	1.03	-0.05	WAS
Moe Wagner	ORL	102.0	$3,200	PF/C	$3,800	PF	11.6	11.4	-0.8	21%	13%	59%	-15%	0.98	0.15	0.93	0.25	MIL

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
DeMarcus Cousins	MIL	116.0	$4,800	C	$5,600	C	16.8	20.1	5.4	22%	2%	53%	3%	1.20	0.11	1.21	0.11	ORL
George Hill	MIL	116.0	$3,400	PG	$3,900	PG	26.1	16.8	-1.7	12%	-4%	57%	1%	0.64	-0.13	0.64	-0.12	ORL
Pat Connaughton	MIL	116.0	$4,700	SF	$5,200	SG/SF	28.6	23.4	-3.5	14%	-2%	65%	-5%	0.82	-0.03	0.81	0.00	ORL
Nic Claxton	BKN	112.8	$4,900	C	$6,200	C/PF	20.5	18.1	7.7	15%	2%	66%	9%	0.88	0.17	0.95	0.23	PHI
DeAndre Bembry	BKN	112.8	$3,900	SG/SF	$4,500	SG/SF	20.2	15.0	7.8	12%	2%	64%	26%	0.74	0.24	0.79	0.23	PHI
James Johnson	BKN	112.8	$3,600	PF	$4,900	SF/PF	18.8	15.1	5.6	13%	1%	50%	-9%	0.80	-0.03	0.83	-0.01	PHI
Otto Porter	GSW	109.0	$5,000	SF/PF	$6,500	SF/PF	20.7	19.1	8.0	14%	-1%	60%	-1%	0.92	0.04	0.93	0.10	DEN
Andre Iguodala	GSW	109.0	$3,700	SF	$3,900	SF/SG	20.4	17.0	3.6	11%	0%	49%	14%	0.83	-0.13	0.87	-0.20	DEN
Jonathan Kuminga	GSW	109.0	$3,200	PF	$3,600	SF	9.4	7.9	4.3	22%	-2%	56%	2%	0.84	-0.08	0.82	-0.08	DEN
Furkan Korkmaz	PHI	107.8	$3,200	SG/SF	$4,500	SG/SF	21.8	17.1	-4.2	19%	4%	49%	8%	0.78	0.11	0.77	0.12	BKN
Andre Drummond	PHI	107.8	$6,400	C	$5,400	C	19.7	24.0		16%		52%		1.22		1.27		BKN
Shake Milton	PHI	107.8	$5,100	PG/SG	$4,700	PG/SG	25.4	21.5		20%		53%		0.85		0.85		BKN
Deni Avdija	WAS	106.8	$4,700	SF/PF	$5,300	SF/PF	22.4	18.5	7.5	14%	1%	55%	10%	0.83	0.10	0.85	0.11	CLE
Davis Bertans	WAS	106.8	$3,700	PF	$3,900	SF	16.2	11.1	-0.1	17%	4%	54%	12%	0.68	0.17	0.65	0.12	CLE
Corey Kispert	WAS	106.8	$4,000	SG/SF	$3,600	SF	15.4	9.6	20.0	14%	1%	54%	10%	0.63	-0.01	0.62	-0.03	CLE
Facundo Campazzo	DEN	104.0	$4,100	PG/SG	$5,400	PG	21.1	17.1	6.1	15%	1%	54%	-8%	0.81	0.09	0.83	0.12	GSW
Austin Rivers	DEN	104.0	$3,500	SG/SF	$4,100	SG/PG	19.2	10.6	8.0	14%	1%	50%	12%	0.55	0.17	0.54	0.13	GSW
Davon Reed	DEN	104.0	$3,100	SF	$4,300	SF	17.1	14.1	1.0	11%	2%	62%	17%	0.82	0.06	0.87	0.02	GSW
Kevin Love	CLE	103.3	$6,700	PF/C	$7,000	PF/C	20.5	27.2	3.6	23%	2%	63%	7%	1.33	0.26	1.25	0.26	WAS
Denzel Valentine	CLE	103.3	$3,300	SF	$5,300	SG/SF	9.3	6.5	12.9	15%	-2%	52%	19%	0.70	0.15	0.66	0.13	WAS
Justin Anderson	CLE	103.3	$3,200	SF	$3,500	SG	15.5	10.4	0.0	10%	0%	67%	0%	0.67	0.00	0.65	0.00	WAS
Freddie Gillespie	ORL	102.0	$3,100	SF	$4,400	PF	12.7	11.7	0.0	12%	0%	62%	0%	0.92	0.00	0.99	0.00	MIL
Admiral Schofield	ORL	102.0	$3,200	PF	$3,900	SF	16.4	11.3	2.8	12%	0%	76%	2%	0.69	0.07	0.68	0.08	MIL
Tim Frazier	ORL	102.0	$3,100	PG	$3,700	PG	17.5	9.5	0.0	18%	0%	26%	0%	0.54	0.00	0.49	0.00	MIL

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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