NBA DFS First Look: Thursday, December 8th - Sortable Odds, Salaries, Stats

by Derek Farnsworth (Notorious) Last Updated 2022-12-08 15:33:42

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)
Los Angeles Clippers	Miami Heat	MIA	-6.5	213.5		103.5	110.0	7:30 PM
Houston Rockets	San Antonio Spurs	HOU	-1.5	230.0		115.8	114.3	8:30 PM
Denver Nuggets	Portland Trail Blazers	POR	-1.0	227.5		113.3	114.3	10:00 PM

Implied Totals, Team Stats, and Pace of Play

Offense	Line	Total	PPG	+/-	O-Rating	Pace		Opp.	D-Rating	Pace		P-Pace
Houston Rockets	-1.5	115.8	110.9	4.8	109.7	100.1		SAS	118.5	101.9		101.0
San Antonio Spurs	1.5	114.3	109.5	4.8	107.0	101.9		HOU	116.1	100.1		101.0
Portland Trail Blazers	-1.0	114.3	110.3	4.0	112.4	97.3		DEN	114.5	98.8		98.0
Denver Nuggets	1.0	113.3	114.8	-1.6	115.8	98.8		POR	113.1	97.3		98.0
Miami Heat	-6.5	110.0	108.3	1.7	109.1	97.9		LAC	109.9	98.8		98.4
Los Angeles Clippers	6.5	103.5	107.3	-3.8	108.3	98.8		MIA	111.3	97.9		98.4

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
Kevin Porter	HOU	115.8	$7,300	PG	$7,600	PG	34.7	37.7	1.9	25%	-1%	1.09	-0.15	1.04	-0.16	SAS
Tre Jones	SAS	114.3	$6,400	PG	$6,400	PG	30.2	29.6	1.4	19%	0%	0.98	-0.11	0.99	-0.09	HOU
Damian Lillard	POR	114.3	$9,700	PG	$9,500	PG	34.9	43.6	-2.9	31%	-5%	1.25	-0.01	1.16	0.00	DEN
Jamal Murray	DEN	113.3	$7,200	PG	$7,100	PG/SG	29.8	32.4	2.3	27%	-1%	1.09	-0.12	1.06	-0.11	POR
Kyle Lowry	MIA	110.0	$6,800	PG	$7,300	PG	36.3	33.4	-0.9	18%	-2%	0.92	0.00	0.90	0.03	LAC
Reggie Jackson	LAC	103.5	$5,700	PG	$5,600	PG	29.4	23.1	-0.6	21%	6%	0.79	-0.27	0.74	-0.31	MIA

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
Jalen Green	HOU	115.8	$6,900	PG/SG	$6,700	SG/PG	34.6	34.2	2.8	28%	5%	0.99	-0.08	0.93	-0.05	SAS
Romeo Langford	SAS	114.3	$3,100	SG/SF	$4,000	SG	18.1	11.2	-1.1	14%	3%	0.62	0.23	0.64	0.20	HOU
Anfernee Simons	POR	114.3	$8,700	PG/SG	$8,800	SG/PG	37.1	38.8	1.5	27%	0%	1.05	0.17	0.99	0.17	DEN
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	DEN	113.3	$4,200	SG	$4,600	SG/SF	31.1	21.4	-0.8	14%	1%	0.69	-0.19	0.68	-0.18	POR
Tyler Herro	MIA	110.0	$7,700	PG/SG	$8,400	SG/SF	33.8	37.8	4.8	26%	0%	1.12	0.12	1.06	0.13	LAC
Luke Kennard	LAC	103.5	$4,000	SG	$3,500	SG/SF	21.2	13.8	-1.2	14%	-5%	0.65	0.12	0.61	0.11	MIA

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
Eric Gordon	HOU	115.8	$3,900	SF	$4,400	SF/SG	30.1	20.9	4.0	17%	-2%	0.69	-0.11	0.67	-0.11	SAS
Keldon Johnson	SAS	114.3	$7,600	SF	$7,500	PF/SF	32.3	33.9	2.5	28%	3%	1.05	-0.06	0.99	-0.05	HOU
Josh Hart	POR	114.3	$6,100	SG/SF	$6,400	SG/SF	35.6	29.3	-2.9	12%	0%	0.82	0.25	0.83	0.24	DEN
Bruce Brown	DEN	113.3	$6,200	SG/SF	$5,600	SG	30.0	27.0	4.0	17%	-3%	0.90	-0.18	0.89	-0.18	POR
Caleb Martin	MIA	110.0	$5,000	SF	$4,600	SF/SG	32.2	23.2	-1.4	15%	0%	0.72	-0.31	0.73	-0.36	LAC
Paul George	LAC	103.5	$9,200	SG/SF	$8,600	SG/SF	33.8	40.1	-3.5	30%	-6%	1.19	-0.14	1.14	-0.14	MIA

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
Jabari Smith	HOU	115.8	$5,000	PF/C	$5,800	PF	30.2	25.0	0.6	18%	-2%	0.83	-0.02	0.81	-0.03	SAS
Doug McDermott	SAS	114.3	$3,600	SF/PF	$3,600	PF/SF	20.7	16.0	-5.1	18%	-6%	0.77	0.04	0.72	0.07	HOU
Jerami Grant	POR	114.3	$7,400	SF/PF	$8,200	PF	36.3	36.2	-1.2	25%	6%	1.00	0.20	0.98	0.20	DEN
Aaron Gordon	DEN	113.3	$6,300	PF	$6,900	PF/C	29.3	31.5	3.8	20%	0%	1.07	-0.08	1.08	-0.10	POR
Jimmy Butler	MIA	110.0	$8,600	PF	$9,900	SF/PF	35.5	42.6	-1.1	23%	4%	1.20	0.11	1.21	0.05	LAC
Marcus Morris	LAC	103.5	$5,500	PF	$4,900	PF/SF	30.0	25.5	-2.7	20%	-2%	0.85	-0.19	0.84	-0.21	MIA

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
Alperen Sengun	HOU	115.8	$5,800	C	$6,500	C	26.8	31.9	-0.7	22%	-4%	1.19	-0.36	1.20	-0.34	SAS
Zach Collins	SAS	114.3	$5,100	C	$5,200	PF/C	19.0	21.3	3.1	20%	2%	1.12	-0.25	1.13	-0.32	HOU
Jusuf Nurkic	POR	114.3	$7,000	C	$7,200	C	29.7	34.1	3.1	22%	-2%	1.15	-0.09	1.13	-0.07	DEN
Nikola Jokic	DEN	113.3	$11,300	C	$11,500	C	32.3	53.0	3.2	26%	0%	1.64	-0.09	1.59	-0.09	POR
Bam Adebayo	MIA	110.0	$8,400	C	$9,000	C/PF	35.1	39.9	2.0	26%	0%	1.14	-0.11	1.12	-0.12	LAC
Ivica Zubac	LAC	103.5	$6,500	C	$6,300	C	30.7	30.8	0.4	15%	-1%	1.00	0.03	1.02	0.01	MIA

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
Tari Eason	HOU	115.8	$4,300	PF	$4,600	SF	18.7	20.4	3.8	19%	-1%	1.09	0.06	1.14	0.02	SAS
KJ Martin	HOU	115.8	$4,100	SF/PF	$4,200	SF/PF	24.5	21.1	-2.6	16%	1%	0.86	-0.07	0.84	-0.07	SAS
Daishen Nix	HOU	115.8	$3,200	PG/SG	$3,900	PG	15.0	10.4	1.4	13%	0%	0.70	0.09	0.68	0.07	SAS
Malaki Branham	SAS	114.3	$3,200	SG	$3,500	SF	17.1	10.7	4.3	17%	0%	0.62	0.05	0.60	0.08	HOU
Josh Richardson	SAS	114.3	$4,100	PG/SG	$4,700	SF/SG	22.8	19.1		20%		0.84		0.80		HOU
Charles Bassey	SAS	114.3	$3,600	C	$4,700	C	15.3	17.6	4.9	14%	-5%	1.15	-0.03	1.20	0.00	HOU
Justise Winslow	POR	114.3	$4,900	SF/PF	$5,600	SF	29.1	22.6	4.0	15%	-3%	0.78	0.00	0.79	-0.01	DEN
Shaedon Sharpe	POR	114.3	$3,200	PG/SG	$4,100	SG	20.1	12.9	0.9	17%	3%	0.64	0.09	0.62	0.10	DEN
Trendon Watford	POR	114.3	$3,500	PF/C	$3,900	PF	18.6	14.0	9.3	13%	-1%	0.75	0.01	0.75	-0.01	DEN
Bones Hyland	DEN	113.3	$5,600	PG/SG	$5,000	PG	21.1	24.6	-2.1	30%	-1%	1.16	-0.04	1.10	-0.04	POR
Jeff Green	DEN	113.3	$3,300	PF/C	$3,500	PF/SF	19.8	13.7	-1.9	16%	-2%	0.69	-0.15	0.69	-0.20	POR
Christian Braun	DEN	113.3	$3,000	SG/SF	$3,500	SG	12.9	7.6	-4.0	11%	0%	0.59	-0.21	0.60	-0.25	POR
Max Strus	MIA	110.0	$5,400	SG/SF	$5,300	SG/SF	32.9	24.7	-8.4	18%	-2%	0.75	-0.09	0.72	-0.03	LAC
Victor Oladipo	MIA	110.0	$4,500	PG	$4,000	SG/PG	18.5	15.0	0.0	26%	0%	0.81	0.00	0.78	0.00	LAC
Haywood Highsmith	MIA	110.0	$3,500	SF/PF	$4,000	SF	19.3	12.4	4.0	12%	-3%	0.64	-0.06	0.66	-0.02	LAC
John Wall	LAC	103.5	$5,900	PG	$5,900	PG/SG	22.1	26.3	-2.6	28%	2%	1.19	0.19	1.17	0.13	MIA
Nicolas Batum	LAC	103.5	$3,800	PF/C	$4,300	SF/PF	19.4	14.9	3.8	11%	2%	0.77	0.12	0.78	0.08	MIA
Terance Mann	LAC	103.5	$5,300	PG/SG	$5,100	SG/SF	21.8	17.6	4.5	15%	2%	0.81	0.27	0.81	0.28	MIA

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