NBA DFS First Look: Thursday, January 6th

by Derek Farnsworth (Notorious) Last Updated 2022-01-06 17:02:04

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)
Boston Celtics	New York Knicks	BOS	-1.5	207.5		104.5	103.0	7:30 PM
Detroit Pistons	Memphis Grizzlies	MEM	-12.5	218.0		102.8	115.3	8:00 PM
Golden State Warriors	New Orleans Pelicans	GSW	-2.5	212.0		107.3	104.8	8:00 PM
Los Angeles Clippers	Phoenix Suns	PHO	-10.5	220.0		104.8	115.3	10:00 PM

Implied Totals, Team Stats, and Pace of Play

Offense	Line	Total	O-Rating	Pace		Opp.	D-Rating	Pace		P-Pace
Memphis Grizzlies	-12.5	115.3	111.6	99.1		DET	110.1	99.3		99.2
Phoenix Suns	-10.5	115.3	111.2	100.6		LAC	106.4	99.0		99.8
Golden State Warriors	-2.5	107.3	112.0	99.1		NOP	111.7	98.1		98.6
Los Angeles Clippers	10.5	104.8	106.2	99.0		PHO	103.9	100.6		99.8
New Orleans Pelicans	2.5	104.8	106.9	98.1		GSW	102.2	99.1		98.6
Boston Celtics	-1.5	104.5	108.2	98.0		NYK	109.5	96.2		97.1
New York Knicks	1.5	103.0	108.0	96.2		BOS	107.3	98.0		97.1
Detroit Pistons	12.5	102.8	101.3	99.3		MEM	108.6	99.1		99.2

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
Ja Morant	MEM	115.3	$9,200	PG	$10,200	PG	32.5	45.5	1.2	31%	3%	58%	7%	1.40	0.24	1.37	0.23	DET
Chris Paul	PHO	115.3	$7,300	PG	$7,800	PG	32.2	38.6	-0.4	20%	-4%	57%	-7%	1.20	-0.07	1.20	-0.08	LAC
Jordan Poole	GSW	107.3	$5,800	SG	$5,700	PG/SG	30.1	29.8	-7.7	25%	1%	59%	9%	0.99	0.05	0.94	0.00	NOP
Reggie Jackson	LAC	104.8	$6,100	PG	$5,700	PG	32.3	29.2	-3.8	26%	-1%	49%	4%	0.91	-0.06	0.85	-0.06	PHO
Devonte’ Graham	NOP	104.8	$5,900	PG	$6,300	PG/SG	31.4	27.9	0.9	20%	1%	53%	4%	0.89	0.09	0.86	0.08	GSW
Marcus Smart	BOS	104.5	$6,200	PG/SG	$7,000	SG/PG	34.8	28.9	4.0	16%	3%	51%	8%	0.83	0.18	0.85	0.19	NYK
Alec Burks	NYK	103.0	$5,900	SG/SF	$6,000	SG/SF	27.0	24.1	1.2	18%	4%	57%	6%	0.89	0.29	0.90	0.36	BOS
Killian Hayes	DET	102.8	$3,400	PG	$4,000	PG	25.8	18.6	-1.7	14%	-2%	45%	10%	0.72	0.03	0.73	0.08	MEM

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
Dillon Brooks	MEM	115.3	$6,200	SF	$6,200	SG/SF	29.2	30.1		29%		52%		1.03		1.01		DET
Devin Booker	PHO	115.3	$8,700	PG/SG	$8,800	SG	32.7	39.9	0.9	31%	3%	56%	0%	1.22	0.18	1.18	0.17	LAC
Gary Payton	GSW	107.3	$4,800	PG/SG	$5,300	SG	16.6	16.6	11.3	15%	-1%	70%	0%	1.00	0.02	1.06	0.00	NOP
Eric Bledsoe	LAC	104.8	$5,800	PG	$5,400	SG/PG	26.6	24.0	-1.7	20%	7%	53%	8%	0.90	0.16	0.90	0.14	PHO
Josh Hart	NOP	104.8	$6,400	SF	$7,600	SG/SF	32.8	31.5	4.0	16%	2%	61%	-8%	0.96	0.10	0.94	0.07	GSW
Jaylen Brown	BOS	104.5	$9,000	SG/SF	$9,000	SF/SG	34.4	39.4	4.9	30%	7%	57%	-1%	1.14	0.18	1.10	0.15	NYK
Evan Fournier	NYK	103.0	$4,400	SG/SF	$5,000	SF/SG	28.7	21.6	-6.0	20%	1%	53%	-13%	0.75	-0.14	0.72	-0.13	BOS
Cade Cunningham	DET	102.8	$7,900	PG/SG	$6,800	PG/SG	32.5	34.7	-0.8	26%	0%	49%	16%	1.07	0.01	1.02	-0.02	MEM

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
Killian Tillie	MEM	115.3	$3,200	PF	$3,700	PF	13.0	9.1	6.3	13%	-2%	44%	-18%	0.70	0.05	0.75	0.09	DET
Mikal Bridges	PHO	115.3	$4,900	SG/SF	$5,400	SF/PF	33.9	23.8	-1.6	14%	1%	62%	1%	0.70	0.09	0.72	0.07	LAC
Andrew Wiggins	GSW	107.3	$6,800	SG/SF	$7,200	SF	31.4	30.9	2.8	24%	2%	59%	-1%	0.98	0.08	0.97	0.10	NOP
Terance Mann	LAC	104.8	$4,900	PG/SF	$5,000	SG/SF	29.5	22.2	3.3	15%	2%	59%	16%	0.75	0.04	0.73	0.01	PHO
Brandon Ingram	NOP	104.8	$8,100	SG/SF	$7,900	SF	34.5	38.4	-2.2	29%	1%	53%	-21%	1.11	-0.21	1.07	-0.18	GSW
Jayson Tatum	BOS	104.5	$10,200	SF/PF	$9,800	SF/PF	36.7	46.1	0.8	31%	-6%	53%	-11%	1.26	-0.24	1.22	-0.16	NYK
RJ Barrett	NYK	103.0	$6,000	SF	$5,900	SF/SG	31.2	27.6	1.9	24%	6%	51%	8%	0.89	0.23	0.85	0.23	BOS
Hamidou Diallo	DET	102.8	$8,300	SG/SF	$7,500	SG/SF	21.5	21.1	14.6	20%	6%	57%	-3%	0.98	0.29	1.02	0.29	MEM

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
Jaren Jackson	MEM	115.3	$6,100	PF/C	$6,600	PF/C	27.4	30.1	2.2	25%	0%	53%	-11%	1.10	-0.06	1.13	-0.04	DET
Cameron Johnson	PHO	115.3	$5,300	SF/PF	$5,500	SF	25.2	21.8	5.3	16%	0%	62%	10%	0.87	0.03	0.85	0.01	LAC
Draymond Green	GSW	107.3	$7,700	PF/C	$8,000	PF/C	30.8	34.0	3.2	14%	-4%	59%	-20%	1.10	-0.23	1.12	-0.19	NOP
Marcus Morris	LAC	104.8	$5,600	SF/PF	$6,900	PF/SF	30.1	26.8	3.2	22%	5%	55%	-2%	0.89	0.06	0.86	0.07	PHO
Herb Jones	NOP	104.8	$4,500	PF/C	$6,700	PF	28.4	20.6	5.7	13%	4%	55%	5%	0.73	0.30	0.79	0.33	GSW
Al Horford	BOS	104.5	$6,900	PF/C	$6,800	PF/C	30.1	32.9	0.8	17%	-2%	55%	-20%	1.09	-0.13	1.12	-0.09	NYK
Julius Randle	NYK	103.0	$10,000	PF	$9,000	PF/C	35.4	42.2	-2.9	27%	-1%	52%	-1%	1.19	0.14	1.14	0.15	BOS
Saddiq Bey	DET	102.8	$8,500	SF/PF	$8,500	SF	33.8	30.2	5.1	21%	4%	50%	8%	0.89	0.25	0.87	0.21	MEM

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
Steven Adams	MEM	115.3	$5,400	C	$5,400	C	25.7	25.3	2.5	13%	-2%	57%	1%	0.98	-0.03	1.00	-0.04	DET
Jalen Smith	PHO	115.3	$5,300	PF/C	$5,900	PF/C	13.0	15.4	9.8	20%	1%	61%	8%	1.18	0.21	1.20	0.20	LAC
Kevon Looney	GSW	107.3	$3,900	C	$4,900	C/PF	19.7	18.4	6.2	13%	-1%	57%	0%	0.93	-0.15	0.97	-0.17	NOP
Serge Ibaka	LAC	104.8	$4,400	PF/C	$4,200	PF/C	15.6	14.3	1.6	19%	3%	55%	11%	0.92	0.08	0.91	0.06	PHO
Jonas Valanciunas	NOP	104.8	$8,800	C	$7,900	C	31.6	40.8	0.3	25%	4%	60%	-1%	1.29	-0.04	1.25	-0.08	GSW
Robert Williams	BOS	104.5	$7,000	C	$7,600	PF/C	28.5	29.2	3.4	12%	-1%	74%	6%	1.03	0.24	1.07	0.23	NYK
Taj Gibson	NYK	103.0	$3,200	PF/C	$4,600	C	19.3	13.2	6.6	9%	-3%	55%	6%	0.68	-0.02	0.73	-0.02	BOS
Trey Lyles	DET	102.8	$5,000	PF/C	$4,900	PF	17.8	16.7	11.3	21%	-1%	56%	-4%	0.94	-0.01	0.93	-0.01	MEM

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
De’Anthony Melton	MEM	115.3	$4,600	PG/SG	$6,200	SG/PG	24.1	24.7		19%		52%		1.02		1.05		DET
Tyus Jones	MEM	115.3	$4,100	PG	$5,000	PG	21.3	19.3	2.5	15%	3%	55%	4%	0.91	0.17	0.92	0.19	DET
Brandon Clarke	MEM	115.3	$4,400	PF/C	$5,600	PF	16.8	18.9	5.8	17%	0%	66%	5%	1.13	0.06	1.18	0.05	DET
Cameron Payne	PHO	115.3	$4,400	PG/SG	$4,900	PG/SG	20.5	21.1	3.6	25%	-5%	49%	3%	1.03	-0.10	1.01	-0.08	LAC
Elfrid Payton	PHO	115.3	$3,000	PG	$3,900	PG	12.0	10.2	-0.1	18%	0%	42%	2%	0.85	0.19	0.85	0.31	LAC
Bismack Biyombo	PHO	115.3	$4,000	C	$5,500	C	23.6	31.0	0.0	15%	0%	82%	0%	1.31	0.00	1.46	0.00	LAC
Andre Iguodala	GSW	107.3	$3,800	SF	$4,000	SF/SG	20.6	18.1	3.3	11%	1%	52%	14%	0.88	0.05	0.92	-0.04	NOP
Otto Porter	GSW	107.3	$5,500	SF/PF	$5,800	SF/PF	21.2	20.1	5.7	15%	1%	60%	-6%	0.95	0.08	0.97	0.12	NOP
Damion Lee	GSW	107.3	$3,500	SG/SF	$4,200	SG	20.5	14.9	-5.8	17%	-5%	56%	8%	0.73	-0.02	0.71	0.00	NOP
Amir Coffey	LAC	104.8	$4,300	SG/SF	$5,100	PF	16.4	11.1	13.0	12%	0%	59%	14%	0.68	0.16	0.67	0.17	PHO
Nicolas Batum	LAC	104.8	$4,200	PF/C	$3,600	SF/PF	26.0	20.4		12%		65%		0.78		0.80		PHO
Brandon Boston	LAC	104.8	$3,200	SG/SF	$4,200	SG	14.9	11.4		21%		47%		0.76		0.77		PHO
Nickeil Alexander-Walker	NOP	104.8	$3,900	PG/SG	$4,200	SG/SF	27.7	24.8	-5.8	25%	4%	46%	-7%	0.89	-0.11	0.87	-0.15	GSW
Garrett Temple	NOP	104.8	$3,600	PG/SG	$5,300	SF	19.5	14.4	5.7	14%	-1%	55%	13%	0.74	0.03	0.75	-0.02	GSW
Jaxson Hayes	NOP	104.8	$3,300	C	$5,400	PF	13.3	13.4	6.2	19%	-1%	62%	7%	1.01	0.12	1.04	0.14	GSW
Dennis Schroder	BOS	104.5	$6,000	PG	$5,300	PG/SG	32.6	29.3	0.4	24%	-1%	53%	5%	0.90	0.05	0.87	0.06	NYK
Josh Richardson	BOS	104.5	$4,600	SG	$5,000	SF/SG	26.1	19.7	3.5	16%	0%	59%	-6%	0.76	-0.01	0.76	0.03	NYK
Grant Williams	BOS	104.5	$3,900	PF/C	$4,400	PF	23.1	16.4	5.9	12%	0%	68%	-15%	0.71	-0.19	0.71	-0.18	NYK
Mitchell Robinson	NYK	103.0	$4,600	C	$5,400	C	24.6	22.5	-1.2	10%	4%	75%	-12%	0.92	-0.08	0.98	-0.15	BOS
Immanuel Quickley	NYK	103.0	$4,000	PG/SG	$4,700	SG/PG	22.3	18.7	5.3	21%	3%	54%	-5%	0.84	-0.16	0.80	-0.17	BOS
Quentin Grimes	NYK	103.0	$3,500	SG	$4,600	SG	12.4	9.4	5.9	17%	-2%	56%	-14%	0.76	-0.10	0.74	-0.04	BOS
Luka Garza	DET	102.8	$4,400	C	$4,600	C	12.3	10.6	13.3	18%	-2%	53%	-8%	0.86	-0.10	0.84	-0.10	MEM
Saben Lee	DET	102.8	$3,700	PG	$4,400	PG	15.4	15.0	0.9	18%	-6%	48%	7%	0.98	0.14	1.02	0.15	MEM
Josh Jackson	DET	102.8	$4,000	PF	$4,600	SG	18.0	15.0	4.4	19%	7%	51%	19%	0.83	0.63	0.83	0.63	MEM

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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