NBA DFS First Look: Thursday, March 2nd - Sortable Odds, Salaries, Stats

by Derek Farnsworth (Notorious) Last Updated 2023-03-03 03:07:32

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)
Toronto Raptors	Washington Wizards	TOR	-2.0	222.5		112.3	110.3	7:00 PM
Philadelphia 76ers	Dallas Mavericks	DAL	-4.0	228.0		112.0	116.0	7:30 PM
Indiana Pacers	San Antonio Spurs	IND	-5.0	238.0		121.5	116.5	8:30 PM
Los Angeles Clippers	Golden State Warriors	LAC	-3.5	232.0		117.8	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
Indiana Pacers	-5.0	121.5	115.1	6.4	113.1	101.4		SAS	119.6	101.7		101.5
Los Angeles Clippers	-3.5	117.8	112.5	5.3	113.0	98.6		GSW	113.7	102.8		100.7
San Antonio Spurs	5.0	116.5	112.2	4.3	109.5	101.7		IND	115.6	101.4		101.5
Dallas Mavericks	-4.0	116.0	113.5	2.5	115.9	96.6		PHI	111.5	97.8		97.2
Golden State Warriors	3.5	114.3	118.4	-4.2	114.2	102.8		LAC	113.0	98.6		100.7
Toronto Raptors	-2.0	112.3	112.6	-0.3	113.9	98.1		WAS	114.0	99.0		98.6
Philadelphia 76ers	4.0	112.0	114.0	-2.0	115.6	97.8		DAL	115.3	96.6		97.2
Washington Wizards	2.0	110.3	113.1	-2.8	113.8	99.0		TOR	113.4	98.1		98.6

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
Tyrese Haliburton	IND	121.5	$9,200	PG	$9,200	PG/SG	33.6	45.2	2.3	24%	-1%	1.35	0.04	1.31	0.07	SAS
Russell Westbrook	LAC	117.8	$7,000	PG	$7,900	PG	28.8	37.5	2.1	27%	-4%	1.30	0.03	1.24	0.04	GSW
Tre Jones	SAS	116.5	$5,100	PG	$5,900	PG	29.3	29.3		20%		1.00		1.01		IND
Luka Doncic	DAL	116.0	$11,900	PG	$12,000	PG/SG	36.4	61.3	-1.6	37%	-4%	1.68	-0.08	1.61	-0.05	PHI
Jordan Poole	GSW	114.3	$8,200	PG/SG	$7,600	PG/SG	30.7	32.9	2.1	28%	1%	1.07	-0.02	1.01	-0.01	LAC
Fred VanVleet	TOR	112.3	$8,400	PG	$8,200	PG	36.9	40.1	-1.5	22%	-10%	1.09	-0.34	1.07	-0.31	WAS
James Harden	PHI	112.0	$9,500	PG	$10,300	SG/PG	36.7	49.8	2.4	25%	1%	1.36	-0.19	1.29	-0.16	DAL
Delon Wright	WAS	110.3	$4,600	PG	$5,000	PG/SG	22.9	20.4	3.7	12%	0%	0.89	0.01	0.95	-0.04	TOR

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
Andrew Nembhard	IND	121.5	$3,500	PG/SG	$4,300	SG/PG	27.0	19.8	-0.7	15%	1%	0.73	-0.11	0.72	-0.10	SAS
Paul George	LAC	117.8	$8,500	SG/SF	$9,000	SG/SF	34.4	42.8	2.7	30%	-2%	1.24	0.01	1.20	0.03	GSW
Malaki Branham	SAS	116.5	$4,800	PG/SG	$5,700	SF	22.4	16.4	6.8	18%	3%	0.73	0.03	0.71	0.02	IND
Kyrie Irving	DAL	116.0	$9,400	PG/SG	$9,600	PG/SG	36.9	45.6	-2.2	29%	-4%	1.24	-0.09	1.21	-0.09	PHI
Donte DiVincenzo	GSW	114.3	$5,600	SG/SF	$6,500	SG/SF	25.8	22.9	9.6	15%	2%	0.89	0.11	0.87	0.07	LAC
OG Anunoby	TOR	112.3	$5,700	SG/SF	$6,600	SF/SG	35.7	31.6	-0.2	20%	-6%	0.89	-0.33	0.91	-0.35	WAS
De’Anthony Melton	PHI	112.0	$3,800	SG/SF	$4,700	PG/SG	28.2	24.3	0.9	16%	-5%	0.86	-0.26	0.88	-0.26	DAL
Bradley Beal	WAS	110.3	$8,000	SG	$9,400	SG	33.1	38.2	2.6	28%	3%	1.15	0.02	1.13	0.02	TOR

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
Buddy Hield	IND	121.5	$5,600	SF	$5,900	SG/SF	32.0	31.5	-0.1	21%	-6%	0.99	-0.16	0.94	-0.12	SAS
Kawhi Leonard	LAC	117.8	$9,300	SF/PF	$10,000	SF/PF	33.1	40.8	8.0	27%	-1%	1.23	0.00	1.24	-0.03	GSW
Keldon Johnson	SAS	116.5	$6,900	SF	$7,300	PF/SF	32.7	33.9	1.7	27%	-2%	1.04	0.01	1.00	0.02	IND
Justin Holiday	DAL	116.0	$3,100	SG/SF	$4,200	SF/SG	15.3	8.9	6.2	13%	-2%	0.58	0.16	0.57	0.21	PHI
Klay Thompson	GSW	114.3	$7,800	SG/SF	$8,300	SG	32.8	34.2	1.6	26%	6%	1.04	0.34	0.98	0.25	LAC
Scottie Barnes	TOR	112.3	$7,200	SF/PF	$7,800	PF/SF	35.3	35.3	-0.6	20%	0%	1.00	-0.14	1.00	-0.11	WAS
Tobias Harris	PHI	112.0	$5,200	SF/PF	$6,000	PF	33.7	29.9	1.8	18%	-5%	0.89	-0.21	0.88	-0.21	DAL
Kyle Kuzma	WAS	110.3	$7,700	SF/PF	$7,700	SF/PF	35.1	38.4	3.5	27%	3%	1.09	-0.31	1.04	-0.29	TOR

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
Aaron Nesmith	IND	121.5	$4,100	PF	$5,100	SF/PF	24.5	19.0	-0.1	17%	0%	0.77	-0.12	0.77	-0.12	SAS
Marcus Morris	LAC	117.8	$3,600	PF	$4,600	PF/SF	28.5	22.6	-2.1	18%	-6%	0.79	-0.34	0.78	-0.31	GSW
Jeremy Sochan	SAS	116.5	$5,300	PF	$5,400	SF/PF	26.0	22.1	3.9	19%	6%	0.85	0.18	0.85	0.16	IND
Reggie Bullock	DAL	116.0	$3,700	PF	$4,700	SG/SF	30.4	16.2	-0.4	10%	2%	0.53	0.16	0.53	0.12	PHI
Draymond Green	GSW	114.3	$6,300	PF/C	$7,400	PF/C	31.5	30.7	0.7	12%	0%	0.97	0.34	0.97	0.40	LAC
Pascal Siakam	TOR	112.3	$9,000	PF/C	$9,300	PF	37.5	46.4	-3.4	28%	3%	1.24	0.09	1.21	0.13	WAS
P.J. Tucker	PHI	112.0	$3,500	PF	$4,200	PF	26.1	11.4	3.9	7%	3%	0.44	0.21	0.44	0.20	DAL
Kristaps Porzingis	WAS	110.3	$8,900	PF/C	$9,100	C/PF	32.6	42.6	2.7	27%	-6%	1.31	-0.17	1.30	-0.22	TOR

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
Myles Turner	IND	121.5	$7,400	C	$8,600	C	29.9	36.5	2.6	22%	6%	1.22	0.27	1.25	0.22	SAS
Ivica Zubac	LAC	117.8	$5,800	C	$6,000	C	29.4	27.6	-0.9	14%	0%	0.94	0.11	0.95	0.17	GSW
Zach Collins	SAS	116.5	$6,400	C	$6,800	PF/C	21.5	23.4	5.1	20%	5%	1.09	0.12	1.07	0.17	IND
Dwight Powell	DAL	116.0	$3,200	C	$5,100	C	19.8	15.3	2.1	12%	1%	0.77	0.18	0.80	0.21	PHI
Kevon Looney	GSW	114.3	$5,400	C	$5,700	C	23.5	24.3	3.4	10%	0%	1.03	0.10	1.06	0.09	LAC
Jakob Poeltl	TOR	112.3	$6,200	C	$8,400	C	26.2	31.7	0.6	18%	-3%	1.21	0.07	1.24	0.17	WAS
Joel Embiid	PHI	112.0	$10,800	C	$11,800	C	35.1	57.4	1.6	37%	-2%	1.63	-0.07	1.62	-0.10	DAL
Daniel Gafford	WAS	110.3	$5,300	C	$6,600	C	19.1	19.7	6.7	14%	-1%	1.03	0.02	1.08	-0.03	TOR

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
Bennedict Mathurin	IND	121.5	$4,800	SG/SF	$5,200	SG/SF	28.2	25.5	0.3	24%	-3%	0.91	0.00	0.87	0.03	SAS
Jordan Nwora	IND	121.5	$3,400	SF/PF	$4,800	PF/SF	16.1	13.2	6.8	17%	1%	0.82	0.25	0.79	0.24	SAS
T.J. McConnell	IND	121.5	$3,600	PG	$4,700	PG	19.5	20.3	-3.1	17%	-2%	1.04	0.03	1.04	0.04	SAS
Norman Powell	LAC	117.8	$4,900	SG/SF	$5,400	SF/SG	25.9	25.6	0.7	25%	0%	0.99	-0.23	0.96	-0.26	GSW
Nicolas Batum	LAC	117.8	$3,300	PF/C	$4,100	SF/PF	22.0	17.0	4.5	11%	3%	0.77	0.14	0.78	0.11	GSW
Mason Plumlee	LAC	117.8	$5,000	C	$5,500	C	27.8	31.1	-5.6	15%	-2%	1.12	-0.07	1.11	-0.09	GSW
Devin Vassell	SAS	116.5	$5,500	SG	$6,700	SG	31.3	33.6		24%		1.07		1.05		IND
Keita Bates-Diop	SAS	116.5	$5,000	SF/PF	$5,300	PF	20.8	16.3	10.9	16%	-1%	0.78	-0.02	0.80	-0.02	IND
Devonte’ Graham	SAS	116.5	$4,400	PG/SG	$5,100	PG	16.7	13.8	10.5	16%	0%	0.83	-0.05	0.82	-0.06	IND
Tim Hardaway	DAL	116.0	$5,200	SG/SF	$5,400	SG/SF	30.2	23.7	-1.1	21%	-3%	0.78	0.12	0.75	0.08	PHI
Christian Wood	DAL	116.0	$6,000	C	$6,200	PF/C	27.2	33.4	-6.9	26%	4%	1.23	0.09	1.21	0.11	PHI
Josh Green	DAL	116.0	$3,800	SF	$4,500	SG	24.6	16.9	-3.6	14%	1%	0.69	0.13	0.68	0.09	PHI
Jonathan Kuminga	GSW	114.3	$4,300	PF/C	$4,500	SF	19.8	16.7	5.7	19%	2%	0.84	-0.05	0.83	-0.05	LAC
Anthony Lamb	GSW	114.3	$3,200	PF	$4,100	SF	19.9	15.8	4.4	14%	-2%	0.80	0.02	0.78	0.06	LAC
Ty Jerome	GSW	114.3	$3,500	PG	$4,400	PG	18.4	15.2	2.4	15%	-4%	0.82	-0.08	0.82	-0.05	LAC
Gary Trent	TOR	112.3	$5,500	SG/SF	$6,100	SG	33.5	28.7	-3.2	21%	2%	0.86	0.02	0.86	-0.01	WAS
Precious Achiuwa	TOR	112.3	$4,200	C	$5,000	PF/C	23.0	22.1	-6.4	19%	2%	0.96	-0.17	0.96	-0.21	WAS
Chris Boucher	TOR	112.3	$3,800	PF	$4,800	C/PF	20.6	20.9	-3.1	18%	0%	1.02	-0.18	1.05	-0.24	WAS
Tyrese Maxey	PHI	112.0	$4,900	PG/SG	$6,200	PG/SG	32.7	30.8	-2.7	25%	-1%	0.94	0.06	0.91	0.06	DAL
Jalen McDaniels	PHI	112.0	$3,200	SF/PF	$4,500	PF/SF	25.4	21.8	-12.6	17%	-1%	0.86	-0.13	0.87	-0.09	DAL
Paul Reed	PHI	112.0	$3,300	C	$4,000	C	9.9	10.1	5.7	14%	4%	1.02	0.07	1.10	0.00	DAL
Deni Avdija	WAS	110.3	$5,000	SF/PF	$5,400	SF/PF	26.4	23.4	2.0	16%	-2%	0.89	-0.08	0.89	-0.08	TOR
Corey Kispert	WAS	110.3	$3,200	SG/SF	$4,000	SF	26.9	16.4	-4.5	13%	-1%	0.61	-0.03	0.59	-0.04	TOR
Taj Gibson	WAS	110.3	$3,000	C	$3,700	C	10.1	8.2	3.0	15%	-2%	0.81	-0.17	0.84	-0.22	TOR

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