NBA DFS First Look: Thursday, March 31st - Sortable Odds, Salaries, Stats

by Derek Farnsworth (Notorious) Last Updated 2022-03-31 15:05:59

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. Be sure to check out more RotoGrinders NBA DFS resources later in the day, including our NBA lineup optimizer, NBA expert rankings, and other NBA Premium tools and content.

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NBA Schedule & Vegas Lines

Road Team	Home Team	Favorite	Spread	Game Total		Road Total	Home Total	Time (ET)
Philadelphia 76ers	Detroit Pistons	PHI	-9.5	223.5		116.5	107.0	7:00 PM
Milwaukee Bucks	Brooklyn Nets	BKN	-2.0	243.5		120.8	122.8	7:30 PM
Cleveland Cavaliers	Atlanta Hawks	ATL	-6.0	227.0		110.5	116.5	7:30 PM
Los Angeles Clippers	Chicago Bulls	CHI	-3.0	221.0		109.0	112.0	8:00 PM
Los Angeles Lakers	Utah Jazz	UTA	-13.0	225.5		106.3	119.3	10:00 PM

Implied Totals, Team Stats, and Pace of Play

Offense	Line	Total	O-Rating	Pace		Opp.	D-Rating	Pace		P-Pace
Brooklyn Nets	-2.0	122.8	118.9	99.4		MIL	114.8	101.8		100.6
Milwaukee Bucks	2.0	120.8	120.0	101.8		BKN	117.2	99.4		100.6
Utah Jazz	-13.0	119.3	117.0	95.4		LAL	119.9	100.1		97.8
Philadelphia 76ers	-9.5	116.5	116.0	97.4		DET	113.0	97.5		97.4
Atlanta Hawks	-6.0	116.5	118.3	98.7		CLE	116.0	95.9		97.3
Chicago Bulls	-3.0	112.0	109.3	98.0		LAC	114.9	96.3		97.1
Cleveland Cavaliers	6.0	110.5	112.3	95.9		ATL	115.6	98.7		97.3
Los Angeles Clippers	3.0	109.0	110.1	96.3		CHI	115.2	98.0		97.1
Detroit Pistons	9.5	107.0	112.4	97.5		PHI	112.0	97.4		97.4
Los Angeles Lakers	13.0	106.3	112.4	100.1		UTA	115.2	95.4		97.8

Note: The team stats above are since the All-Star Break.

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
Kyrie Irving	BKN	122.8	$10,700	PG/SG	$9,600	PG/SG	36.5	45.5	2.1	29%	-2%	60%	-5%	1.25	-0.18	1.22	-0.19	MIL
Jrue Holiday	MIL	120.8	$8,300	PG	$8,500	PG/SG	33.2	38.3	1.7	23%	2%	60%	5%	1.15	0.11	1.13	0.07	BKN
Mike Conley	UTA	119.3	$6,000	PG	$5,400	PG	28.3	28.7	1.6	20%	-2%	57%	3%	1.02	-0.15	1.00	-0.15	LAL
Tyrese Maxey	PHI	116.5	$6,500	PG	$5,900	PG/SG	35.7	30.3	0.6	20%	-2%	58%	-11%	0.85	-0.09	0.84	-0.08	DET
Trae Young	ATL	116.5	$10,900	PG	$9,900	PG	34.9	49.8	-0.2	33%	-4%	60%	5%	1.43	0.12	1.33	0.16	CLE
Ayo Dosunmu	CHI	112.0	$4,100	PG	$3,800	SG	27.3	18.9	4.4	13%	-2%	60%	-7%	0.69	-0.15	0.69	-0.17	LAC
Darius Garland	CLE	110.5	$10,100	PG	$9,300	SG/PG	35.8	41.8	4.1	27%	0%	58%	-1%	1.17	0.06	1.10	0.08	ATL
Reggie Jackson	LAC	109.0	$6,600	PG	$6,300	PG	31.1	30.6	-3.3	27%	2%	49%	-10%	0.98	-0.15	0.94	-0.11	CHI
Cory Joseph	DET	107.0	$3,900	PG/SG	$3,800	PG	24.6	18.6	-4.6	14%	0%	58%	3%	0.76	0.18	0.74	0.20	PHI
Russell Westbrook	LAL	106.3	$8,600	PG	$8,000	PG	34.4	40.4	-1.4	26%	1%	51%	8%	1.17	0.16	1.11	0.15	UTA

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
Seth Curry	BKN	122.8	$5,000	SG/SF	$4,600	PG/SG	33.5	26.9	-6.5	18%	-3%	61%	7%	0.80	-0.02	0.77	-0.01	MIL
Wesley Matthews	MIL	120.8	$3,100	SG/SF	$3,500	SG	19.9	9.9	3.7	10%	-3%	52%	-4%	0.50	-0.05	0.49	-0.02	BKN
Donovan Mitchell	UTA	119.3	$8,800	SG	$8,100	SG/PG	33.7	43.0	0.7	32%	2%	58%	2%	1.28	-0.10	1.23	-0.10	LAL
James Harden	PHI	116.5	$10,200	PG/SG	$10,200	SG/SF	37.1	51.7	-0.4	27%	-1%	59%	4%	1.39	-0.01	1.32	0.02	DET
Kevin Huerter	ATL	116.5	$5,400	SG/SF	$5,500	SG/SF	29.5	22.8	2.4	17%	2%	57%	10%	0.77	0.16	0.75	0.14	CLE
Alex Caruso	CHI	112.0	$5,000	PG/SG	$4,600	PG/SG	28.1	22.4	3.0	13%	-3%	55%	5%	0.80	-0.09	0.83	-0.08	LAC
Caris LeVert	CLE	110.5	$5,800	PG/SG	$5,200	SG/SF	30.5	30.6	2.3	26%	-2%	52%	1%	1.00	-0.10	0.98	-0.12	ATL
Paul George	LAC	109.0	$9,400	SG	$9,700	SG/SF	35.4	46.6	-4.6	33%	7%	53%	15%	1.32	0.55	1.28	0.62	CHI
Cade Cunningham	DET	107.0	$8,700	SG/SF	$8,200	PG/SG	32.8	36.2	2.0	27%	2%	51%	6%	1.10	0.08	1.06	0.10	PHI
Malik Monk	LAL	106.3	$5,500	PG/SG	$5,800	SG	27.7	24.4	1.2	19%	8%	60%	5%	0.88	0.23	0.86	0.23	UTA

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
Bruce Brown	BKN	122.8	$5,600	SF	$5,600	SG	23.8	20.4	3.3	14%	-1%	57%	18%	0.86	0.09	0.90	0.10	MIL
Khris Middleton	MIL	120.8	$7,800	SG/SF	$7,500	SF/SG	32.4	37.9	1.7	26%	1%	58%	-7%	1.17	-0.06	1.13	-0.07	BKN
Bojan Bogdanovic	UTA	119.3	$5,500	SF	$5,000	SF/PF	30.9	27.4		23%		60%		0.89		0.83		LAL
Matisse Thybulle	PHI	116.5	$3,600	SF/PF	$3,700	SF	25.5	15.8	-4.4	10%	-1%	60%	11%	0.62	-0.05	0.70	-0.03	DET
De’Andre Hunter	ATL	116.5	$4,900	SF	$5,000	SF	30.0	21.7	0.1	19%	2%	56%	0%	0.72	0.07	0.72	0.09	CLE
Zach LaVine	CHI	112.0	$8,000	SG/SF	$7,400	SG	34.8	39.1	2.4	29%	1%	61%	2%	1.12	-0.17	1.07	-0.17	LAC
Isaac Okoro	CLE	110.5	$3,900	SG/SF	$4,000	SF/SG	29.8	18.1	2.6	13%	-4%	59%	-2%	0.61	-0.03	0.62	0.01	ATL
Marcus Morris	LAC	109.0	$4,900	SF/PF	$4,900	PF/SF	29.0	26.1	-7.9	23%	0%	55%	-24%	0.90	-0.33	0.87	-0.31	CHI
Saddiq Bey	DET	107.0	$7,000	SF	$5,700	SF	33.7	30.7	-2.1	21%	-2%	53%	-8%	0.91	-0.14	0.88	-0.11	PHI
Austin Reaves	LAL	106.3	$3,700	SG/SF	$3,900	SG	22.6	14.1	1.3	12%	0%	59%	-23%	0.63	0.12	0.63	0.14	UTA

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
Kevin Durant	BKN	122.8	$11,400	SF/PF	$10,900	SF/PF	36.7	51.5	1.2	31%	1%	63%	-3%	1.40	0.14	1.36	0.17	MIL
Giannis Antetokounmpo	MIL	120.8	$11,800	SF/PF	$11,900	PF/SF	32.8	58.3	-1.0	34%	2%	63%	6%	1.78	0.24	1.75	0.26	BKN
Royce O’Neale	UTA	119.3	$4,100	SF/PF	$3,900	SF/PF	31.5	21.0	0.8	10%	0%	63%	-17%	0.67	-0.19	0.67	-0.19	LAL
Tobias Harris	PHI	116.5	$6,700	PF	$6,500	PF/SF	35.0	34.2	-1.3	22%	-4%	56%	4%	0.98	0.09	0.96	0.09	DET
Danilo Gallinari	ATL	116.5	$5,600	PF	$5,400	SF/PF	25.0	21.2	12.1	18%	8%	57%	-1%	0.85	0.14	0.83	0.14	CLE
DeMar DeRozan	CHI	112.0	$8,400	PF	$8,300	SG/SF	36.1	43.6	1.4	31%	5%	59%	-4%	1.21	-0.04	1.20	-0.06	LAC
Lauri Markkanen	CLE	110.5	$6,400	SF/PF	$5,700	PF/SF	31.2	27.0	1.4	19%	3%	57%	1%	0.86	0.01	0.86	0.01	ATL
Nicolas Batum	LAC	109.0	$3,700	PF/C	$3,900	SF/PF	24.6	19.8	-5.8	13%	1%	60%	9%	0.81	-0.04	0.82	-0.05	CHI
Marvin Bagley	DET	107.0	$6,100	PF/C	$6,200	PF/C	23.9	23.0	6.4	19%	1%	55%	14%	0.96	0.03	0.96	0.05	PHI
Stanley Johnson	LAL	106.3	$3,800	PF	$4,500	SF	22.1	15.4	6.0	12%	-1%	58%	20%	0.70	0.12	0.73	0.12	UTA

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
Andre Drummond	BKN	122.8	$6,000	C	$7,000	C	19.5	25.3	6.7	18%	3%	58%	6%	1.30	0.10	1.34	0.08	MIL
Brook Lopez	MIL	120.8	$3,900	C	$4,700	C	22.7	19.5	3.0	19%	3%	55%	1%	0.86	0.02	0.87	-0.01	BKN
Rudy Gobert	UTA	119.3	$7,700	C	$7,800	C	32.1	41.2	3.3	16%	-4%	73%	-8%	1.28	-0.25	1.31	-0.26	LAL
Joel Embiid	PHI	116.5	$11,500	C	$11,500	C	33.5	56.1	1.1	37%	-2%	61%	-1%	1.67	0.05	1.65	0.07	DET
Clint Capela	ATL	116.5	$6,200	C	$6,000	C	27.7	31.7	-2.9	15%	3%	60%	1%	1.14	0.07	1.18	0.01	CLE
Nikola Vucevic	CHI	112.0	$8,100	C	$7,700	C	33.4	41.8	-0.4	24%	-2%	54%	10%	1.25	-0.04	1.23	0.00	LAC
Moses Brown	CLE	110.5	$3,200	C	$4,300	C	6.7	7.3	3.0	21%	-6%	59%	32%	1.09	0.14	1.15	0.14	ATL
Ivica Zubac	LAC	109.0	$4,900	C	$5,100	C	24.3	25.4	-4.7	17%	1%	66%	-14%	1.04	-0.03	1.05	0.01	CHI
Isaiah Stewart	DET	107.0	$5,000	C	$5,800	PF/C	26.0	23.4	3.1	14%	1%	55%	8%	0.90	0.12	0.92	0.09	PHI
Dwight Howard	LAL	106.3	$4,200	C	$4,000	C	15.3	15.5	4.3	14%	4%	64%	-2%	1.02	-0.10	1.06	-0.13	UTA

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
Goran Dragic	BKN	122.8	$4,600	PG	$4,800	PG	23.8	19.7	2.2	17%	-1%	48%	1%	0.83	0.05	0.82	0.07	MIL
Patty Mills	BKN	122.8	$3,100	PG/SG	$3,500	SG/PG	29.3	20.4	-10.8	16%	-3%	56%	-24%	0.69	-0.30	0.66	-0.31	MIL
Nic Claxton	BKN	122.8	$4,100	C	$4,300	C/PF	20.4	19.8	-2.4	15%	-1%	67%	24%	0.97	0.11	1.02	0.14	MIL
Pat Connaughton	MIL	120.8	$3,700	SF/PF	$4,200	SG/SF	26.5	20.5	-5.0	14%	5%	63%	-2%	0.77	0.05	0.76	0.04	BKN
Bobby Portis	MIL	120.8	$6,000	PF/C	$5,200	PF/C	28.4	31.6	-7.0	21%	-2%	57%	-17%	1.11	-0.11	1.09	-0.11	BKN
Grayson Allen	MIL	120.8	$4,000	SG/SF	$3,800	SG	27.4	20.6	-0.9	15%	-1%	61%	19%	0.75	-0.05	0.73	-0.09	BKN
Jordan Clarkson	UTA	119.3	$6,200	PG/SG	$5,500	PG/SG	27.0	26.4	4.1	26%	-1%	53%	-6%	0.98	-0.14	0.94	-0.13	LAL
Danuel House	UTA	119.3	$3,000	SF/PF	$3,500	SF	16.2	12.3		15%		56%		0.76		0.75		LAL
Rudy Gay	UTA	119.3	$3,200	PF	$4,100	PF/SF	18.9	17.0	-1.8	19%	3%	54%	-4%	0.90	-0.01	0.88	-0.05	LAL
Shake Milton	PHI	116.5	$3,100	PG/SG	$3,700	PG/SG	21.4	16.3	-2.7	18%	-5%	50%	-7%	0.76	-0.16	0.76	-0.18	DET
Georges Niang	PHI	116.5	$4,000	PF	$3,600	PF/SF	23.1	16.6	-5.8	16%	-4%	59%	-3%	0.72	-0.11	0.68	-0.10	DET
Danny Green	PHI	116.5	$3,500	SF	$3,700	SG/SF	21.9	13.7	-2.2	12%	-2%	55%	9%	0.63	0.08	0.64	0.06	DET
Bogdan Bogdanovic	ATL	116.5	$6,300	SG/SF	$6,100	SF/SG	29.4	27.8	-3.3	21%	7%	57%	8%	0.95	0.23	0.93	0.19	CLE
Delon Wright	ATL	116.5	$4,000	PG/SG	$4,900	PG/SG	18.7	14.6	6.9	10%	-2%	57%	11%	0.78	0.00	0.83	0.03	CLE
Onyeka Okongwu	ATL	116.5	$3,400	C	$4,200	C	20.7	20.4	0.2	14%	-3%	71%	-17%	0.98	-0.01	1.05	0.00	CLE
Coby White	CHI	112.0	$4,500	PG/SG	$3,800	PG/SG	27.5	23.2	-2.8	20%	1%	57%	-5%	0.84	-0.06	0.81	-0.08	LAC
Patrick Williams	CHI	112.0	$3,200	SF/PF	$3,700	SF/PF	21.0	11.5	-3.8	11%	-1%	54%	-9%	0.55	0.02	0.57	0.02	LAC
Javonte Green	CHI	112.0	$3,300	SF	$3,600	SG/SF	23.7	17.1	-6.9	11%	1%	64%	8%	0.72	0.03	0.76	0.03	LAC
Kevin Love	CLE	110.5	$5,900	PF/C	$6,300	PF/C	22.6	27.7	4.5	24%	-4%	59%	-6%	1.23	-0.29	1.16	-0.28	ATL
Lamar Stevens	CLE	110.5	$3,500	SG/SF	$4,800	PF	15.5	11.2	9.3	17%	3%	55%	8%	0.72	0.09	0.73	0.07	ATL
Dylan Windler	CLE	110.5	$3,300	SG/SF	$3,500	SG	9.1	6.3	1.3	11%	-3%	55%	-2%	0.69	0.09	0.69	0.16	ATL
Terance Mann	LAC	109.0	$5,200	PG/SF	$6,200	SG/SF	28.9	23.3	-2.0	16%	3%	57%	12%	0.81	0.17	0.80	0.18	CHI
Luke Kennard	LAC	109.0	$3,800	SG/SF	$3,800	SG/SF	27.6	21.2	0.1	16%	-1%	62%	-2%	0.77	-0.14	0.73	-0.14	CHI
Robert Covington	LAC	109.0	$4,200	PF/C	$5,300	PF/SF	27.7	22.7	-3.4	13%	3%	55%	21%	0.82	0.25	0.87	0.25	CHI
Killian Hayes	DET	107.0	$4,300	PG	$5,600	PG	24.8	19.4	5.1	15%	1%	45%	11%	0.78	0.18	0.79	0.21	PHI
Kelly Olynyk	DET	107.0	$3,500	PF/C	$4,100	C/PF	19.0	21.0	-1.2	21%	-3%	55%	7%	1.10	0.09	1.10	0.11	PHI
Frank Jackson	DET	107.0	$3,200	SG	$3,500	PG	21.9	15.8	-7.1	21%	3%	53%	-13%	0.72	0.04	0.69	0.09	PHI
Carmelo Anthony	LAL	106.3	$4,800	PF	$4,100	SF/PF	26.0	23.7	-7.3	19%	0%	59%	-7%	0.91	-0.05	0.91	-0.06	UTA
Talen Horton-Tucker	LAL	106.3	$4,100	SG/SF	$3,700	SG/SF	25.3	19.8	-6.3	18%	5%	50%	7%	0.78	-0.05	0.79	-0.05	UTA
Wenyen Gabriel	LAL	106.3	$4,100	PF/C	$3,800	PF	12.8	11.0	10.8	17%	-2%	50%	-3%	0.86	-0.13	0.87	-0.10	UTA

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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