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NBA DFS First Look: Thursday, November 18th

by Derek Farnsworth (Notorious) Last Updated 2021-11-18 15:34:43

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)
Golden State Warriors Cleveland Cavaliers GSW -8.5 206.5 107.5 99.0 7:30 PM
Washington Wizards Miami Heat MIA -6.5 207.5 100.5 107.0 7:30 PM
Los Angeles Clippers Memphis Grizzlies LAC -1.0 221.0 111.0 110.0 8:00 PM
San Antonio Spurs Minnesota Timberwolves MIN -2.5 219.5 108.5 111.0 8:00 PM
Philadelphia 76ers Denver Nuggets DEN -7.5 209.5 101.0 108.5 9:00 PM
Toronto Raptors Utah Jazz UTA -9.5 215.5 103.0 112.5 9:00 PM

Implied Totals, Team Stats, and Pace of Play

Offense Line Total O-Rating Pace Opp. D-Rating Pace P-Pace
Utah Jazz -9.5 112.5 113.0 98.2 TOR 108.8 96.8 97.5
Minnesota Timberwolves -2.5 111.0 102.7 100.6 SAS 106.3 101.9 101.2
Los Angeles Clippers -1.0 111.0 106.1 101.9 MEM 112.1 100.0 101.0
Memphis Grizzlies 1.0 110.0 108.1 100.0 LAC 100.8 101.9 101.0
San Antonio Spurs 2.5 108.5 105.9 101.9 MIN 106.0 100.6 101.2
Denver Nuggets -7.5 108.5 106.9 96.7 PHI 110.3 96.6 96.6
Golden State Warriors -8.5 107.5 112.0 102.1 CLE 103.6 97.7 99.9
Miami Heat -6.5 107.0 111.5 97.6 WAS 102.8 98.1 97.8
Toronto Raptors 9.5 103.0 109.4 96.8 UTA 104.1 98.2 97.5
Philadelphia 76ers 7.5 101.0 112.2 96.6 DEN 102.5 96.7 96.6
Washington Wizards 6.5 100.5 106.6 98.1 MIA 103.7 97.6 97.8
Cleveland Cavaliers 8.5 99.0 105.3 97.7 GSW 98.9 102.1 99.9

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
Mike Conley UTA 112.5 $6,100 PG $5,700 PG 28.4 28.5 -1.5 19% -5% 63% -6% 1.00 -0.08 0.98 -0.07 TOR
Patrick Beverley MIN 111.0 $4,200 PG $4,700 PG 27.1 24.5 1.7 13% 1% 56% 1% 0.90 -0.05 0.91 -0.04 SAS
Reggie Jackson LAC 111.0 $6,500 PG $6,300 PG 34.5 30.7 -1.8 24% 2% 50% 1% 0.89 0.06 0.84 0.06 MEM
Ja Morant MEM 110.0 $10,000 PG $10,000 PG 34.4 48.2 -1.8 31% -2% 58% 2% 1.40 0.20 1.36 0.20 LAC
Dejounte Murray SAS 108.5 $9,800 PG $9,900 PG/SG 34.6 46.6 0.4 25% 3% 51% 4% 1.35 0.06 1.34 0.03 MIN
Monte Morris DEN 108.5 $4,700 PG $5,100 PG 29.7 22.9 0.8 18% 1% 52% 0% 0.77 0.16 0.76 0.18 PHI
Stephen Curry GSW 107.5 $11,800 PG $11,100 PG 33.5 53.1 -0.2 31% 0% 64% 6% 1.59 0.06 1.51 0.07 CLE
Kyle Lowry MIA 107.0 $7,600 PG $7,400 PG 34.3 32.8 1.0 18% 4% 56% 10% 0.96 0.07 0.90 0.06 WAS
Fred VanVleet TOR 103.0 $8,300 PG/SG $8,400 PG 38.8 40.9 -0.2 22% 1% 56% 6% 1.06 0.08 1.03 0.09 UTA
Tyrese Maxey PHI 101.0 $7,100 PG $7,900 PG/SG 35.8 31.3 1.8 20% 3% 61% 7% 0.88 0.17 0.87 0.16 DEN
Aaron Holiday WAS 100.5 $3,800 PG/SG $4,400 PG 17.8 12.8 4.1 17% 0% 53% -5% 0.72 -0.02 0.72 0.01 MIA
Ricky Rubio CLE 99.0 $6,900 PG $6,800 PG 29.1 32.5 3.5 25% 4% 53% -1% 1.12 -0.04 1.06 -0.03 GSW

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
Donovan Mitchell UTA 112.5 $8,900 PG/SG $8,600 SG/PG 32.1 41.6 -1.0 33% -5% 55% 4% 1.30 0.02 1.27 0.09 TOR
D’Angelo Russell MIN 111.0 $7,400 PG/SG $7,200 SG/PG 31.3 34.1 2.0 26% -1% 50% -1% 1.09 0.03 1.06 0.07 SAS
Eric Bledsoe LAC 111.0 $5,800 PG/SG $5,700 SG/PG 28.6 26.2 4.3 20% 1% 49% 10% 0.92 0.07 0.94 0.04 MEM
Desmond Bane MEM 110.0 $4,400 SG $4,600 SG 28.7 24.6 -3.6 21% -1% 55% -13% 0.86 -0.13 0.83 -0.11 LAC
Derrick White SAS 108.5 $5,300 PG/SG $5,300 PG 30.8 27.3 -2.6 18% -1% 50% 0% 0.89 -0.09 0.90 -0.09 MIN
Austin Rivers DEN 108.5 $3,300 SG $3,900 SG/PG 15.0 6.1 5.7 13% -1% 35% 5% 0.41 -0.02 0.40 -0.01 PHI
Jordan Poole GSW 107.5 $6,000 PG/SG $5,600 PG/SG 29.6 28.7 1.8 26% -2% 55% -6% 0.97 -0.19 0.94 -0.19 CLE
Jimmy Butler MIA 107.0 $9,500 SF $9,700 SF/SG 33.3 44.3 3.3 28% 3% 63% 4% 1.33 0.42 1.34 0.26 WAS
Gary Trent TOR 103.0 $5,900 SG/SF $7,000 SG/SF 34.6 29.2 2.6 20% 0% 53% 7% 0.84 0.02 0.88 -0.01 UTA
Shake Milton PHI 101.0 $5,000 PG/SG $5,300 PG/SG 25.6 22.5 3.4 21% 0% 53% -1% 0.88 -0.16 0.87 -0.17 DEN
Bradley Beal WAS 100.5 $9,400 SG $8,700 SG 35.9 41.4 0.3 32% -2% 50% -4% 1.15 -0.10 1.12 -0.12 MIA
Darius Garland CLE 99.0 $6,800 PG/SG $6,000 PG 34.3 33.0 2.1 23% 3% 59% -3% 0.96 0.04 0.91 0.06 GSW

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
Bojan Bogdanovic UTA 112.5 $5,700 SF/PF $5,700 SF/PF 30.3 26.7 -0.8 23% 2% 60% 5% 0.88 0.05 0.83 0.01 TOR
Anthony Edwards MIN 111.0 $7,700 SG/SF $8,200 SF/SG 36.6 40.2 -0.4 29% -4% 52% -6% 1.10 -0.20 1.06 -0.21 SAS
Luke Kennard LAC 111.0 $4,400 SG/SF $4,600 SG/SF 26.8 20.1 -0.2 14% -1% 60% -7% 0.75 0.00 0.72 0.03 MEM
Dillon Brooks MEM 110.0 $6,000 SF $5,900 SG/SF 26.5 31.4 0.0 31% 0% 56% 0% 1.19 0.00 1.15 0.00 LAC
Doug McDermott SAS 108.5 $3,800 SF/PF $5,100 PF/SF 25.6 16.2 1.6 16% 0% 58% 2% 0.63 0.08 0.58 0.08 MIN
Jeff Green DEN 108.5 $3,800 SF/PF $4,400 PF/SF 21.2 13.4 7.6 17% -4% 53% 7% 0.63 0.03 0.63 0.07 PHI
Andrew Wiggins GSW 107.5 $6,400 SG/SF $6,500 SF 29.1 28.6 -0.3 24% 3% 59% 9% 0.98 0.24 0.97 0.24 CLE
Duncan Robinson MIA 107.0 $5,000 SG/SF $5,800 SG 29.7 22.1 -0.2 17% 2% 52% 4% 0.74 0.19 0.72 0.20 WAS
Scottie Barnes TOR 103.0 $6,700 SF/PF $6,800 SF/PF 35.5 33.3 1.6 20% -1% 56% 0% 0.94 -0.10 0.94 -0.12 UTA
Seth Curry PHI 101.0 $4,900 SG $5,400 PG/SG 32.9 25.0 -1.5 18% 0% 66% -21% 0.76 -0.03 0.72 -0.01 DEN
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope WAS 100.5 $4,400 SG/SF $5,200 SG/SF 30.5 20.7 0.2 14% 3% 51% -9% 0.68 -0.01 0.69 0.00 MIA
Isaac Okoro CLE 99.0 $4,900 SF $4,300 SF 27.6 16.5 0.4 15% 5% 42% -5% 0.60 0.09 0.61 0.08 GSW

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
Royce O’Neale UTA 112.5 $4,400 PF $4,800 SF/PF 31.3 20.7 0.3 10% 1% 58% -7% 0.66 -0.07 0.69 -0.07 TOR
Jarred Vanderbilt MIN 111.0 $3,500 PF/C $4,000 PF 19.4 16.7 0.8 11% -1% 56% 4% 0.86 0.02 0.91 0.06 SAS
Paul George LAC 111.0 $11,000 SG/SF $10,100 SG/SF 35.0 49.9 0.1 34% 1% 56% -2% 1.43 -0.06 1.38 -0.07 MEM
Jaren Jackson MEM 110.0 $6,300 PF/C $6,900 PF/C 26.5 28.6 -0.9 23% 0% 51% 1% 1.08 0.07 1.12 0.12 LAC
Keldon Johnson SAS 108.5 $6,300 PF $6,700 PF/SF 31.0 29.5 2.3 22% -4% 52% 5% 0.95 0.02 0.95 0.00 MIN
Aaron Gordon DEN 108.5 $5,300 PF $5,100 PF 30.7 25.4 2.3 18% 0% 58% -2% 0.83 0.02 0.83 0.04 PHI
Draymond Green GSW 107.5 $6,700 PF/C $7,000 PF/C 29.7 31.8 -2.1 14% 0% 60% 15% 1.07 0.03 1.08 0.02 CLE
P.J. Tucker MIA 107.0 $4,000 PF/C $4,500 PF/C 27.8 18.1 0.2 10% 2% 63% 17% 0.65 0.20 0.63 0.20 WAS
OG Anunoby TOR 103.0 $7,800 SF/PF $7,700 SF/PF 37.3 35.7 1.0 23% -2% 53% 5% 0.96 -0.09 0.95 -0.09 UTA
Tobias Harris PHI 101.0 $8,800 PF $7,500 PF/SF 33.0 39.0 0.0 26% 2% 59% -3% 1.18 0.02 1.14 0.01 DEN
Kyle Kuzma WAS 100.5 $6,600 SF/PF $6,900 SF/PF 32.9 31.6 -0.3 21% 1% 50% -1% 0.96 -0.05 0.93 -0.04 MIA
Dean Wade CLE 99.0 $4,200 SF $4,500 PF/SF 20.6 11.3 10.5 10% -1% 48% -5% 0.55 -0.11 0.55 -0.11 GSW

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
Rudy Gobert UTA 112.5 $8,000 C $8,500 C 30.9 41.7 -1.3 17% 1% 72% -9% 1.35 -0.04 1.38 -0.02 TOR
Karl-Anthony Towns MIN 111.0 $10,500 C $9,800 C 35.4 45.6 -0.7 25% -1% 64% 5% 1.29 -0.04 1.24 -0.03 SAS
Ivica Zubac LAC 111.0 $5,100 C $5,500 C 24.6 24.2 2.1 14% 1% 67% -5% 0.98 0.08 1.00 0.08 MEM
Steven Adams MEM 110.0 $4,600 C $5,600 C 25.6 25.5 1.4 14% -1% 57% -3% 1.00 0.07 1.03 0.11 LAC
Drew Eubanks SAS 108.5 $4,600 C $5,500 C/PF 16.8 18.2 6.7 17% -1% 62% 8% 1.08 -0.08 1.12 -0.14 MIN
Nikola Jokic DEN 108.5 $12,000 C $11,600 C 32.2 58.0 1.2 31% 4% 67% -6% 1.80 0.08 1.74 0.04 PHI
Kevon Looney GSW 107.5 $3,600 C $4,500 C/PF 17.1 17.1 4.0 13% 0% 57% -9% 1.00 0.10 1.04 0.09 CLE
Bam Adebayo MIA 107.0 $8,400 C $8,300 C/PF 33.1 41.1 5.2 26% -6% 58% 4% 1.24 -0.14 1.22 -0.11 WAS
Pascal Siakam TOR 103.0 $7,900 PF/C $8,100 PF 32.2 36.2 2.4 23% -1% 60% 2% 1.12 -0.01 1.12 -0.04 UTA
Andre Drummond PHI 101.0 $8,200 C $8,200 C 21.7 29.0 4.9 19% 1% 50% -5% 1.33 0.00 1.38 0.00 DEN
Daniel Gafford WAS 100.5 $4,500 C $5,000 C 20.6 21.1 3.6 16% -1% 66% -10% 1.03 -0.07 1.13 -0.08 MIA
Jarrett Allen CLE 99.0 $7,500 C $7,500 C/PF 32.3 34.4 -3.6 16% -2% 69% 13% 1.07 -0.24 1.08 -0.24 GSW

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
Joe Ingles UTA 112.5 $4,200 SG/SF $4,200 SG/SF 25.1 16.9 -0.9 12% 0% 60% -21% 0.67 -0.11 0.63 -0.09 TOR
Jordan Clarkson UTA 112.5 $5,200 PG/SG $5,800 PG/SG 25.4 24.2 0.3 29% 1% 47% 7% 0.95 0.14 0.91 0.11 TOR
Hassan Whiteside UTA 112.5 $4,100 C $4,500 C 16.3 19.6 0.8 17% 2% 61% -5% 1.20 -0.22 1.26 -0.24 TOR
Jaden McDaniels MIN 111.0 $3,100 SF/PF $4,000 PF 25.0 14.9 0.9 12% 4% 46% 2% 0.60 0.10 0.62 0.06 SAS
Malik Beasley MIN 111.0 $4,400 SG $4,300 SF/SG 24.8 17.5 -2.1 18% 2% 43% -6% 0.71 0.04 0.69 0.04 SAS
Naz Reid MIN 111.0 $3,400 PF/C $4,400 C 15.5 17.5 -0.1 22% -1% 59% 0% 1.13 -0.10 1.19 -0.07 SAS
Terance Mann LAC 111.0 $4,700 SG/SF $4,500 SG/SF 29.7 22.9 -2.9 14% -2% 57% 3% 0.77 -0.14 0.76 -0.16 MEM
Isaiah Hartenstein LAC 111.0 $3,800 C $3,900 PF 16.4 18.6 1.9 17% 1% 65% -1% 1.13 0.03 1.19 0.00 MEM
Amir Coffey LAC 111.0 $3,000 PG/SG $3,600 PF 8.1 4.6 2.8 12% -4% 51% 20% 0.57 0.00 0.56 0.03 MEM
De’Anthony Melton MEM 110.0 $4,100 PG/SG $4,700 SG/PG 26.4 23.5 -5.3 18% -2% 50% -15% 0.89 -0.20 0.92 -0.20 LAC
Kyle Anderson MEM 110.0 $4,500 SF/PF $5,500 SF/PF 22.2 22.2 -1.1 17% 2% 53% 7% 1.00 0.05 1.02 0.06 LAC
Tyus Jones MEM 110.0 $3,100 PG $3,900 PG 15.8 14.6 -3.1 14% 3% 62% -13% 0.92 -0.25 0.91 -0.28 LAC
Thaddeus Young SAS 108.5 $5,500 PF/C $5,800 PF 19.5 22.7 5.0 19% 3% 58% -3% 1.16 0.02 1.22 0.00 MIN
Lonnie Walker SAS 108.5 $3,600 SG/SF $4,400 SG/SF 23.2 20.9 -2.2 22% 0% 50% -10% 0.90 -0.06 0.89 -0.02 MIN
Devin Vassell SAS 108.5 $4,500 SG/SF $5,400 SG 25.9 23.5 0.0 18% -2% 58% 17% 0.91 0.03 0.92 0.00 MIN
JaMychal Green DEN 108.5 $3,500 PF/C $3,800 PF/C 14.0 12.1 2.8 19% -3% 56% -8% 0.86 0.01 0.88 0.01 PHI
P.J. Dozier DEN 108.5 $3,600 SG/SF $3,800 SG/SF 19.8 15.0 3.0 14% 0% 49% 15% 0.76 0.05 0.78 0.01 PHI
Bones Hyland DEN 108.5 $3,400 PG/SG $4,500 PG 16.5 16.8 2.6 22% 0% 55% 10% 1.02 0.13 1.01 0.08 PHI
Damion Lee GSW 107.5 $3,200 SG/SF $4,000 SG 23.1 17.5 -4.8 19% 2% 57% -29% 0.76 -0.15 0.72 -0.14 CLE
Otto Porter GSW 107.5 $3,500 SF/PF $4,000 SF/PF 16.7 16.6 -1.0 15% 0% 62% -6% 0.99 -0.13 1.01 -0.13 CLE
Gary Payton GSW 107.5 $3,900 PG/SG $4,800 SG 12.9 14.2 4.0 14% -2% 73% -10% 1.10 -0.07 1.18 -0.05 CLE
Tyler Herro MIA 107.0 $7,300 PG/SG $7,600 SG/SF 33.8 35.6 3.7 27% 2% 56% -3% 1.05 0.00 0.98 0.02 WAS
Dewayne Dedmon MIA 107.0 $4,100 C $3,700 C 15.1 14.2 3.4 14% -4% 64% -1% 0.94 -0.17 0.96 -0.15 WAS
Max Strus MIA 107.0 $3,400 SG/SF $4,000 SG 18.7 14.3 2.0 15% 2% 59% 5% 0.76 0.09 0.72 0.07 WAS
Khem Birch TOR 103.0 $3,000 C $4,100 C/PF 22.9 17.0 -4.1 11% 1% 53% -6% 0.74 -0.10 0.77 -0.12 UTA
Chris Boucher TOR 103.0 $3,000 PF/C $4,900 C/PF 13.5 12.7 0.7 20% -1% 45% 7% 0.94 -0.10 1.00 -0.13 UTA
Precious Achiuwa TOR 103.0 $4,100 C $5,500 PF/C 24.1 23.3 3.0 19% -5% 38% -16% 0.97 0.03 0.98 0.16 UTA
Furkan Korkmaz PHI 101.0 $4,400 SG/SF $5,000 SG/SF 26.1 21.7 4.8 20% -3% 52% -24% 0.83 -0.19 0.80 -0.15 DEN
Georges Niang PHI 101.0 $3,900 SF/PF $4,600 PF/SF 23.6 20.1 1.8 20% -2% 59% -3% 0.85 -0.05 0.83 -0.01 DEN
Paul Reed PHI 101.0 $3,200 PF/C $4,000 PF/C 10.7 10.2 3.9 12% 0% 53% -7% 0.95 -0.13 1.07 -0.11 DEN
Montrezl Harrell WAS 100.5 $6,200 C $7,600 C/PF 28.1 35.3 -4.9 21% 3% 70% 0% 1.25 0.27 1.27 0.28 MIA
Deni Avdija WAS 100.5 $3,700 SF/PF $4,300 SF/PF 21.8 18.4 -0.2 12% -1% 54% 12% 0.84 0.13 0.88 0.14 MIA
Raul Neto WAS 100.5 $3,200 PG $3,800 PG 21.2 16.6 -2.4 18% 3% 55% -4% 0.78 -0.14 0.78 -0.20 MIA
Kevin Love CLE 99.0 $6,600 PF/C $5,600 PF/C 20.8 23.9 0.6 22% 3% 48% 2% 1.15 0.01 1.11 -0.02 GSW
Cedi Osman CLE 99.0 $6,100 SG/SF $6,000 SF/PF 21.8 19.2 3.9 19% 4% 63% -1% 0.88 0.18 0.85 0.22 GSW
Dylan Windler CLE 99.0 $3,200 SG $3,600 SG 11.6 9.6 2.8 13% -2% 63% -13% 0.83 -0.04 0.82 -0.03 GSW

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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Derek Farnsworth (aka Notorious) is a lead RotoGrinders Expert and one of the most recognizable names and faces in all of DFS. Before joining the RotoGrinders team, Derek received a Master’s Degree from the University of Utah. When he’s not busy providing content, he’s dominating the DFS industry as evidenced by his consistent top rankings in several sports and multiple Live Final appearances. Noto provides expert NBA, NFL, MLB, and PGA analysis for RotoGrinders Premium members on a daily basis and has also been nominated for five different Fantasy Sports Writer’s Association (FSWA) awards. Follow Noto on X – @RG_Notorious