NBA DFS First Look: Thursday, October 26th

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)
Philadelphia 76ers Milwaukee Bucks MIL -6.0 225.5 109.8 115.8 7:30 PM
Phoenix Suns Los Angeles Lakers LAL -5.5 223.0 108.8 114.3 10:00 PM

Implied Totals, Team Stats, and Pace of Play

Note: The team stats are all from this year’s preseason.

Offense Line Total O-Rating Pace Opp. D-Rating Pace P-Pace
Milwaukee Bucks -6.0 115.8 102.9 104.9 PHI 109.5 103.0 104.0
Los Angeles Lakers -5.5 114.3 102.8 108.5 PHO 105.7 103.2 105.8
Philadelphia 76ers 6.0 109.8 110.2 103.0 MIL 104.4 104.9 104.0
Phoenix Suns 5.5 108.8 114.1 103.2 LAL 109.4 108.5 105.8

Point Guard (Projected Starters)

Note: The +/- columns show the difference between last season and this year’s preseason.

Starter Team Total DK FD MIN/G FP/G +/- USG% +/- DK/M +/- FD/M +/- OPP
Damian Lillard MIL 115.8 $9,000 $9,500 36.3 52.5 -11.5 33% -10% 1.45 -0.41 1.36 -0.27 PHI
D’Angelo Russell LAL 114.3 $5,500 $6,000 32.5 33.9 -11.7 23% 0% 1.04 0.30 1.00 0.36 PHO
Tyrese Maxey PHI 109.8 $7,500 $7,700 33.6 31.7 -7.7 24% 1% 0.94 0.31 0.91 0.35 MIL
Jordan Goodwin PHO 108.8 $3,200 $3,600 17.8 17.2 -1.5 17% -1% 0.97 0.39 1.00 0.50 LAL

Shooting Guard (Projected Starters)

Note: The +/- columns show the difference between last season and this year’s preseason.

Starter Team Total DK Pos FD Pos MIN/G FP/G +/- USG% +/- DK/M +/- FD/M +/- OPP
Malik Beasley MIL 115.8 $5,000 SG $4,500 SF/SG 25.8 22.0 -3.3 21% 0% 0.85 0.10 0.81 0.09 PHI
Austin Reaves LAL 114.3 $5,600 SG/SF $6,900 SF/SG 28.8 23.4 -6.3 15% 6% 0.81 0.45 0.79 0.46 PHO
De’Anthony Melton PHI 109.8 $5,300 PG/SG $5,800 PG/SG 27.9 23.7 -2.0 16% 7% 0.85 0.69 0.86 0.70 MIL
Grayson Allen PHO 108.8 $4,200 SG/SF $3,900 SG/SF 27.4 20.7 -4.2 14% 7% 0.75 0.29 0.74 0.30 LAL

Small Forward (Projected Starters)

Note: The +/- columns show the difference between last season and this year’s preseason.

Starter Team Total DK Pos FD Pos MIN/G FP/G +/- USG% +/- DK/M +/- FD/M +/- OPP
Khris Middleton MIL 115.8 $6,500 SG/SF $7,300 SG/SF 24.3 29.3 -12.5 26% -5% 1.21 0.00 1.16 0.00 PHI
Taurean Prince LAL 114.3 $4,300 SF/PF $4,900 SF/PF 22.1 16.2 -4.7 17% -1% 0.73 0.22 0.71 0.26 PHO
Tobias Harris PHI 109.8 $6,600 SF/PF $6,800 PF/SF 32.9 28.8 -6.9 18% 5% 0.87 0.19 0.87 0.20 MIL
Josh Okogie PHO 108.8 $4,700 SF $5,000 SF/SG 18.8 16.6 1.2 17% -2% 0.88 0.19 0.90 0.22 LAL

Power Forward (Projected Starters)

Note: The +/- columns show the difference between last season and this year’s preseason.

Starter Team Total DK Pos FD Pos MIN/G FP/G +/- USG% +/- DK/M +/- FD/M +/- OPP
Giannis Antetokounmpo MIL 115.8 $10,200 PF/C $12,000 PF/SF 32.1 57.4 -9.6 37% -7% 1.79 -0.07 1.72 0.02 PHI
LeBron James LAL 114.3 $8,700 SF/PF $10,000 SF/PF 35.5 52.6 -16.7 32% -4% 1.48 -0.11 1.43 -0.12 PHO
P.J. Tucker PHI 109.8 $3,600 PF/C $3,700 PF 25.6 11.0 -9.1 7% 0% 0.43 0.16 0.43 0.22 MIL
Kevin Durant PHO 108.8 $8,900 PF $9,800 SF/PF 35.6 48.7 -19.1 31% 2% 1.37 0.23 1.35 0.16 LAL

Center (Projected Starters)

Note: The +/- columns show the difference between last season and this year’s preseason.

Starter Team Total DK Pos FD Pos MIN/G FP/G +/- USG% +/- DK/M +/- FD/M +/- OPP
Brook Lopez MIL 115.8 $6,000 C $7,000 C 30.4 32.6 -13.2 19% 5% 1.07 0.05 1.11 0.01 PHI
Anthony Davis LAL 114.3 $8,800 C $10,300 PF/C 34.0 51.7 -15.9 28% -2% 1.52 0.13 1.54 0.21 PHO
Joel Embiid PHI 109.8 $10,300 C $11,200 C 34.6 57.3 -1.4 37% -10% 1.66 -0.64 1.64 -0.60 MIL
Jusuf Nurkic PHO 108.8 $6,100 C $7,900 C 26.8 32.0 -8.8 22% 1% 1.19 0.02 1.18 0.03 LAL

Notable Bench Players

Note: The +/- columns show the difference between last season and this year’s preseason.

Starter Team Total DK Pos FD Pos MIN/G FP/G +/- USG% +/- DK/M +/- FD/M +/- OPP
Pat Connaughton MIL 115.8 $4,600 SG/SF $4,100 SF/SG 23.7 17.6 -2.4 13% 4% 0.74 0.23 0.73 0.22 PHI
Bobby Portis MIL 115.8 $5,400 PF/C $5,000 PF/C 26.0 30.5 -9.8 21% -1% 1.17 0.07 1.11 0.13 PHI
Cameron Payne MIL 115.8 $4,900 PG $4,800 PG/SG 20.2 21.5 -4.9 24% -3% 1.07 -0.21 1.03 -0.19 PHI
Christian Wood LAL 114.3 $4,800 C $4,400 PF/C 25.9 31.6 -8.9 26% -7% 1.22 -0.33 1.20 -0.31 PHO
Rui Hachimura LAL 114.3 $4,000 PF $4,000 PF/SF 23.3 19.6 -3.0 19% 1% 0.84 0.05 0.84 0.03 PHO
Gabe Vincent LAL 114.3 $3,700 PG/SG $4,000 PG/SG 25.9 17.9 -6.5 17% 0% 0.69 -0.04 0.67 -0.10 PHO
Kelly Oubre PHI 109.8 $5,700 SG/SF $5,300 SF/SG 32.2 32.6 -9.1 26% 0% 1.01 0.06 1.01 0.07 MIL
Paul Reed PHI 109.8 $3,600 PF/C $3,900 C 10.9 12.1 10.0 15% 6% 1.11 0.02 1.20 -0.01 MIL
Patrick Beverley PHI 109.8 $4,500 PG $4,300 PG 27.1 18.4 -12.3 11% 5% 0.68 0.10 0.69 -0.01 MIL
Eric Gordon PHO 108.8 $4,400 SG/SF $4,700 SG 28.5 21.0 -12.9 17% 7% 0.74 0.44 0.71 0.43 LAL
Drew Eubanks PHO 108.8 $3,900 C $4,600 C/PF 20.3 18.6 -2.2 12% 2% 0.91 0.31 0.98 0.32 LAL
Yuta Watanabe PHO 108.8 $3,300 PF $3,700 SG/SF 16.0 11.5 4.9 13% 6% 0.72 0.06 0.72 0.01 LAL
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