NBA DFS First Look: Tuesday, December 21st

by Derek Farnsworth (Notorious) Last Updated 2021-12-21 15:38:36

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)
Indiana Pacers	Miami Heat	IND	-1.5	208.5		105.0	103.5	7:30 PM
Detroit Pistons	New York Knicks	NYK	-7.0	207.0		100.0	107.0	7:30 PM
Portland Trail Blazers	New Orleans Pelicans	NOP	-2.0	218.0		108.0	110.0	8:00 PM
Minnesota Timberwolves	Dallas Mavericks	DAL	-1.0	212.5		105.8	106.8	8:30 PM
Phoenix Suns	Los Angeles Lakers	PHO	-7.5	223.0		115.3	107.8	10:00 PM

Implied Totals, Team Stats, and Pace of Play

Offense	Line	Total	O-Rating	Pace		Opp.	D-Rating	Pace		P-Pace
Dallas Mavericks	-1.0	106.8	108.1	95.9		MIN	107.1	100.3		98.1
Los Angeles Lakers	7.5	107.8	106.4	101.1		PHO	103.5	100.8		100.9
New York Knicks	-7.0	107.0	108.9	96.4		DET	110.1	99.0		97.7
Minnesota Timberwolves	1.0	105.8	107.4	100.3		DAL	108.5	95.9		98.1
New Orleans Pelicans	-2.0	110.0	106.1	97.9		POR	112.3	98.7		98.3
Miami Heat	1.5	103.5	110.1	96.2		IND	108.5	97.3		96.7
Detroit Pistons	7.0	100.0	101.1	99.0		NYK	111.0	96.4		97.7
Phoenix Suns	-7.5	115.3	110.6	100.8		LAL	107.3	101.1		100.9
Indiana Pacers	-1.5	105.0	109.6	97.3		MIA	107.1	96.2		96.7
Portland Trail Blazers	2.0	108.0	109.4	98.7		NOP	111.3	97.9		98.3

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
Jalen Brunson	DAL	106.8	$7,400	PG/SG	$7,300	PG/SG	29.8	29.1	3.4	21%	2%	57%	5%	0.98	0.10	0.95	0.06	MIN
Russell Westbrook	LAL	107.8	$10,400	PG	$9,800	PG	36.0	43.8	0.1	27%	1%	52%	-1%	1.22	-0.12	1.15	-0.08	PHO
Derrick Rose	NYK	107.0	$7,200	PG	$6,500	PG/SG	24.5	24.3	3.2	22%	-2%	54%	-2%	0.99	-0.14	0.99	-0.14	DET
Jaylen Nowell	MIN	105.8	$3,300	PG	$4,000	PG	8.3	9.2	5.3	23%	2%	50%	7%	1.10	0.07	1.13	0.04	DAL
Devonte’ Graham	NOP	110.0	$5,400	PG	$6,400	PG/SG	31.3	27.0	0.3	20%	-3%	52%	8%	0.86	0.07	0.83	0.06	POR
Kyle Lowry	MIA	103.5	$8,700	PG	$7,800	PG	34.6	34.5	3.8	19%	3%	57%	1%	1.00	0.00	0.95	-0.03	IND
Killian Hayes	DET	100.0	$3,800	PG	$4,200	PG	25.9	19.0	0.7	14%	1%	45%	1%	0.74	-0.05	0.75	-0.04	NYK
Chris Paul	PHO	115.3	$9,100	PG	$8,400	PG	32.1	39.2	-1.6	20%	3%	58%	-2%	1.22	0.04	1.22	0.05	LAL
Malcolm Brogdon	IND	105.0	$8,100	PG	$7,800	PG/SG	35.3	38.6	-0.8	24%	-3%	56%	-3%	1.09	-0.12	1.06	-0.13	MIA
Damian Lillard	POR	108.0	$9,800	PG	$8,600	PG	36.4	42.4	3.7	28%	4%	54%	6%	1.17	0.08	1.10	0.05	NOP

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
Tim Hardaway	DAL	106.8	$6,100	SG/SF	$6,900	SG/SF	31.7	26.6	1.1	21%	3%	51%	3%	0.84	0.22	0.82	0.20	MIN
Isaiah Thomas	LAL	107.8	$4,000	PG	$5,500	PG	27.0	21.5	0.0	22%	0%	59%	0%	0.80	0.00	0.74	0.00	PHO
Alec Burks	NYK	107.0	$7,600	PG/SG	$5,600	SG/SF	26.7	23.3	12.1	18%	-1%	56%	-5%	0.87	-0.18	0.87	-0.21	DET
D’Angelo Russell	MIN	105.8	$7,700	PG/SG	$7,900	SG/PG	32.6	36.5	-0.1	26%	-3%	52%	8%	1.12	-0.04	1.08	-0.05	DAL
Brandon Ingram	NOP	110.0	$8,900	SG/SF	$8,700	SF	35.6	40.2	2.6	29%	-2%	54%	2%	1.13	0.10	1.09	0.14	POR
Gabe Vincent	MIA	103.5	$5,800	PG	$5,800	PG	20.1	16.4	14.0	19%	5%	57%	3%	0.82	0.05	0.79	0.02	IND
Cade Cunningham	DET	100.0	$8,600	PG/SG	$7,700	PG/SG	32.3	34.6	2.0	26%	-2%	49%	8%	1.07	0.16	1.03	0.19	NYK
Devin Booker	PHO	115.3	$8,500	PG/SG	$7,500	SG	31.9	38.1	-5.5	31%	-5%	56%	-3%	1.19	0.11	1.15	0.10	LAL
Caris LeVert	IND	105.0	$7,800	PG/SG	$6,500	SG/SF	29.0	27.4	6.8	26%	-1%	51%	8%	0.95	0.11	0.95	0.11	MIA
Norman Powell	POR	108.0	$6,400	SF	$6,300	SF/SG	31.9	27.5	6.8	22%	1%	60%	2%	0.86	0.14	0.84	0.13	NOP

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
Dorian Finney-Smith	DAL	106.8	$5,000	SF/PF	$6,000	SF/SG	32.3	22.6	3.1	13%	3%	57%	3%	0.70	0.14	0.72	0.13	MIN
Wayne Ellington	LAL	107.8	$3,900	SG/SF	$3,900	SG	21.4	12.2	6.1	12%	-1%	57%	-6%	0.57	0.03	0.54	0.04	PHO
Evan Fournier	NYK	107.0	$5,100	SG/SF	$5,200	SF/SG	28.6	21.8	2.9	20%	1%	55%	4%	0.76	0.03	0.73	0.05	DET
Malik Beasley	MIN	105.8	$4,800	SG	$5,300	SF/SG	26.0	20.4	1.2	19%	-1%	49%	-2%	0.78	0.01	0.75	0.04	DAL
Josh Hart	NOP	110.0	$5,700	SF/PF	$6,600	SG/SF	31.5	28.8	3.8	16%	-1%	59%	6%	0.91	0.10	0.90	0.05	POR
Duncan Robinson	MIA	103.5	$4,800	SG/SF	$4,700	SG	28.5	20.9	4.1	18%	-1%	52%	-8%	0.73	-0.02	0.71	0.00	IND
Hamidou Diallo	DET	100.0	$4,200	SG/SF	$4,500	SG/SF	17.0	14.5	7.2	17%	0%	59%	3%	0.85	-0.10	0.88	-0.13	NYK
Mikal Bridges	PHO	115.3	$5,300	SG/SF	$4,900	SF/PF	34.3	24.1	-2.8	13%	1%	63%	-2%	0.70	0.04	0.73	0.01	LAL
Justin Holiday	IND	105.0	$4,100	SG/SF	$4,100	SF/SG	27.7	18.3	-4.8	16%	5%	54%	-3%	0.66	0.13	0.63	0.15	MIA
Nassir Little	POR	108.0	$4,200	SF/PF	$5,700	SF	23.7	19.9	7.3	15%	-3%	59%	-8%	0.84	-0.05	0.86	-0.02	NOP

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
Kristaps Porzingis	DAL	106.8	$9,000	PF	$8,700	PF/C	29.9	37.5	-0.6	28%	3%	55%	-7%	1.25	0.03	1.26	0.04	MIN
LeBron James	LAL	107.8	$11,100	PG/SF	$11,500	SF/PF	37.2	50.2	1.6	29%	-1%	60%	1%	1.35	0.04	1.31	0.01	PHO
Julius Randle	NYK	107.0	$10,300	PF/C	$8,800	PF/C	35.4	42.3	0.9	27%	2%	52%	-1%	1.20	-0.09	1.14	-0.09	DET
Jaden McDaniels	MIN	105.8	$3,400	SF/PF	$3,800	PF	25.1	16.0	1.2	13%	2%	47%	9%	0.64	0.06	0.66	0.02	DAL
Herb Jones	NOP	110.0	$4,200	PF/C	$5,600	PF	27.4	18.8	2.6	12%	2%	53%	-1%	0.69	0.07	0.74	0.06	POR
KZ Okpala	MIA	103.5	$3,300	PF	$4,000	SF	10.8	7.4	4.8	14%	2%	45%	-8%	0.68	-0.03	0.70	-0.02	IND
Saddiq Bey	DET	100.0	$6,500	SF/PF	$5,200	SF	32.2	27.0	1.6	20%	1%	48%	16%	0.84	0.15	0.82	0.13	NYK
Jae Crowder	PHO	115.3	$4,500	PF	$5,000	PF/SF	27.9	21.3	-0.7	15%	0%	56%	10%	0.76	-0.07	0.77	-0.10	LAL
Domantas Sabonis	IND	105.0	$10,600	PF/C	$9,000	PF/C	34.1	42.4	0.2	21%	1%	66%	4%	1.24	0.02	1.20	0.03	MIA
Larry Nance	POR	108.0	$4,600	PF/C	$5,400	PF/SF	21.9	18.3	8.9	12%	-2%	58%	-1%	0.83	-0.06	0.87	-0.04	NOP

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
Dwight Powell	DAL	106.8	$3,200	C	$4,200	C/PF	19.2	14.2	-5.6	11%	0%	64%	-9%	0.74	-0.19	0.76	-0.24	MIN
DeAndre Jordan	LAL	107.8	$3,800	C	$4,200	C	13.4	14.2	-1.5	13%	-1%	69%	0%	1.06	0.05	1.12	0.10	PHO
Nerlens Noel	NYK	107.0	$4,000	C	$5,000	C	23.1	16.9	0.6	8%	-2%	57%	-18%	0.73	0.01	0.82	0.07	DET
Karl-Anthony Towns	MIN	105.8	$9,900	C	$9,900	C	34.4	45.4	-0.2	28%	2%	62%	1%	1.32	0.08	1.28	0.09	DAL
Jonas Valanciunas	NOP	110.0	$8,300	C	$7,800	C	31.6	41.2	1.7	24%	-1%	61%	7%	1.30	-0.09	1.27	-0.09	POR
Dewayne Dedmon	MIA	103.5	$5,300	C	$5,700	C	17.5	17.3	9.7	15%	1%	65%	4%	0.99	-0.05	0.99	-0.07	IND
Isaiah Stewart	DET	100.0	$5,100	C	$5,600	PF	25.8	22.5	3.2	13%	4%	57%	-2%	0.87	0.00	0.90	-0.04	NYK
Deandre Ayton	PHO	115.3	$8,200	C	$8,100	C	30.9	36.6	-0.1	22%	3%	63%	4%	1.18	0.22	1.18	0.21	LAL
Myles Turner	IND	105.0	$6,800	C	$6,500	C/PF	29.6	31.2	3.0	17%	1%	63%	-11%	1.05	-0.03	1.11	-0.01	MIA
Jusuf Nurkic	POR	108.0	$6,900	C	$6,300	C	25.3	31.8	4.4	22%	0%	62%	-6%	1.26	-0.24	1.24	-0.27	NOP

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
Trey Burke	DAL	106.8	$3,900	PG	$4,300	PG/SG	13.0	12.7	6.8	27%	-1%	55%	-3%	0.98	0.11	0.94	0.12	MIN
Sterling Brown	DAL	106.8	$3,100	SG/SF	$3,800	SG	13.1	9.2	7.1	13%	7%	44%	-22%	0.70	-0.23	0.69	-0.25	MIN
Frank Ntilikina	DAL	106.8	$3,000	PG	$3,500	PG	11.9	9.2	-9.4	17%	-2%	48%	-15%	0.77	0.17	0.78	0.28	MIN
Carmelo Anthony	LAL	107.8	$4,600	PF	$5,300	SF/PF	27.7	23.7	-1.1	19%	1%	58%	-4%	0.85	0.09	0.84	0.13	PHO
Rajon Rondo	LAL	107.8	$3,700	PG	$4,000	PG	15.9	14.0	7.1	16%	-2%	40%	28%	0.88	-0.09	0.87	-0.15	PHO
Trevor Ariza	LAL	107.8	$3,400	PF	$4,100	PF	15.2	7.8	0.0	3%	0%	150%	0%	0.51	0.00	0.48	0.00	PHO
Mitchell Robinson	NYK	107.0	$4,400	C	$5,000	C	24.2	21.7	-3.1	9%	1%	74%	4%	0.90	0.05	0.97	0.06	DET
Taj Gibson	NYK	107.0	$3,200	PF/C	$3,900	C	18.6	11.9	0.5	10%	3%	47%	-15%	0.64	-0.16	0.69	-0.16	DET
Wayne Selden	NYK	107.0	$3,000	SF	$3,600	SG	5.2	0.0	4.3	8%	1%	0%		0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	DET
Naz Reid	MIN	105.8	$3,200	PF/C	$4,000	C	16.0	16.8	-2.6	23%	3%	55%	-9%	1.05	-0.17	1.07	-0.21	DAL
Jake Layman	MIN	105.8	$3,000	SF/PF	$3,500	SF/PF	4.8	2.6	0.1	13%	-1%	32%		0.54	-0.15	0.54	-0.15	DAL
Leandro Bolmaro	MIN	105.8	$3,000	PG/SG	$3,500	SF	8.5	4.5	-5.4	11%	-2%	37%		0.53	-0.35	0.53	-0.42	DAL
Nickeil Alexander-Walker	NOP	110.0	$4,300	PG/SG	$4,700	SG/SF	28.3	25.2	-2.2	24%	4%	46%	-7%	0.89	-0.02	0.87	-0.02	POR
Willy Hernangomez	NOP	110.0	$3,700	C	$4,600	PF/C	14.0	19.5	0.3	20%	-5%	67%	-1%	1.39	-0.30	1.39	-0.28	POR
Garrett Temple	NOP	110.0	$3,400	SG	$3,700	SF	18.3	13.5	-2.6	14%	0%	53%	10%	0.74	0.08	0.76	0.03	POR
Tyler Herro	MIA	103.5	$7,000	PG/SG	$6,200	SG/SF	32.9	33.6	-8.2	29%	2%	54%	-14%	1.02	-0.35	0.95	-0.33	IND
Max Strus	MIA	103.5	$4,700	SG/SF	$5,700	SG	21.3	17.3	5.2	17%	4%	62%	4%	0.81	0.16	0.77	0.13	IND
Omer Yurtseven	MIA	103.5	$3,500	C	$4,500	C	8.3	8.8	9.5	20%	0%	51%	-9%	1.05	0.08	1.10	0.08	IND
Frank Jackson	DET	100.0	$4,100	SG	$4,300	PG	22.2	15.4	3.4	20%	4%	55%	5%	0.69	0.17	0.66	0.14	NYK
Saben Lee	DET	100.0	$4,300	PG	$4,800	PG	14.9	13.7	6.5	18%	0%	47%	6%	0.92	0.11	0.96	0.11	NYK
Trey Lyles	DET	100.0	$3,400	PF/C	$4,500	PF	16.6	15.0	0.2	21%	-1%	54%	-6%	0.91	-0.01	0.88	0.04	NYK
Cameron Johnson	PHO	115.3	$5,000	SF/PF	$5,300	SF	24.3	19.8	4.2	16%	2%	58%	2%	0.81	0.08	0.80	0.07	LAL
Cameron Payne	PHO	115.3	$5,000	PG/SG	$5,500	PG/SG	19.9	20.8	7.8	26%	-3%	50%	4%	1.04	-0.05	1.01	-0.03	LAL
Landry Shamet	PHO	115.3	$3,600	SG/SF	$3,900	SG	20.9	15.2	4.8	16%	1%	54%	0%	0.73	-0.03	0.69	-0.01	LAL
Chris Duarte	IND	105.0	$4,900	SG/SF	$5,100	SF	29.1	23.6	-3.5	21%	0%	51%	-8%	0.81	-0.07	0.79	-0.07	MIA
Oshae Brissett	IND	105.0	$3,500	PF/C	$4,400	SF	15.7	11.9	7.7	15%	-1%	55%	10%	0.75	0.05	0.75	0.09	MIA
Brad Wanamaker	IND	105.0	$3,400	PG	$3,800	PG	13.0	9.9	1.5	16%	-3%	49%	8%	0.76	-0.06	0.76	-0.05	MIA
Anfernee Simons	POR	108.0	$4,500	PG/SG	$5,000	PG/SG	23.6	20.3	1.6	22%	1%	57%	-8%	0.86	-0.17	0.81	-0.19	NOP
Robert Covington	POR	108.0	$4,300	PF/C	$6,000	PF/SF	27.6	19.8	3.5	12%	0%	52%	1%	0.72	0.11	0.76	0.14	NOP
Ben McLemore	POR	108.0	$3,600	SG	$3,900	SG/PG	13.0	10.4	0.8	19%	1%	66%	-2%	0.80	-0.08	0.74	-0.09	NOP

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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