NBA DFS First Look: Tuesday, December 6th - Sortable Odds, Salaries, Stats

by Derek Farnsworth (Notorious) Last Updated 2022-12-06 15:30:45

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)
Los Angeles Lakers	Cleveland Cavaliers	CLE	-4.5	225.5		110.5	115.0	7:30 PM
Detroit Pistons	Miami Heat	MIA	-8.5	221.0		106.3	114.8	7:30 PM
Dallas Mavericks	Denver Nuggets	DEN	-4.5	223.0		109.3	113.8	10:00 PM

Implied Totals, Team Stats, and Pace of Play

Offense	Line	Total	PPG	+/-	O-Rating	Pace		Opp.	D-Rating	Pace		P-Pace
Cleveland Cavaliers	-4.5	115.0	111.3	3.7	113.0	96.4		LAL	111.0	103.2		99.8
Miami Heat	-8.5	114.8	108.8	6.0	109.5	98.0		DET	117.9	99.9		98.9
Denver Nuggets	-4.5	113.8	114.7	-1.0	115.7	98.8		DAL	110.9	96.4		97.6
Los Angeles Lakers	4.5	110.5	114.8	-4.3	110.7	103.2		CLE	106.7	96.4		99.8
Dallas Mavericks	4.5	109.3	111.5	-2.3	114.2	96.4		DEN	114.4	98.8		97.6
Detroit Pistons	8.5	106.3	110.1	-3.8	109.8	99.9		MIA	110.8	98.0		98.9

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
Darius Garland	CLE	115.0	$8,200	PG	$8,300	SG/PG	35.9	39.5	0.0	28%	-2%	1.10	-0.22	1.04	-0.22	LAL
Kyle Lowry	MIA	114.8	$6,700	PG	$6,700	PG	36.4	33.1	0.4	18%	0%	0.91	-0.11	0.88	-0.13	DET
Jamal Murray	DEN	113.8	$7,100	PG	$7,100	PG/SG	29.8	32.4	2.4	27%	-1%	1.09	0.02	1.06	0.01	DAL
Dennis Schroder	LAL	110.5	$4,100	PG	$4,800	SG/PG	25.9	17.7	3.7	14%	-3%	0.68	-0.09	0.68	-0.08	CLE
Luka Doncic	DAL	109.3	$13,000	PG	$11,800	PG/SG	36.8	62.8	-3.5	37%	1%	1.71	0.12	1.65	0.14	DEN
Killian Hayes	DET	106.3	$6,200	PG	$7,400	PG	24.2	21.3	5.3	19%	3%	0.88	0.22	0.89	0.21	MIA

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
Donovan Mitchell	CLE	115.0	$8,700	PG/SG	$8,800	SG/PG	36.5	45.0	-2.3	30%	0%	1.23	-0.08	1.18	-0.09	LAL
Tyler Herro	MIA	114.8	$7,200	PG/SG	$7,700	SG/SF	33.6	37.0	5.0	26%	-2%	1.10	0.09	1.04	0.08	DET
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope	DEN	113.8	$4,000	SG	$4,600	SG/SF	31.2	21.4	-2.6	14%	1%	0.69	-0.25	0.68	-0.23	DAL
Patrick Beverley	LAL	110.5	$3,300	PG/SG	$3,900	PG/SG	26.7	15.3	-3.4	10%	1%	0.57	0.02	0.59	0.04	CLE
Spencer Dinwiddie	DAL	109.3	$6,400	PG/SG	$6,800	PG/SG	31.6	30.9	-2.9	22%	-2%	0.98	0.10	0.95	0.11	DEN
Jaden Ivey	DET	106.3	$6,600	PG/SG	$7,000	SG	31.7	31.1	-0.2	24%	3%	0.98	-0.09	0.96	-0.09	MIA

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
Lamar Stevens	CLE	115.0	$3,800	SF	$3,700	PF	21.5	13.4	-0.4	15%	4%	0.62	0.14	0.64	0.13	LAL
Caleb Martin	MIA	114.8	$5,200	SF	$4,600	SF/SG	32.2	23.8	-4.1	15%	1%	0.74	-0.17	0.75	-0.24	DET
Bruce Brown	DEN	113.8	$6,100	SG/SF	$5,600	SG	30.0	26.8	5.4	17%	-1%	0.89	-0.16	0.88	-0.17	DAL
Lonnie Walker	LAL	110.5	$4,600	SG/SF	$5,200	SG/SF	31.3	25.2	-2.1	20%	-4%	0.81	0.01	0.80	0.00	CLE
Tim Hardaway	DAL	109.3	$4,400	SG/SF	$5,700	SG/SF	24.9	21.6	5.2	23%	2%	0.87	0.41	0.84	0.38	DEN
Bojan Bogdanovic	DET	106.3	$6,800	SF/PF	$6,000	SF/PF	31.6	30.0	-3.4	23%	0%	0.95	0.04	0.89	0.04	MIA

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
Evan Mobley	CLE	115.0	$7,600	PF/C	$7,800	PF/C	34.2	34.5	-0.5	19%	-3%	1.01	0.14	1.03	0.15	LAL
Jimmy Butler	MIA	114.8	$8,600	PF	$9,400	SF/PF	35.5	42.6	-1.1	23%	5%	1.20	0.11	1.21	0.05	DET
Aaron Gordon	DEN	113.8	$5,900	PF	$6,100	PF/C	29.2	31.2	3.8	19%	0%	1.07	-0.17	1.07	-0.18	DAL
LeBron James	LAL	110.5	$10,400	SF/PF	$10,900	SF/PF	35.4	50.4	-0.7	31%	1%	1.42	0.17	1.38	0.15	CLE
Dorian Finney-Smith	DAL	109.3	$4,700	SF/PF	$4,800	SF/PF	32.7	18.4	-4.0	12%	-2%	0.56	-0.21	0.57	-0.24	DEN
Isaiah Stewart	DET	106.3	$5,600	PF/C	$5,800	C/PF	27.5	28.2	2.4	17%	1%	1.03	-0.15	1.00	-0.16	MIA

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
Jarrett Allen	CLE	115.0	$6,300	C	$6,900	C/PF	32.0	32.3		17%		1.01		1.01		LAL
Bam Adebayo	MIA	114.8	$8,000	C	$8,900	C/PF	35.1	39.6	3.4	26%	-1%	1.13	-0.17	1.12	-0.17	DET
Nikola Jokic	DEN	113.8	$11,400	C	$11,300	C	32.2	53.3	1.1	26%	0%	1.66	0.10	1.60	0.09	DAL
Anthony Davis	LAL	110.5	$11,200	C	$12,300	PF/C	34.6	56.5	0.8	28%	5%	1.63	0.33	1.67	0.30	CLE
Dwight Powell	DAL	109.3	$3,100	C	$3,900	C/PF	17.1	12.4	0.2	13%	1%	0.72	-0.05	0.75	-0.09	DEN
Marvin Bagley	DET	106.3	$5,700	C	$6,700	PF/C	24.5	25.5	1.7	20%	0%	1.04	0.00	1.05	-0.07	MIA

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
Caris LeVert	CLE	115.0	$4,500	SG/SF	$5,600	SG/SF	30.9	25.3	-6.4	19%	1%	0.82	0.06	0.79	0.07	LAL
Kevin Love	CLE	115.0	$5,100	PF/C	$4,900	PF/C	20.9	24.8	1.6	20%	2%	1.19	-0.12	1.11	-0.15	LAL
Cedi Osman	CLE	115.0	$4,200	SF/PF	$4,300	SF/PF	23.2	16.6	3.1	17%	-2%	0.71	-0.04	0.68	-0.01	LAL
Max Strus	MIA	114.8	$5,300	SG/SF	$5,300	SG/SF	33.0	24.9	-6.4	18%	0%	0.76	-0.01	0.73	0.04	DET
Gabe Vincent	MIA	114.8	$3,100	PG/SG	$4,500	PG/SG	24.8	17.6	-5.1	17%	-3%	0.71	-0.18	0.69	-0.17	DET
Haywood Highsmith	MIA	114.8	$3,400	SF/PF	$4,500	SF	18.8	12.9	3.7	12%	-2%	0.68	0.36	0.71	0.40	DET
Ish Smith	DEN	113.8	$3,200	PG	$4,000	PG/SG	12.0	10.4	7.3	20%	1%	0.86	-0.01	0.88	-0.01	DAL
DeAndre Jordan	DEN	113.8	$3,100	C	$4,000	C	15.7	15.3	-2.3	14%	0%	0.97	-0.07	0.97	-0.06	DAL
Jeff Green	DEN	113.8	$3,300	PF/C	$3,500	PF/SF	19.9	13.8		16%		0.69		0.69		DAL
Russell Westbrook	LAL	110.5	$6,500	PG	$7,000	PG	28.0	34.9	-1.3	27%	-5%	1.25	0.01	1.20	0.01	CLE
Austin Reaves	LAL	110.5	$3,900	SG/SF	$4,900	SF/SG	28.7	18.9	1.9	12%	-1%	0.66	-0.02	0.64	-0.01	CLE
Troy Brown	LAL	110.5	$3,200	SF/PF	$4,100	SF	25.6	17.2	-5.1	13%	-2%	0.67	0.09	0.66	0.12	CLE
Christian Wood	DAL	109.3	$6,900	C	$7,100	PF/C	26.1	30.4	4.7	27%	-3%	1.17	0.06	1.12	0.04	DEN
Reggie Bullock	DAL	109.3	$3,300	SG/SF	$3,900	SG/SF	27.4	12.6	-3.4	10%	0%	0.46	0.10	0.47	0.11	DEN
Maxi Kleber	DAL	109.3	$3,400	PF/C	$4,200	PF/C	25.2	14.5	1.3	10%	2%	0.58	0.17	0.59	0.18	DEN
Saddiq Bey	DET	106.3	$5,500	SF/PF	$5,900	SF	30.1	25.1	-6.8	20%	5%	0.84	0.17	0.82	0.16	MIA
Jalen Duren	DET	106.3	$3,500	C	$4,800	C	21.6	18.4	-1.5	12%	1%	0.85	0.01	0.89	0.04	MIA
Alec Burks	DET	106.3	$5,000	PG/SG	$5,200	PG/SG	20.4	22.2	-2.7	26%	-7%	1.09	-0.15	1.07	-0.11	MIA

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