NBA DFS First Look: Tuesday, November 23rd

by Derek Farnsworth (Notorious) Last Updated 2021-11-23 14:08:44

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)
Miami Heat	Detroit Pistons	MIA	-10.0	208.0		109.0	99.0	7:00 PM
Los Angeles Lakers	New York Knicks	NYK	-6.0	214.5		104.3	110.3	7:30 PM
Denver Nuggets	Portland Trail Blazers	POR	-5.5	213.5		104.0	109.5	10:00 PM
Dallas Mavericks	Los Angeles Clippers	LAC	-5.5	207.5		101.0	106.5	10:30 PM

Implied Totals, Team Stats, and Pace of Play

Offense	Line	Total	O-Rating	Pace		Opp.	D-Rating	Pace		P-Pace
New York Knicks	-6.0	110.3	108.6	97.5		LAL	108.7	102.6		100.0
Portland Trail Blazers	-5.5	109.5	110.9	99.0		DEN	105.4	96.6		97.8
Miami Heat	-10.0	109.0	111.7	97.1		DET	109.8	98.5		97.8
Los Angeles Clippers	-5.5	106.5	105.4	100.5		DAL	108.1	97.5		99.0
Los Angeles Lakers	6.0	104.3	105.4	102.6		NYK	108.2	97.5		100.0
Denver Nuggets	5.5	104.0	106.0	96.6		POR	110.4	99.0		97.8
Dallas Mavericks	5.5	101.0	106.3	97.5		LAC	102.0	100.5		99.0
Detroit Pistons	10.0	99.0	101.1	98.5		MIA	104.3	97.1		97.8

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
Kemba Walker	NYK	110.3	$4,800	PG	$5,000	PG	24.7	22.5	-4.5	21%	-1%	56%	-3%	0.91	-0.03	0.89	-0.01	LAL
Damian Lillard	POR	109.5	$9,600	PG	$8,800	PG	35.9	41.5	3.2	28%	2%	51%	10%	1.16	0.12	1.10	0.14	DEN
Kyle Lowry	MIA	109.0	$7,700	PG	$6,800	PG	34.4	32.3	0.3	17%	-1%	53%	-11%	0.94	-0.10	0.89	-0.10	DET
Reggie Jackson	LAC	106.5	$6,100	PG	$6,000	PG	33.8	29.5	-1.7	25%	2%	50%	1%	0.87	-0.01	0.82	-0.03	DAL
Russell Westbrook	LAL	104.3	$10,500	PG	$9,900	PG	35.2	45.1	-1.9	28%	2%	50%	1%	1.28	0.07	1.20	0.10	NYK
Monte Morris	DEN	104.0	$4,400	PG	$5,100	PG	29.4	22.4	0.8	18%	0%	50%	-1%	0.76	0.04	0.76	0.05	POR
Jalen Brunson	DAL	101.0	$7,300	PG/SG	$7,200	PG/SG	30.3	31.7	5.2	22%	3%	57%	-2%	1.05	0.06	1.02	0.06	LAC
Cory Joseph	DET	99.0	$3,900	PG	$4,100	PG	21.9	16.1	4.4	15%	-1%	56%	-1%	0.73	-0.01	0.73	-0.01	MIA

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
Evan Fournier	NYK	110.3	$4,000	SG/SF	$4,500	SF/SG	28.1	21.3	-3.8	19%	-2%	53%	-5%	0.76	-0.14	0.74	-0.14	LAL
C.J. McCollum	POR	109.5	$7,800	PG/SG	$7,600	SG	35.2	36.8	1.0	26%	-3%	53%	4%	1.04	-0.09	1.02	-0.11	DEN
Jimmy Butler	MIA	109.0	$9,700	SF	$10,100	SF/SG	33.7	45.0	2.7	28%	3%	63%	3%	1.33	0.12	1.36	0.09	DET
Eric Bledsoe	LAC	106.5	$5,500	PG/SG	$5,300	SG/PG	28.2	24.3	-1.0	19%	-4%	48%	-7%	0.86	-0.23	0.88	-0.24	DAL
Avery Bradley	LAL	104.3	$3,300	SG	$3,600	SG	22.5	10.6	-0.8	11%	-1%	51%	-7%	0.47	-0.06	0.46	-0.08	NYK
Will Barton	DEN	104.0	$7,400	SG/SF	$6,500	SG/SF	33.2	32.5	-1.2	21%	3%	56%	-3%	0.98	0.05	0.97	0.01	POR
Tim Hardaway	DAL	101.0	$5,800	SG	$5,600	SG/SF	32.7	26.4	2.5	20%	4%	52%	-6%	0.81	0.06	0.79	0.07	LAC
Cade Cunningham	DET	99.0	$7,400	PG/SG	$7,500	PG/SG	31.6	32.7	4.2	25%	0%	45%	4%	1.03	0.29	1.00	0.32	MIA

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
RJ Barrett	NYK	110.3	$5,600	PG/SF	$5,700	SF/SG	32.8	27.9	-2.2	23%	2%	48%	-10%	0.85	0.06	0.82	0.09	LAL
Norman Powell	POR	109.5	$5,000	SF	$5,700	SF/SG	29.1	25.2	2.2	21%	-2%	63%	-1%	0.86	-0.20	0.86	-0.22	DEN
Duncan Robinson	MIA	109.0	$4,500	SG/SF	$5,500	SG	28.9	21.5	-3.1	17%	1%	51%	2%	0.74	-0.01	0.72	0.00	DET
Paul George	LAC	106.5	$10,300	SF/PF	$9,200	SG/SF	34.9	48.4	-0.6	34%	2%	55%	-2%	1.39	-0.08	1.34	-0.09	DAL
Talen Horton-Tucker	LAL	104.3	$5,900	SG/SF	$6,000	SG/SF	32.6	30.1	1.4	22%	-1%	53%	-1%	0.92	-0.01	0.90	-0.02	NYK
Jeff Green	DEN	104.0	$3,900	SF/PF	$4,400	PF/SF	22.3	13.6	6.6	17%	-3%	54%	3%	0.61	-0.07	0.60	-0.07	POR
Dorian Finney-Smith	DAL	101.0	$4,000	SF/PF	$4,800	SF/SG	30.6	20.3	-2.4	13%	-2%	51%	17%	0.66	-0.03	0.68	-0.07	LAC
Saddiq Bey	DET	99.0	$6,000	SF/PF	$5,700	SF	32.9	29.1	0.0	21%	2%	47%	4%	0.88	-0.02	0.87	-0.04	MIA

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
Julius Randle	NYK	110.3	$10,000	PF/C	$8,400	PF/C	35.5	43.6	-0.6	28%	-2%	53%	1%	1.23	-0.12	1.17	-0.16	LAL
Robert Covington	POR	109.5	$3,800	PF/C	$5,000	PF/SF	27.4	19.4	-3.6	11%	3%	60%	5%	0.71	0.23	0.74	0.26	DEN
P.J. Tucker	MIA	109.0	$3,900	PF/C	$5,000	PF/C	28.4	19.4	1.0	10%	1%	69%	20%	0.68	0.18	0.67	0.21	DET
Marcus Morris	LAC	106.5	$4,900	PF	$4,800	PF/SF	27.4	14.4		15%		50%		0.52		0.54		DAL
Anthony Davis	LAL	104.3	$10,900	PF/C	$10,500	PF/C	35.0	49.2	0.3	28%	-2%	58%	7%	1.41	-0.09	1.45	-0.06	NYK
Aaron Gordon	DEN	104.0	$6,700	PF	$6,200	PF	31.1	27.1	2.4	19%	3%	58%	1%	0.87	0.11	0.87	0.10	POR
Kristaps Porzingis	DAL	101.0	$8,500	PF	$8,800	PF/C	29.5	39.1	2.2	28%	1%	56%	6%	1.33	0.22	1.33	0.22	LAC
Jerami Grant	DET	99.0	$7,000	PF	$7,800	PF	32.8	32.7	0.4	26%	1%	53%	-1%	1.00	-0.07	1.01	-0.07	MIA

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
Nerlens Noel	NYK	110.3	$4,200	C	$4,800	C	23.3	18.8	4.4	8%	1%	75%	-17%	0.81	-0.15	0.90	-0.18	LAL
Jusuf Nurkic	POR	109.5	$6,300	C	$6,800	C	24.1	32.0	-2.8	19%	-1%	63%	2%	1.33	-0.02	1.34	-0.04	DEN
Bam Adebayo	MIA	109.0	$8,500	C	$8,000	C/PF	32.6	39.2	-2.8	26%	3%	58%	-2%	1.20	-0.22	1.18	-0.24	DET
Ivica Zubac	LAC	106.5	$5,100	C	$5,500	C	25.1	25.0	3.3	15%	-1%	69%	2%	1.00	0.00	1.01	-0.01	DAL
DeAndre Jordan	LAL	104.3	$3,400	C	$4,000	C	13.0	15.1	-4.6	12%	4%	75%	-13%	1.16	0.43	1.23	0.42	NYK
Nikola Jokic	DEN	104.0	$11,400	C	$11,300	C	32.4	58.1	3.7	31%	4%	67%	-1%	1.79	-0.04	1.73	-0.04	POR
Dwight Powell	DAL	101.0	$3,400	C	$4,300	C/PF	22.2	18.3	-2.7	13%	-2%	64%	-8%	0.82	0.07	0.86	0.04	LAC
Luka Garza	DET	99.0	$3,000	C	$3,500	C	9.7	8.4	2.6	13%	-2%	57%	1%	0.86	-0.02	0.89	-0.09	MIA

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
Derrick Rose	NYK	110.3	$4,600	PG/SG	$5,300	PG/SG	22.9	23.9	0.7	23%	1%	54%	-11%	1.04	-0.07	1.05	-0.03	LAL
Alec Burks	NYK	110.3	$4,200	SG/SF	$4,500	SG/SF	21.0	20.1	5.0	18%	1%	60%	7%	0.95	0.02	0.96	-0.01	LAL
Immanuel Quickley	NYK	110.3	$3,800	PG	$4,100	SG/PG	18.2	15.7	5.3	20%	-2%	56%	12%	0.86	-0.03	0.83	-0.05	LAL
Anfernee Simons	POR	109.5	$3,200	PG/SG	$3,800	PG/SG	22.2	19.0	-1.2	21%	-2%	57%	5%	0.86	0.00	0.81	0.03	DEN
Nassir Little	POR	109.5	$3,500	SF/PF	$4,200	SF	21.9	18.8	3.0	15%	4%	60%	-8%	0.86	-0.10	0.88	-0.13	DEN
Larry Nance	POR	109.5	$3,600	PF/C	$4,400	PF/SF	19.2	17.8	3.4	14%	1%	64%	15%	0.92	0.12	0.95	0.13	DEN
Tyler Herro	MIA	109.0	$7,300	PG/SG	$7,600	SG/SF	33.6	35.6	1.2	28%	1%	56%	2%	1.06	0.03	0.99	0.04	DET
Max Strus	MIA	109.0	$3,100	SG/SF	$3,900	SG	19.3	13.6	2.7	14%	0%	56%	8%	0.71	0.03	0.68	0.03	DET
Caleb Martin	MIA	109.0	$3,000	SG/SF	$3,900	SG/SF	15.9	12.7	4.5	15%	-1%	51%	5%	0.80	0.06	0.86	0.07	DET
Terance Mann	LAC	106.5	$4,300	PG/SG	$4,500	SG/SF	29.0	21.0	-3.0	14%	-1%	56%	-4%	0.72	-0.20	0.71	-0.21	DAL
Luke Kennard	LAC	106.5	$4,700	SG/SF	$4,600	SG/SF	27.3	20.2	2.6	14%	0%	59%	-2%	0.74	-0.07	0.72	-0.07	DAL
Serge Ibaka	LAC	106.5	$3,800	C	$4,200	PF/C	8.7	6.5	3.7	31%	11%	20%	10%	0.75	0.22	0.76	0.21	DAL
Carmelo Anthony	LAL	104.3	$5,400	PF	$5,400	SF/PF	28.8	25.6	-0.1	19%	-3%	63%	3%	0.89	-0.12	0.88	-0.11	NYK
Malik Monk	LAL	104.3	$4,100	SG	$4,400	SG	22.0	16.0	0.0	17%	-2%	56%	-5%	0.73	-0.10	0.70	-0.10	NYK
Wayne Ellington	LAL	104.3	$3,000	SG/SF	$3,600	SG	20.1	10.4	-4.0	13%	1%	51%	-27%	0.52	-0.14	0.47	-0.11	NYK
JaMychal Green	DEN	104.0	$3,900	PF/C	$4,200	PF/C	14.2	13.0	0.9	19%	-1%	55%	-4%	0.92	0.14	0.93	0.12	POR
P.J. Dozier	DEN	104.0	$3,500	SG/SF	$3,800	SG/SF	19.8	14.6	0.5	15%	1%	47%	-14%	0.73	-0.09	0.74	-0.12	POR
Austin Rivers	DEN	104.0	$3,400	SG	$4,200	SG/PG	17.4	7.8	10.2	13%	0%	42%	19%	0.45	0.16	0.44	0.16	POR
Reggie Bullock	DAL	101.0	$3,500	SG/SF	$4,000	SG	22.6	11.9	6.1	13%	-4%	46%	-15%	0.53	-0.14	0.51	-0.12	LAC
Maxi Kleber	DAL	101.0	$3,300	PF/C	$4,100	PF	19.0	17.6	1.1	13%	1%	65%	-30%	0.93	-0.31	0.94	-0.29	LAC
Sterling Brown	DAL	101.0	$3,100	SG/SF	$3,800	SG	11.9	7.6	-0.6	12%	-5%	35%	16%	0.64	-0.17	0.64	-0.16	LAC
Frank Jackson	DET	99.0	$4,000	PG/SG	$3,800	PG	20.4	14.0	5.4	19%	0%	55%	17%	0.69	0.21	0.67	0.23	MIA
Trey Lyles	DET	99.0	$3,000	PF/C	$3,700	PF	15.5	13.6	-0.7	21%	0%	51%	-15%	0.88	-0.27	0.85	-0.25	MIA
Hamidou Diallo	DET	99.0	$3,500	SG/SF	$5,500	SG/SF	13.5	12.2	1.0	17%	0%	64%	16%	0.90	0.32	0.94	0.36	MIA

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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