NBA DFS First Look: Tuesday, October 24th

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 Denver Nuggets DEN -4.5 228.0 111.8 116.3 7:30 PM
Phoenix Suns Golden State Warriors GSW -1.0 233.5 116.3 117.3 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
Denver Nuggets -4.5 116.3 112.0 96.0 LAL 109.4 108.5 102.2
Los Angeles Lakers 4.5 111.8 102.8 108.5 DEN 109.8 96.0 102.2
Golden State Warriors -1.0 117.3 111.7 106.2 PHO 105.7 103.2 104.7
Phoenix Suns 1.0 116.3 114.1 103.2 GSW 108.7 106.2 104.7

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
Jamal Murray DEN 116.3 $7,500 $8,800 32.8 37.1 -11.3 26% -2% 1.13 0.08 1.09 0.17 LAL
D’Angelo Russell LAL 111.8 $6,000 $6,200 32.5 33.9 -11.7 23% 0% 1.04 0.30 1.00 0.36 DEN
Chris Paul GSW 117.3 $5,600 $8,000 32.0 36.8 -11.8 20% -3% 1.15 -0.09 1.14 -0.16 PHO
Devin Booker PHO 116.3 $8,300 $9,600 34.6 44.1 -16.8 31% -1% 1.28 0.18 1.24 0.15 GSW

Shooting 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
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope DEN 116.3 $4,800 $5,000 31.3 22.1 -10.7 14% 0% 0.71 0.14 0.72 0.12 LAL
Austin Reaves LAL 111.8 $6,100 $6,700 28.8 23.4 -6.3 15% 6% 0.81 0.45 0.79 0.46 DEN
Stephen Curry GSW 117.3 $9,200 $10,000 34.7 50.3 -13.4 30% -3% 1.45 -0.02 1.36 0.04 PHO
Eric Gordon PHO 116.3 $4,300 $4,000 28.5 21.0 -12.9 17% 7% 0.74 0.44 0.71 0.43 GSW

Small Forward (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
Michael Porter DEN 116.3 $5,800 $6,000 29.0 29.0 22% 1.00 0.96 LAL
Taurean Prince LAL 111.8 $3,500 $4,200 22.1 16.2 -4.7 17% -1% 0.73 0.22 0.71 0.26 DEN
Klay Thompson GSW 117.3 $6,500 $6,500 33.0 34.2 -12.6 26% -3% 1.04 -0.25 0.97 -0.25 PHO
Josh Okogie PHO 116.3 $4,000 $4,300 18.8 16.6 1.2 17% -2% 0.88 0.19 0.90 0.22 GSW

Power Forward (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
Aaron Gordon DEN 116.3 $5,700 $5,700 30.2 32.2 -9.5 21% -2% 1.07 -0.17 1.07 -0.16 LAL
LeBron James LAL 111.8 $9,300 $10,300 35.5 52.6 -16.7 32% -4% 1.48 -0.11 1.43 -0.12 DEN
Andrew Wiggins GSW 117.3 $5,500 $6,800 32.2 31.5 -11.3 21% -1% 0.98 -0.12 0.98 -0.14 PHO
Kevin Durant PHO 116.3 $8,400 $10,800 35.6 48.7 -19.1 31% 2% 1.37 0.23 1.35 0.16 GSW

Center (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
Nikola Jokic DEN 116.3 $10,000 $11,500 33.7 59.1 -11.8 26% 1% 1.75 -0.03 1.67 0.05 LAL
Anthony Davis LAL 111.8 $8,900 $11,200 34.0 51.7 -15.9 28% -2% 1.52 0.13 1.54 0.21 DEN
Kevon Looney GSW 117.3 $5,300 $5,400 23.9 24.8 -7.3 10% -1% 1.04 -0.02 1.07 -0.04 PHO
Jusuf Nurkic PHO 116.3 $6,300 $7,500 26.8 32.0 -8.8 22% 1% 1.19 0.02 1.18 0.03 GSW

Notable Bench Players

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
Christian Braun DEN 116.3 $4,400 $4,100 15.5 10.3 13% 0.66 0.68 LAL
Zeke Nnaji DEN 116.3 $3,900 $3,900 13.7 10.2 5.4 15% 4% 0.74 0.38 0.76 0.45 LAL
Reggie Jackson DEN 116.3 $4,100 $4,000 24.4 19.4 -7.7 21% 6% 0.79 0.23 0.76 0.18 LAL
Christian Wood LAL 111.8 $6,200 $6,100 25.9 31.6 -8.9 26% -7% 1.22 -0.33 1.20 -0.31 DEN
Rui Hachimura LAL 111.8 $5,100 $4,800 23.3 19.6 -3.0 19% 1% 0.84 0.05 0.84 0.03 DEN
Gabe Vincent LAL 111.8 $4,500 $5,200 25.9 17.9 -6.5 17% 0% 0.69 -0.04 0.67 -0.10 DEN
Jonathan Kuminga GSW 117.3 $4,600 $4,600 20.8 18.9 6.3 20% 10% 0.91 0.38 0.91 0.31 PHO
Gary Payton GSW 117.3 $3,900 $4,200 16.7 12.9 0.1 10% 1% 0.77 0.02 0.81 0.09 PHO
Dario Saric GSW 117.3 $3,400 $3,700 14.1 13.8 4.0 19% 0% 0.98 0.13 0.95 0.17 PHO
Grayson Allen PHO 116.3 $4,900 $4,200 27.4 20.7 -4.2 14% 7% 0.75 0.29 0.74 0.30 GSW
Drew Eubanks PHO 116.3 $4,700 $5,000 20.3 18.6 -2.2 12% 2% 0.91 0.31 0.98 0.32 GSW
Yuta Watanabe PHO 116.3 $3,400 $3,900 16.0 11.5 4.9 13% 6% 0.72 0.06 0.72 0.01 GSW
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