NBA DFS First Look: Wednesday, December 22nd

by Derek Farnsworth (Notorious) Last Updated 2021-12-22 19:35:08

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)
Orlando Magic	Atlanta Hawks	ATL	-7.5	212.5	102.5	110.0	7:30 PM
Cleveland Cavaliers	Boston Celtics	BOS	-5.5	212.5	103.5	109.0	7:30 PM
Toronto Raptors	Chicago Bulls	CHI	-10.5	212.0	100.8	111.3	8:00 PM
Houston Rockets	Milwaukee Bucks	MIL	-10.0	225.5	107.8	117.8	8:00 PM
Denver Nuggets	Oklahoma City Thunder	DEN	-6.0	214.5	110.3	104.3	8:00 PM
Los Angeles Clippers	Sacramento Kings	LAC	-6.5	219.5	113.0	106.5	10:00 PM

Implied Totals, Team Stats, and Pace of Play

Offense	Line	Total	O-Rating	Pace	Opp.	D-Rating	Pace	P-Pace
Milwaukee Bucks	-10.0	117.8	109.9	99.5	HOU	111.3	101.0	100.2
Los Angeles Clippers	-6.5	113.0	106.3	99.3	SAC	112.7	100.3	99.8
Chicago Bulls	-10.5	111.3	109.7	99.0	TOR	108.8	96.3	97.6
Denver Nuggets	-6.0	110.3	109.6	96.9	OKC	109.5	98.8	97.8
Atlanta Hawks	-7.5	110.0	112.8	98.9	ORL	112.5	98.9	98.9
Boston Celtics	-5.5	109.0	108.3	98.0	CLE	103.3	97.9	97.9
Houston Rockets	10.0	107.8	105.1	101.0	MIL	107.1	99.5	100.2
Sacramento Kings	6.5	106.5	109.9	100.3	LAC	105.4	99.3	99.8
Oklahoma City Thunder	6.0	104.3	100.4	98.8	DEN	109.7	96.9	97.8
Cleveland Cavaliers	5.5	103.5	109.3	97.9	BOS	107.5	98.0	97.9
Orlando Magic	7.5	102.5	102.5	98.9	ATL	111.2	98.9	98.9
Toronto Raptors	10.5	100.8	110.1	96.3	CHI	106.8	99.0	97.6

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
Jrue Holiday	MIL	117.8	$9,400	PG	$9,600	PG/SG	32.7	35.9	4.1	24%	8%	55%	3%	1.10	0.26	1.09	0.27	HOU
Reggie Jackson	LAC	113.0	$8,100	PG	$6,100	PG	32.6	29.9	-5.2	26%	3%	49%	-3%	0.92	0.17	0.87	0.18	SAC
Lonzo Ball	CHI	111.3	$8,800	PG	$8,000	PG	35.5	33.7	2.5	17%	2%	56%	5%	0.95	0.07	0.94	0.07	TOR
Monte Morris	DEN	110.3	$5,500	PG/SG	$5,600	PG	30.2	25.0	-0.2	19%	2%	57%	17%	0.83	0.25	0.81	0.23	OKC
Delon Wright	ATL	110.0	$4,600	PG	$4,700	PG/SG	14.4	10.8	2.0	11%	-1%	50%	1%	0.75	-0.25	0.77	-0.28	ORL
Dennis Schroder	BOS	109.0	$6,500	PG	$6,000	PG/SG	32.8	29.7	-7.7	24%	-2%	54%	-20%	0.91	-0.37	0.88	-0.36	CLE
Armoni Brooks	HOU	107.8	$5,000	PG/SG	$4,500	SG	16.5	13.8	4.5	18%	-2%	53%	-3%	0.83	-0.14	0.82	-0.11	MIL
Tyrese Haliburton	SAC	106.5	$8,200	PG/SG	$8,100	PG/SG	33.6	32.6	4.5	17%	7%	56%	3%	0.97	0.31	0.98	0.28	LAC
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	OKC	104.3	$9,500	PG	$8,700	SG/PG	35.0	38.0	0.6	28%	1%	53%	1%	1.08	0.00	1.07	0.02	DEN
Ricky Rubio	CLE	103.5	$6,200	PG	$6,800	PG	28.4	30.2	-2.3	23%	-3%	49%	6%	1.06	0.19	1.03	0.24	BOS
Cole Anthony	ORL	102.5	$9,100	PG	$7,400	PG/SG	34.1	38.1	0.6	26%	-1%	55%	-15%	1.12	-0.32	1.05	-0.34	ATL
Brandon Goodwin	TOR	100.8		CG	$3,500	PG												CHI

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
Grayson Allen	MIL	117.8	$4,700	SG/SF	$4,200	SG	29.2	23.0	4.4	17%	2%	60%	-10%	0.79	-0.04	0.76	0.00	HOU
Luke Kennard	LAC	113.0	$6,100	SG	$5,500	SG/SF	29.0	21.7	4.3	15%	2%	60%	-1%	0.75	0.07	0.71	0.05	SAC
Coby White	CHI	111.3	$4,100	PG/SG	$5,500	PG/SG	19.4	13.8	8.7	21%	1%	46%	12%	0.71	0.10	0.67	0.09	TOR
Will Barton	DEN	110.3	$6,700	SG/SF	$5,700	SG/SF	33.0	31.2	-9.2	21%	-3%	54%	-19%	0.94	-0.09	0.92	-0.05	OKC
Bogdan Bogdanovic	ATL	110.0	$4,700	PG/SG	$6,200	SF/SG	28.2	22.3		17%		57%		0.79		0.77		ORL
Marcus Smart	BOS	109.0	$5,700	PG/SG	$5,700	SG/PG	34.2	28.3	-0.6	16%	-2%	50%	8%	0.83	0.00	0.85	-0.02	CLE
Eric Gordon	HOU	107.8	$5,700	SG/SF	$5,600	SF/SG	29.7	23.9	-1.1	20%	-2%	62%	0%	0.80	-0.02	0.76	-0.03	MIL
Buddy Hield	SAC	106.5	$6,900	SG/SF	$5,800	SG/SF	29.3	27.5	6.9	23%	-3%	55%	14%	0.94	-0.07	0.89	-0.06	LAC
Lu Dort	OKC	104.3	$6,300	SG/SF	$6,100	SF/SG	32.5	27.9	-3.1	22%	2%	56%	2%	0.86	0.06	0.83	0.05	DEN
Darius Garland	CLE	103.5	$9,700	PG/SG	$7,200	SG/PG	34.2	36.4	-1.4	25%	-3%	59%	3%	1.06	0.10	1.00	0.14	BOS
Gary Harris	ORL	102.5	$5,100	SG/SF	$5,400	SG/SF	27.1	16.8	7.9	15%	3%	53%	1%	0.62	0.18	0.61	0.17	ATL
Svi Mykhailiuk	TOR	100.8	$3,800	SG/SF	$3,600	SG	17.8	13.4	-2.2	16%	4%	53%	-9%	0.75	-0.01	0.74	-0.05	CHI

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
Pat Connaughton	MIL	117.8	$5,500	SG/SF	$5,700	SG/SF	29.0	23.6	1.5	14%	1%	65%	-7%	0.81	-0.01	0.80	0.00	HOU
Terance Mann	LAC	113.0	$5,600	PG/SF	$5,500	SG/SF	28.9	22.1	7.2	15%	-1%	57%	3%	0.76	-0.03	0.75	-0.02	SAC
DeMar DeRozan	CHI	111.3	$10,200	PF	$8,900	SG/SF	35.1	41.5	-1.8	30%	4%	60%	3%	1.18	0.19	1.17	0.19	TOR
Aaron Gordon	DEN	110.3	$5,800	SF/PF	$5,600	PF	32.6	27.0	-0.4	18%	1%	60%	0%	0.83	-0.07	0.82	-0.10	OKC
Kevin Huerter	ATL	110.0	$5,000	SG/SF	$5,500	SG/SF	27.6	20.3	4.2	16%	-2%	57%	-9%	0.74	-0.04	0.71	-0.02	ORL
Jaylen Brown	BOS	109.0	$9,900	SG/SF	$7,500	SF/SG	32.7	35.5	-0.2	28%	3%	57%	0%	1.09	0.15	1.05	0.13	CLE
Garrison Mathews	HOU	107.8	$4,800	SF	$4,800	SF	29.0	21.2	1.6	15%	0%	62%	-9%	0.73	-0.05	0.72	-0.05	MIL
Harrison Barnes	SAC	106.5	$7,100	SF/PF	$6,100	SF/PF	33.8	31.6	2.7	20%	-2%	61%	1%	0.94	-0.07	0.90	-0.07	LAC
Josh Giddey	OKC	104.3	$7,800	SG/SF	$7,000	SG	29.9	31.4	2.2	22%	4%	45%	-6%	1.05	0.16	1.03	0.13	DEN
Lauri Markkanen	CLE	103.5	$6,000	SF/PF	$4,900	PF/SF	30.2	25.1	-3.7	19%	1%	53%	-16%	0.83	-0.25	0.82	-0.26	BOS
Franz Wagner	ORL	102.5	$7,600	SF/PF	$6,400	SF/SG	32.1	27.7	2.4	20%	6%	53%	-7%	0.86	0.11	0.87	0.08	ATL
Yuta Watanabe	TOR	100.8	$4,000	SF	$4,300	SG	19.5	16.7	3.5	15%	1%	50%	0%	0.85	0.14	0.87	0.15	CHI

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
Khris Middleton	MIL	117.8	$8,300	SF	$7,700	SF/SG	30.9	34.2	-7.1	26%	-5%	54%	-29%	1.11	-0.39	1.06	-0.41	HOU
Paul George	LAC	113.0	$10,900	SG/SF	$9,200	SG/SF	35.7	46.3	-5.2	33%	2%	53%	9%	1.30	0.23	1.25	0.24	SAC
Javonte Green	CHI	111.3	$4,300	SF	$4,000	SG/SF	21.4	14.5	9.3	11%	-1%	56%	-12%	0.68	-0.06	0.71	-0.07	TOR
Jeff Green	DEN	110.3	$4,100	SF/PF	$5,300	PF/SF	25.3	17.2	3.2	16%	-1%	61%	13%	0.68	0.05	0.67	0.02	OKC
John Collins	ATL	110.0	$7,300	PF/C	$7,400	PF/C	32.4	34.7	0.5	19%	1%	65%	-1%	1.07	0.00	1.08	-0.03	ORL
Jayson Tatum	BOS	109.0	$11,100	SF/PF	$9,900	SF/PF	36.6	46.1	2.2	32%	-3%	53%	7%	1.26	-0.01	1.22	0.00	CLE
Jae’Sean Tate	HOU	107.8	$6,600	PF	$6,100	SF/PF	27.9	27.4	-0.8	19%	3%	57%	5%	0.98	0.12	0.98	0.10	MIL
Chimezie Metu	SAC	106.5	$5,800	PF	$6,000	C	24.1	22.9	5.6	19%	2%	50%	5%	0.95	0.08	0.97	0.10	LAC
Jeremiah Robinson-Earl	OKC	104.3	$3,400	PF/C	$4,100	PF	21.6	16.8	-2.1	15%	5%	52%	-1%	0.78	-0.10	0.76	-0.12	DEN
Dean Wade	CLE	103.5	$3,800	PF	$4,800	PF/SF	20.6	13.0	-0.8	10%	2%	58%	21%	0.63	0.36	0.62	0.32	BOS
Chuma Okeke	ORL	102.5	$5,200	SF/PF	$5,500	PF	22.5	17.4	9.6	16%	0%	47%	3%	0.77	0.12	0.79	0.14	ATL
OG Anunoby	TOR	100.8	$7,900	SF/PF	$7,200	SF/PF	36.7	34.8	-8.7	23%	-7%	53%	-14%	0.95	-0.40	0.94	-0.38	CHI

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
DeMarcus Cousins	MIL	117.8	$4,400	C	$5,800	C	14.4	16.2	4.3	20%	0%	49%	6%	1.13	0.21	1.14	0.23	HOU
Ivica Zubac	LAC	113.0	$5,300	C	$5,500	C	24.8	24.6	-1.3	15%	2%	70%	-13%	0.99	0.01	1.02	0.06	SAC
Nikola Vucevic	CHI	111.3	$10,100	C	$8,800	C	33.1	38.5	-0.8	24%	4%	48%	-5%	1.16	-0.04	1.15	-0.03	TOR
Nikola Jokic	DEN	110.3	$12,600	C	$11,400	C	32.6	59.6	-1.1	31%	-1%	66%	7%	1.83	0.24	1.75	0.24	OKC
Onyeka Okongwu	ATL	110.0	$3,400	PF/C	$4,000	C	13.9	14.0	0.0	18%	0%	103%	0%	1.01	0.00	1.04	0.00	ORL
Robert Williams	BOS	109.0	$5,500	C	$5,600	PF/C	27.7	25.9	1.6	12%	1%	73%	-6%	0.94	-0.06	0.99	-0.09	CLE
Christian Wood	HOU	107.8	$9,300	C	$8,200	PF/C	31.6	37.9	-1.8	23%	6%	54%	4%	1.20	0.08	1.17	0.07	MIL
Richaun Holmes	SAC	106.5	$6,400	C	$6,600	C/PF	27.1	30.2		17%		74%		1.12		1.12		LAC
Derrick Favors	OKC	104.3	$3,200	C	$3,900	C/PF	16.5	14.2	-0.3	15%	-3%	52%	-10%	0.86	-0.03	0.89	0.00	DEN
Kevin Love	CLE	103.5	$5,700	PF/C	$5,700	PF/C	20.0	26.0	-1.1	23%	2%	61%	20%	1.30	0.21	1.24	0.18	BOS
Wendell Carter	ORL	102.5	$8,700	PF/C	$7,100	PF/C	28.8	31.7	-4.4	18%	0%	59%	-9%	1.10	-0.02	1.07	0.01	ATL
Chris Boucher	TOR	100.8	$5,100	PF/C	$5,100	C/PF	15.9	16.3	10.3	20%	-2%	51%	14%	1.02	-0.04	1.06	-0.08	CHI

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
Javonte Smart	MIL	117.8	$3,600	PG	$3,800	PG	15.6	8.4	5.6	14%	0%	38%	-11%	0.54	-0.16	0.53	-0.15	HOU
George Hill	MIL	117.8	$3,800	PG	$3,800	PG	26.4	17.4	-2.3	13%	5%	57%	7%	0.66	0.09	0.65	0.07	HOU
Wesley Matthews	MIL	117.8	$3,300	SF	$3,500	SG	14.0	6.2		10%		42%		0.44		0.46		HOU
Nicolas Batum	LAC	113.0	$4,500	PF/C	$4,700	SF/PF	26.0	21.1	-4.8	12%	0%	68%	7%	0.81	-0.23	0.82	-0.27	SAC
Eric Bledsoe	LAC	113.0	$4,800	PG	$5,400	SG/PG	26.2	22.5	-1.0	18%	3%	51%	7%	0.86	0.10	0.87	0.05	SAC
Serge Ibaka	LAC	113.0	$3,200	PF/C	$3,700	PF/C	14.7	11.5	7.3	16%	1%	44%	-18%	0.78	-0.01	0.77	0.02	SAC
Alfonzo McKinnie	CHI	111.3	$3,200	SF/PF	$4,400	SF	25.1	15.0	0.0	13%	0%	58%	0%	0.60	0.00	0.58	0.00	TOR
Tony Bradley	CHI	111.3	$3,100	C	$4,100	PF/C	12.7	11.4	-0.2	13%	2%	59%	6%	0.89	0.35	0.93	0.40	TOR
Troy Brown	CHI	111.3	$3,600	SF/PF	$4,000	SG	12.8	9.4	17.5	16%	-1%	49%	-8%	0.74	-0.05	0.74	0.00	TOR
Facundo Campazzo	DEN	110.3	$3,900	PG	$5,200	PG	20.3	16.2	6.3	14%	-1%	55%	-7%	0.80	0.21	0.81	0.26	OKC
Bones Hyland	DEN	110.3	$3,800	PG/SG	$5,000	PG	16.8	16.2	6.1	23%	0%	55%	14%	0.96	0.06	0.94	0.03	OKC
Austin Rivers	DEN	110.3	$3,600	PG/SG	$4,500	SG/PG	17.5	8.7	-0.1	14%	8%	45%	16%	0.50	0.47	0.50	0.44	OKC
Cam Reddish	ATL	110.0	$3,700	SG/SF	$4,500	SG/SF	22.3	18.3	-0.8	21%	-4%	55%	1%	0.82	-0.14	0.81	-0.12	ORL
Lou Williams	ATL	110.0	$3,200	PG/SG	$4,000	SG/PG	13.6	11.6	0.5	24%	4%	49%	2%	0.85	0.09	0.85	0.11	ORL
Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot	ATL	110.0	$3,500	SF	$3,800	SF/SG	12.6	7.8	13.6	13%	-3%	52%	-11%	0.62	-0.14	0.60	-0.12	ORL
Enes Freedom	BOS	109.0	$5,000	C	$4,300	C	13.1	13.5	5.8	15%	-2%	55%	8%	1.03	-0.20	1.04	-0.22	CLE
Romeo Langford	BOS	109.0	$3,300	SF	$4,200	SG	18.1	10.4	-1.5	12%	0%	50%	-17%	0.57	-0.09	0.57	-0.05	CLE
Aaron Nesmith	BOS	109.0	$3,100	SG/SF	$3,600	SG	10.8	6.4	5.6	16%	-1%	44%	-8%	0.59	-0.07	0.57	-0.07	CLE
Josh Christopher	HOU	107.8	$4,100	SG/SF	$4,600	SG	13.1	11.5	13.9	20%	1%	61%	6%	0.88	-0.02	0.86	-0.04	MIL
Alperen Sengun	HOU	107.8	$5,800	C	$5,600	C/PF	18.6	22.0	2.5	21%	2%	58%	-6%	1.18	-0.03	1.21	-0.06	MIL
KJ Martin	HOU	107.8	$4,500	PF/C	$5,300	SF/PF	17.7	15.6	8.9	16%	2%	61%	6%	0.88	0.08	0.90	0.07	MIL
Tristan Thompson	SAC	106.5	$4,400	C	$5,100	C/PF	16.2	16.5	9.9	19%	2%	54%	-1%	1.02	-0.11	1.02	-0.12	LAC
Maurice Harkless	SAC	106.5	$3,500	SF/PF	$3,500	SF/PF	19.8	9.6	5.3	10%	-1%	49%	6%	0.48	-0.07	0.51	-0.08	LAC
Damian Jones	SAC	106.5	$3,000	C	$3,600	C	10.3	10.0	3.6	15%	4%	67%	5%	0.97	0.10	0.98	0.11	LAC
Darius Bazley	OKC	104.3	$4,100	PF	$5,600	PF/SF	27.2	22.2	-1.7	17%	0%	46%	4%	0.82	-0.05	0.85	-0.04	DEN
Kenrich Williams	OKC	104.3	$3,500	SF	$4,900	SF	20.9	17.1	2.5	15%	-1%	55%	10%	0.82	-0.01	0.84	-0.04	DEN
Tre Mann	OKC	104.3	$3,600	PG/SG	$4,000	PG	16.3	12.3	1.1	20%	-4%	52%	5%	0.75	0.06	0.75	0.04	DEN
Cedi Osman	CLE	103.5	$4,500	SG/SF	$5,300	SF/PF	22.1	20.7	-2.4	20%	5%	61%	-4%	0.93	0.12	0.92	0.10	BOS
Kevin Pangos	CLE	103.5	$3,000	PG	$3,500	SG	4.1	2.5	3.6	15%	-5%	46%	-13%	0.60	-0.20	0.57	-0.16	BOS
Tacko Fall	CLE	103.5	$3,000	C	$3,500	C	3.1	1.9		13%		35%		0.61		0.69		BOS
Robin Lopez	ORL	102.5	$4,600	C	$5,000	C	17.8	16.4	6.0	20%	2%	59%	-6%	0.92	0.10	0.91	0.08	ATL
Mychal Mulder	ORL	102.5	$3,400	PG/SG	$4,000	SF	13.0	6.8	8.8	16%	-2%	41%	7%	0.52	-0.06	0.50	-0.07	ATL
Admiral Schofield	ORL	102.5	$3,000	PF	$3,500	SF	11.0	5.3	0.0	10%	0%	70%	0%	0.48	0.00	0.45	0.00	ATL
Khem Birch	TOR	100.8	$4,500	C	$5,100	C/PF	22.9	18.7		12%		55%		0.82		0.87		CHI
Isaac Bonga	TOR	100.8	$3,000	SF	$3,500	PF	5.4	3.4	-0.5	11%	4%	38%	-4%	0.63	0.18	0.74	0.23	CHI
Nik Stauskas	TOR	100.8		SHW		SHW												CHI

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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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Implied Totals, Team Stats, and Pace of Play

Point Guard (Projected Starters)

Shooting Guard (Projected Starters)

Small Forward (Projected Starters)

Power Forward (Projected Starters)

Center (Projected Starters)

Notable Bench Players

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