NBA First Look: Friday, November 27th

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The NBA First Look, complete with sortable odds, offensive rankings, and DvP rankings, will help you get an early start on the upcoming slate. If you have any statistics that you would like to see added, feel free to post a comment below.

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First Look Legend

Term Description
Team Total The implied number of points a team is expected to score based on the Vegas line and total.
PPG The number of points scored per game by each team.
Total +/- The difference between a team’s implied total and their average points scored per game.
Pace The number of possessions a team averages per game.
Proj. Pace The average pace of the two teams squaring off against one another.
Pace +/- The difference between a team’s pace and their opponent’s pace.
Total FPs The total number of fantasy points allowed by each team.

NBA Schedule & Vegas Lines

Road Team Home Team Favorite Spread Total Tip-Off
Cleveland Cavaliers (11-4) at Charlotte Hornets (9-6) CLE -4 204.5 7:00 PM
Milwaukee Bucks (6-9) at Orlando Magic (7-8) ORL -4 199.0 7:00 PM
Washington Wizards (6-6) at Boston Celtics (8-7) BOS -3 210.5 7:30 PM
Miami Heat (9-5) at New York Knicks (8-8) MIA -2 187.5 7:30 PM
Atlanta Hawks (10-7) at Memphis Grizzlies (9-7) MEM -3 195.5 8:00 PM
Philadelphia 76ers (0-16) at Houston Rockets (5-10) HOU -10.5 198.5 8:00 PM
Detroit Pistons (8-7) at Oklahoma City Thunder (10-6) OKC -7.5 206.5 8:00 PM
Chicago Bulls (9-4) at Indiana Pacers (9-5) IND -3 198.0 8:00 PM
San Antonio Spurs (12-3) at Denver Nuggets (6-9) SA -8.5 196.5 9:00 PM
Golden State Warriors (16-0) at Phoenix Suns (7-8) GS -8.5 216.5 9:30 PM
Minnesota Timberwolves (7-8) at Sacramento Kings (6-10) SAC -2 218.0 10:00 PM
New Orleans Pelicans (4-11) at Los Angeles Clippers (7-8) LAC -6.5 213.5 10:30 PM

Team Offense Rankings

Team Offense Opponent Team Total PPG Total +/- Pace Proj. Pace Pace +/-
Golden State Warriors PHO 112.5 114.3 -1.8 101.8 102.2 0.4
Los Angeles Clippers NO 110.0 102.7 7.3 99.0 99.9 0.9
Sacramento Kings MIN 110.0 106.0 4.0 102.8 101.3 -1.5
Minnesota Timberwolves SAC 108.0 101.3 6.7 99.8 101.3 1.5
Oklahoma City Thunder DET 107.0 109.8 -2.8 101.1 99.1 -2.1
Boston Celtics WAS 106.8 101.9 4.8 101.7 101.8 0.0
Houston Rockets PHI 104.5 99.7 4.8 100.1 99.9 -0.3
Cleveland Cavaliers CHA 104.3 104.5 -0.3 95.3 97.1 1.8
Phoenix Suns GS 104.0 105.5 -1.5 102.6 102.2 -0.4
Washington Wizards BOS 103.8 102.4 1.3 101.8 101.8 0.0
New Orleans Pelicans LAC 103.5 103.3 0.2 100.8 99.9 -0.9
San Antonio Spurs DEN 102.5 99.4 3.1 96.5 98.0 1.5
Orlando Magic MIL 101.5 100.5 1.0 98.3 96.6 -1.8
Indiana Pacers CHI 100.5 101.3 -0.8 99.1 99.6 0.5
Charlotte Hornets CLE 100.3 104.3 -4.1 98.9 97.1 -1.8
Detroit Pistons OKC 99.5 96.9 2.6 97.0 99.1 2.1
Memphis Grizzlies ATL 99.3 96.2 3.1 97.0 98.0 1.0
Chicago Bulls IND 97.5 99.9 -2.4 100.1 99.6 -0.5
Milwaukee Bucks ORL 97.5 98.4 -0.9 94.8 96.6 1.8
Atlanta Hawks MEM 96.3 102.2 -6.0 98.9 98.0 -1.0
Miami Heat NY 94.8 96.3 -1.6 96.1 96.5 0.3
Philadelphia 76ers HOU 94.0 89.8 4.2 99.6 99.9 0.3
Denver Nuggets SA 94.0 100.1 -6.1 99.5 98.0 -1.5
New York Knicks MIA 92.8 97.2 -4.5 96.8 96.5 -0.4

Defense vs. Position Rankings

Team Defense vs. PG vs. SG vs. SF vs. PF vs. C Total FPs Opponent
Phoenix Suns 22 19 26 6 4 14 Golden State
New Orleans Pelicans 30 21 17 20 28 25 L.A. Clippers
Minnesota Timberwolves 15 9 13 11 14 12 Sacramento
Sacramento Kings 17 29 22 26 25 28 Minnesota
Detroit Pistons 9 17 2 21 5 5 Oklahoma City
Washington Wizards 7 22 30 12 7 20 Boston
Philadelphia 76ers 21 5 29 28 24 27 Houston
Charlotte Hornets 8 11 9 29 20 17 Cleveland
Golden State Warriors 20 8 4 13 10 8 Phoenix
Boston Celtics 2 20 23 18 12 11 Washington
Los Angeles Clippers 12 12 19 14 16 13 New Orleans
Denver Nuggets 28 30 10 22 27 26 San Antonio
Milwaukee Bucks 6 7 28 24 13 22 Orlando
Chicago Bulls 25 10 24 1 23 21 Indiana
Cleveland Cavaliers 5 15 15 5 2 6 Charlotte
Oklahoma City Thunder 11 25 14 16 9 15 Detroit
Atlanta Hawks 14 28 12 19 26 19 Memphis
Indiana Pacers 1 27 6 8 18 4 Chicago
Orlando Magic 27 4 18 15 22 23 Milwaukee
Memphis Grizzlies 16 16 16 23 6 10 Atlanta
New York Knicks 13 18 5 2 11 9 Miami
Houston Rockets 24 23 27 30 17 30 Philadelphia
San Antonio Spurs 23 1 1 4 1 1 Denver
Miami Heat 3 3 20 10 15 3 New York

Note: The DvP rankings listed above are on a per-48 minutes basis and are based on FanDuel’s scoring system. They are updated at night when the First Look is published and then again in the morning when the previous night’s game are accounted for in the rankings. The higher the number, the worse that team is at defending that position. For instance, the team that is ranked 30th against point guards has allowed the most fantasy points to that position.

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