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NBA Oct 21 DraftKings ownership: MIN @ MIA Showdown

What the field actually played on the NBA Wed Oct 21 DraftKings MIN @ MIA Showdown, next to what we projected before lock. Our misses are shown in full.

October 21, 2026 · Updated October 21, 2026 · After The Timeout

1 game · showdown

The slate at a glance

Sport
NBA
Site
DraftKings
Format
Showdown (single game)
Games
1
Teams
MIA, MIN
First lock
Wed Oct 21, 7:30 PM ET
Player pool
21 players
Projections
Captured Wed Oct 21, 6:07 PM ET, before lock

Top 12 by real ownership

The chalk: who the field played most

Field ownership is the share of lineups that used each player, from 1 large-field tournament contest, 2,378 entries. Gap is the field minus our projection: green means the field played him more than we expected.

Some field numbers read low. Part of the real ownership here comes from a results source that counts each player in one roster slot only, so a player the field used in more than one slot can show less ownership than he really had.

Ours vs the field, 1 large-field tournament contest, 2,378 entries
PlayerPosOursFieldGap
Giannis AntetokounmpoMIAPF100.0%89.4%−10.6
LaMelo BallMINPG100.0%75.7%−24.3
Anthony EdwardsMINSG100.0%74.6%−25.4
Bam AdebayoMIAC100.0%45.8%−54.2
Pelle LarssonMIASG/SF0.6%34.0%+33.4
Jaden McDanielsMINPF12.3%31.5%+19.2
Andrew WigginsMIASF/PF14.8%31.0%+16.2
Rudy GobertMINC24.4%27.4%+2.9
Jonathan KumingaMINSF/PF17.2%25.2%+7.9
Tim Hardaway Jr.MIASG/SF0.4%23.3%+23.0
Bobby PortisMIAPF/C8.4%22.9%+14.5
Davion MitchellMIAPG7.1%21.6%+14.5

9 players where we were furthest off

Our biggest misses

We publish these on purpose. The players the field played far more than we expected, and the ones it passed on.

The field played him more than we projected
PlayerPosOursFieldGap
Pelle LarssonMIASG/SF0.6%34.0%+33.4
Tim Hardaway Jr.MIASG/SF0.4%23.3%+23.0
Jaden McDanielsMINPF12.3%31.5%+19.2
Terrence Shannon Jr.MINSG/SF0.1%16.7%+16.6
Andrew WigginsMIASF/PF14.8%31.0%+16.2
The field played him less than we projected
PlayerPosOursFieldGap
Bam AdebayoMIAC100.0%45.8%−54.2
Anthony EdwardsMINSG100.0%74.6%−25.4
LaMelo BallMINPG100.0%75.7%−24.3
Giannis AntetokounmpoMIAPF100.0%89.4%−10.6

1 contest · not enough to grade

Why there is no grade

We grade a contest type once it has at least 2 contests behind it. This slate has results from one large-field tournament contest (2,378 entries), so the tables above show that contest, and we do not put a grade on it.

The 2 contests behind these numbers
ContestGroupEntriesFeeMax entries
NBA Showdown $2K And-One [20 Entry Max] (MIN @ MIA)large-field tournament2,378$120
NBA Showdown $15K Pull Up Jumper [$5K to 1st] (MIN @ MIA)small-field or limited-entry tournament1,764$10-
How our fantasy point projections held up

Across 21 players, our point projections missed by 7.9 fantasy points on average (8.2 on players who scored), with a correlation of 0.78 against what they actually scored.

Biggest point misses
PlayerOursActualGap
Anthony EdwardsMIN39.172.0+32.9
Bones HylandMIN22.84.8−18.1
Andrew WigginsMIA28.414.5−13.9
Klay ThompsonMIA24.611.8−12.9
Joan BeringerMIN19.98.5−11.4
By position
PosPlayersAvg missBias
C56.0−2.7
PF28.9−0.6
PF/C19.8−9.8
PG310.1−6.5
SF/PF45.0−5.0
SG132.9+32.9
SG/SF54.9−0.7

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